Ladies Wot Pod

Where Claire and Lis get their act together and award our most important award the Sgt Wilson award - it’s a belter! And we have some news on the camera lens and walking rugby front - it’s all happening!

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Where Claire and Lis talk about the brilliant breaking news of a new contract for a Saintsman who is definitely a friend of the pod! We also, celebrate last week’s news of a new contract for Josh Kemeny. We review that scintillating win by the Saints lads over Harlequins to stay top of the pile in the Gallagher PREM. We talk about how the team prepared as we were at training last week.

We talk about the great wins for the Under 18s and Under 17s at Tigers.

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Where Claire and Lis talk about that fabulous win for the Saints at the Rec where the team and coaches did us so proud. We do go blow by wonderful blow through the game - we celebrate how well they all did. Of course, we name our LWP Player of the Match and love handing out the Sgt Wilson award to a very special player.

And we also, talk about the Blues brilliant win against Richmond where several former and current Saintsmen had cracking games. And we play tribute to one very special Blues...

Where Claire and Lis talk about that fabulous win for the Saints, an amazing win for Bedford Blues and a fabulous comeback draw for Lightning. We revel in the marvellous rugby we witnessed over the weekend where tikkiteyboo entered our lexicon of words. Lis sits in my seat in the East Stand, I have a blast with the cameras and the Saints delivered a belter of a win. The Ginger Ninja, Sgt Wilson and a Kemeny Special - what a glorious day. We do award the LWP Player of the Match and the Sgt Wilson Award.

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Where Claire and Lis talk about that fabulous win for the Saints against Vodacom Bulls in the Champions Cup. We celebrate the wonderful hat-trick for George Hendy, the ridiculous out the back passes from JJ and agree with Premier Sports that our Fin had a belter of a game. And we make a choice of LWP PoM which might surprise a few people but it won’t have surprised our Fin because he suggested him too.  We’re still trying to work out the lessons that the Boks were supposedly teaching Henry Pollock. 

And as par...

Where Claire and Lis talk about that fabulous trio to France where it was all planes, trains and automobiles for the Saints supporters and a thrilling win for the Saints lads as they beat Pau in glorious December sunshine. Five points on the road is a belter of a start - we do pick our LWP Player of the match and we also have a splendid performance from THE Sgt Wilson to discuss. We also celebrate Mitch’s 150 caps, TP’s 50 caps and two European debuts. We talk about Bedford’s nervy win against Cambridge and Lightning’s tough trip to...

Where Claire and MrsC aka Beckie Cooper talk about this weekend’s rugby. Beckie has kindly agreed to be Claire’s partner in crime as Mrs Saunders is off gallivanting. And she took her role exceptionally seriously as we had a great report for Lightning’s fabulous win against the Tigers. We talking about Bedford’s trip to  Lady Bay where yet another draw happened. We do talk about that disappointing trip to Ashton Gate but in the spirit of Ladies Wot, we focus on the positives. We celebrate our two wonderful captains - take a bow George and Daisy. Duration: 01:14:31

Where Claire and Lis talk about this weekend’s East Midlands Derby which whilst it wasn’t result we wanted, it was against a chance for some Saintsmen to return from injury and one lad to make his Saints debut. And Claire got to meet some of her favourite Saints supporters at half time.

We talk about the two teams Saints will play in the Champions Cup - it’s a shock result in the Top 14. And we celebrate a young Saintsman who is about to make his international debut (in fact he did last n...

Where Claire and Lis talk about a packed week of rugby news - it started with training at Bedford Blues, the Season Ticket Holders forum followed by a fine Bedford Blues win in a deluge, a lot of international rugby and a Saints’ first loss this season in the PREM Rugby Cup. We do award the Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match and Sgt Wilson award. And we talk about how Saints continues to develop players and coaches. 

We celebrate the two England wins where several Saintsmen played big parts in the success.  We t...

Where Claire and Lis talk about a packed weekend of rugby which started with a fine Bedford Blues win, a lot of international rugby and a remarkably familiar scoreline in Lightning’s match against Exeter Chiefs in The PWR. We celebrate some fine performances from the Saints lads in the internationals. We do award the Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match and Sgt Wilson award. And we say a fond farewell to a fine Saintsman, congratulations to another and celebrate another Saint renewing his contract.

It’s a packed pod! The horses will need...

Where Claire and Lis talk about Saints, Lightning and Blues’ wins. We talk debuts for all three clubs as the youngsters in all three clubs shine. We have news of the Saints Supporters Club AGM and a glorious Ladies Wot Pod victory in the SSC Quiz.   We celebrate England’s victory against Australia and we’re really chuffed for yet another call up for a Saintsman who was until very recently playing on that slope at Bedford Blues.

We’ve had a listener request for an explanation of all the nicknames we use - there a l...

Where Claire and Lis talk about Saints win against Saracens in the Gallagher PREM where a Saints winger stamped his mark on the game, a Henry haircut was hair raising and the Saints lads played some brilliant rugby. We also talk about Loughborough Lightning in London, the next Battle of Bedfordshire between Bedford Blues and Ampthill and excellent wins for our Academy lads.

We have news from Towcester U11s and if you blink you will miss the International Man of Mystery.

And we have late breaking news of...

Where Claire and Lis talk about Saints win the north whether the weather was confusing, the PA very loud, we met lots of LWP listeners and the lads grabbed the win! We talk Blues excellent comeback win and an ugh charity effort at the Ladies Day game.

And we have a Loughborough Lightning special where we talk to 18 yes 18 of the squad. We talk Women’s World Cup, hopes for the season, spicy games, plaits, Winners medals and drums. Huge thanks to the team for being so lovely and brilliant to talk to.

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Where Claire and Lis talk about Saints thrilling win in the East Midlands Derby. We celebrate our young players success, our fabulous newbies and turning Lions and those coming back from injury. Many thanks to our dedicated listener Richard Lindsley for the mince pies which rendered both of us silent as we enjoyed them. We have a Media Watch rant but we also talk about Luther Burrell’s moving documentary on his experience.

Luther’s documentary: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002lg2d/luther-burrell-rugby-racism-and-redemption

And Lis’ talks...

It’s a bumper edition with a very special guest - our favourite Saints shepherd and kitman talks sheep and shirts. Lis and Claire talk about Saints’ thrilling win at Kingsholm and Lis awards our new Courtney Lawes Exocet Award to a player who had a remarkable game. We do award the Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match and the Sgt Wilson Award. We celebrate the re-sgning of a very special player.

We talk about Bedford’s first game of the Champ season where Lis and Claire met a member of the Saints team u...

Where Lis and Claire talk about Saints’ draw with Exeter Chiefs - it is our therapy session with you all. Claire has to apologise because Sunday really was all her fault. We talk about the Saints home debuts, some cracking tries and we do pick our Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match. A lot happened on Sunday so we talk Haloing, new photography rules and Claire’ special present.

For walking rugby we have the IT Department in action, scoring a try!

And we look forward to Bedford Blues’ first...

Where Lis and Claire talk about a busy week where Lis met a smelly Lion, Claire had fun with the cameras at the StoneX and both Claire and Lis saw Bedford Blues win a cup - the first for twenty years. We have news from training where the wind did blow. We do award the Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match and the Sgt Wilson Award. Lis continues her adventures with the Go Pro - she filmed events at Goldington Road.

And we have a rant about Ticketing Apps!

Where Lis and Claire talk about that trip to Glasgow where Claire watched the Saints against Glasgow Warriors and West of Scotland against Lasswade. We talk about our torn loyalties between the Red Roses and Scotland. And we again have a rant about the SRU and their treatment of the Scotland women. We received some feedback about trips to the loo and seeing things that you would rather not see. We have news of matches at Saracens and the up and coming Battle of Bedfordshire as the Blue launch their new away shirt.

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Where Lis and Claire talk about a busy week after the excitement of the Live Show. We celebrated the lovely Mr and Mrs Cooper’s marriage and Lis drank some terrible gin in Ghent. We saw a very young Saints team win at a packed Goldington Road at the Mobbs Memorial Match; Claire headed off to Loughborough. We talk Women’s Rugby World Cup; and look forward to the quarter finals.

Towcester Under 11s are back!!

And the photo on the title sequence is Graham McKechnie telling himself off for...

Where Lis and Claire were Live at the Royal & Derngate! We’ve added some behind the scenes footage - it was all so much fun!

Thank you to everyone who came, made it happen, to Daisy HJ, CB, George and Curtis and you for watching this video. We had a blast!

And to know what happened - you’ll have to watch it!

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Where Lis and Claire talk about The Blakiston Challenge won by Toby Thame but fiercely fought over by the twenty odd competing players. WATCH TO THE END OF THE POD for something that no other player has ever done.

Claire has a new list of tasks she has to complete before the pod as she apologises to Lis for last weeks’ sound issues.

Claire also talks about the Blues match against Blackheath which marked the start of Dean Adamson’s Testimonial Year. Lots of events so do get behind this...

Where Lis and Claire talk about a very busy week where Claire went to Stowe and saw the players coaching; Lis and Claire visited Lola’s Bar and are blown away by the number of tickets sold; and there have been several visits to the Gardens for training where there are more returnees; a lost soul back from Belfast. But best of all, Lis has a new voice activated camera which she was wielding at Goldington Road.

And the big pre-season news comes from Harry and Towcester Under 11s.

We...

Where Lis and Claire talk about Claire’s trip to Castle Park where Northampton Saints were training with Doncaster Knights at Castle Park. There Claire met George and his Dad Paul - and George met his hero George Hendy. We talk about more returnees, haircuts and the last Academy joinee. 

We talk away kits and Saints’ new gold number - Claire picks out her least favourite away kit - it’s a shocker!

We talk international rugby as the Lions tour came to an end and basically, we’re not happy...

Where Lis and Claire talk about their time at Saints Pre-season training. Lis rescues a player’s ice lolly, is mesmerised by a man mountain and talks weather on pitch 2. Claire has more buttons to press as she tries out her prize from the golf. We learn that Claire’s photos are used in ways she never knew about and that one player’s grasp of Franglais is already making our new fly-half errrrr feel at home. We welcome meow new players to the club and muse when we will see the international returnees.

We als...

Where Lis and Claire talk international tours because Lis was on tour in Argentina with England. There she won an award, road a horse and drank a lot of gin! She discussed wayward passes with a Saints hooker, bumped into an international referee and had an altercation with a racoon. We talk England, Lions, Scotland and congratulate Zimbabwe. 

Claire meanwhile talks Scotland where a recently departed Saints CEO has been making his name in the world of golf. Claire talks about her amazing comeback win at the home of golf.

Where Claire leads Lis astray again - we talk of episode 76 but it’s actually episode 77! We made up a list of awards which we had a load of fun handing out - it was a chance for both of us re-visit the highs and lows of this season and a lot of fun moments. And it’s a chance for us to say thank you to all of you, our wonderful listeners.

Claire’s button pushing lost form - there is a sound gap during the comedy moment award where I have accidentally muted...

Where Lis and Claire talk about the final games of the season against Gloucester. We said some goodbyes and celebrated some very young debuts. Towcester Under 10s and the International Man of Mystery were on tour and did the Saints proud. We award the Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match and the Sgt Wilson award. We send our very best wishes to Saints’ skipper, Ed Prowse.

We talk rugby this summer as several Saintsmen will be representing their respective countries.

And we say thank you to every one wh...

Where Lis and Claire talk about how very very proud they both are of the Saints lads - it wasn’t to be in the Champions Cup Final; we do have a rant about the refereeing but not in the way you would expect; we are both startled by the rate the Dazzles are growing and for once we don’t pick the LWP Player of the Match or award the Sgt Wilson award. The whole team get the Ladies’ plaudits.

We congratulate James Burridge on his wonderful documentary about the Academy. And we talk a...

Where Lis and Claire talk about another busy week at the Saints - we talk about the superb Saints Annual Dinner and congratulate the winners; we talk about the Saints last game of the season at a packed cinch stadium at Franklin’s Gardens where Lis was late for Haloing whilst she fixed her lovely new shirt; we celebrate the amazing win against the Saracens but Claire is still in recovery after the ‘singing’ in the first half; we have a straight shoot out for the Sgt Wilson Award and a brilliant Ladies Wot Pod Player of the match. And we...

Where Lis and Claire talk about their busy week at the Saints. We talk about the trips to Exeter where the youngsters did us proud, we talk about our time at training where Lis received fashion tips from Big Tree, we learned what a Lions prop said to Elliot MM in a recent game and we’re both impressed by our young Italian centre.

We talk about our pride (get it?!) as Saints have four Lions in their year’s touring squad. We may have awarded the Sgt Wilson award in perpetuity as a resu...

Where Lis and Claire over excitedly talk about that wonderful Saints win in Dublin - we talk through the weekend in Dublin, Lis’ eels in Ely and the magnificent game which means we are again in a Final.

We do name our Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match and give out the Sgt Wilson Award. And Claire gives her review of the Shoe Army song.

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Where Lis and Claire talk about Saints’ cracking win against Bristol Bears. We revel in the performance of the pack particularly the front row - Lis does a particularly good Ellis Genge impression. We reveal which player took one for the team to enable Mitch’s try. We celebrate the wonderful Kev the Kitman’s magnificent 700 games for the club. We choose our Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match and a certain front rower wins the Sgt Wilson award after many attempts. And we congratulate the team who made the Saints Foundation Day happen.

We h...

Where Lis and Claire talk about the battling win in the frozen North as Saints took the five points against Falcons including choosing our Sgt Wilson and LPW Player of the match award winners. Both of us have a fondness for Kingston Park and believe that we have to have rugby in the north of England. We talk a lot about the weather, the PA at KP and so many debates and tries. We celebrate the Blues brilliant win at Ealing, the current Championship league leaders. We give our Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match and there was...

Where Lis and Claire start with the wonderful news that Saints’ new Chairman is an old friend of the Ladies Wot, Ella Bevan. We say thank you to John White, our brilliant current Chairman. We babble on about all things Castres including choosing our Sgt Wilson and LPW Player of the match award winners.

We congratulate the brilliant Dean Adamson for his spectacular performance as part of Bedford Blues’ win against Nottingham.

We look forward to the trip oop North for the match against Falcons and we talk travel plan...

Where Lis and Claire talk about the fine Saints win against ASM Clermont Auvergne. DrT and Harry are special guests - Harry tells us about his great time at the game and his new player heroes! DrT takes delivery of his Dazzles and bemoans the time it took for the biscuit to arrive. We talk about the match including the trauma of the runout for Claire, the fabulous tries and brilliance of the scrum. We go seriously left field for the awards - both the LWP Player Of the Match and the Sgt Wilson award. We applaud the wonderful...

Where Lis is on her holiday whilst Claire is still in Cambridgeshire. Sadly, Lis is still being plagued by vikings. We talk about Saints trip to Salford and the remarkable performance of one particular Saints player, Henry Pollock. We also, recognise the efforts of the two Saints scrum halves who covered the fly half role. We again talk about refereeing and the inconsistent use of the TMO and the time it’s taking to review things. We award the Sgt Wilson award to a man who calmed the referee with his dulcet Geordie tones. And no awards for guessing wh...

Where Lis and Claire talk about events at the Gardens on Friday. Claire thanks those that were concerned for her welfare, Lis has a theory about Dave Rogers’ cameras and shares the story of her chat with a lad and his Grandad about the players. We also talk about the Women’s Six Nations and particularly about the Lightning players who were playing for their respective countries. Claire talks about her first trip to The Hive as a photographer where she loved taking photos of the Scotland team. We name our LWP Player of the Match and hand out the...

Where Lis and Claire talk Bedford Blues, Six Nations success whilst Claire learns about Lis’ connection with the beginning of women’s rugby in England. We celebrate that fine win for the Blues where Louis Haley made a wonderful debut. We also, celebrate the Saints’ lads contribution to that comprehensive win in Wales where our Henry had a dream start to his England career. We name our Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match for the Bedford game whilst Lis’ goes left field again for the Sgt Wilson award. 

Meanwhile, Harry gives a report on Towces...

Where Lis and Claire talk Six Nations - lots of Saints players were in action this weekend playing for their countries. We celebrate the arrival of Dingers’ in England’s back lime; the return of our Mitch and all the lads playing the Saints way. We send our very best wishes to Ollie Lawrence. And the ladies explore the lessons that can be learned by the Saints for the rest of the season. Lis’ Mum returns with another hilarious phone call interruption. 

Meanwhile, Harry gives a report on Towcester Under 10s and a spectacular catch w...

Where Lis and Claire talk through the Saints quarter final loss to Ealing Trailfinders. They do award a LWP Player of the Match and the Sgt Wilson award. And they talk about the benefits of this campaign to the club. They also, muse about the future of the competition given recent news.

On the upside both ladies received presents this weekend and one answers a question posed by Claire last week. 

In fact, it really is a meander through all sorts of subjects whether it’s French  guilds or hors...

Where Lis and Claire talk a brilliant weekend of rugby. Loughborough won a thrilling match at the Gardens, we said some goodbyes and gave out an award. Lis did the honours on behalf of the Saints Supporters Club.

We talk England, England A and England Under 20s as the Saints takeover continues. Our Saintsmen did us proud as Tom Lockett won Player of the Match for England A; Fin Smith won the game for England and the U20s rumble on! We talk about the best parent media tartery on show this weekend!

Where Lis and Claire talk a brilliant weekend of rugby. The Under18s won the Premiership Rugby League Under 18s Final playing some scintillating rugby. Bedford Blues won the Battle of Bedfordshire. And after a convincing win against Nottingham, the rugby Gods smiles on the Saints so we now have a home quarter final to look forward to. We revel in the internet melt down as the masses tried to predict what would happen next. We have one of the funniest pieces of content from the Saints where Fin Smith boggles at the ratings he is given in the...

here Lis and Claire talk all about the games from this weekend from the Under 20s to the Premiership Rugby Cup to the Six Nations. We bring Sheep News from Kev Buckby the Kitman. Bedford Blues beat Bristol Bears in the PRC and Claire had a celebratory hug from a certain Director of Rugby! Meanwhile, at the Gardens it was the Community day and what a great day was had by all - congratulations to everyone at the Saints - top job! It was a great win for the Saints lads against a tough Coventry side. And at last...

Where Lis and Claire talk about their busy week with the Saints. It started with training where they again learned about the shape of the D, continued with lots of U20s action, and two separate games against the Tigers. We agree the future is bright as we so so much young talent on show.  We name our Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match and  a surprising Sgt Wilson award - Lis went rogue again.

It’s a packed pod!!

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Where Lis and Claire celebrate the East Midlands bragging rights secured brilliantly by the Lightning women. We applaud that brilliant win by the Blues over Coventry. And we have several rants - no idea why we were a bit ranty this week but we had a lot to get off our chests. We do talk about the Saints lads’ trip to London and we recognise that there are several talented youngsters who are getting stuck in just when we need it.  We name our Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match and  a surprising Sgt Wilson award.

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Where Lis and Claire leap into the pod with vim and vigour. We talk about that game which was a belter, Lis broke out the heart monitor. We talk of props doing the splits, wingers losing their caches and scoring tries and that brilliant crowd. We name our Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match and give out a superb Sgt Wilson award.

We have updates from the Former Players’ Lunch including the Heineken Cup squad from 2000. We talk Bedford, Lightning and Towcester Under 10s and 7s. The International Man of Mystery made his fi...

Where Lis and Claire talk about our latest European trip where the lads had to battle hard to secure that precious try bonus point. Lis’ has some new bessie mates - the officiating team shared stories from the game including the Dutch Darts player scoring a try and nearly expiring from lack of oxygen. Claire had a new bib and talked carpet with Tom Lockett. She also noticed Fergs’ plan to get Mr Dependable into the front row. We choose our LWP Player of the Match and Lis’ goes really radical with the Sgt Wilson Award.

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Where Lis and Claire peered through the firework smoke to talk through Saints’s brilliant win against Bath and Lightning’s fabulous win vs Saracens. We talk unusual celebrations, wax lyrical about our half backs. We choose our LWP Player of the Match and Liz goes radical again on the Sgt Wilson award. And we talk about that wonderful performance by the African Violets as they beat Saracens for the first time.

And we over excitedly talk about our trip to Paris! Come and say hello if you see us there!

Where Lis and Claire talk through Saints’s brilliant win against Newcastle Falcons. Liz is feeling much better. We talk balletic props, the Aussiness of returning flankers and break dancing No 8s. We choose our LWP Player of the Match and Liz goes all radical on the Sgt Wilson award. Harry meets his new favourite player and is a tad over come by being a podcast star.

In a brief media corner, Claire asks TNT to look after Smithy, the media manager at the Falcons who is a bit fed up of being on th...

Where Lis and Claire talk through Saints visit to the StoneX including Claire stressing the importance of Chamois leathers, Liz offering advice to a young player going on his first bus trip with the Saints Supporters Club. We talk through the performance in both halves of the game - we do award the LWP Player of the Match. We talk mud, mud, mud and Chinnor when the Blues had a difficult visit to Kingsey Road. And of course, we celebrate that brilliant win for the Lightning team at Heywood Road.

We again talk RFU...

Where Lis and Claire celebrate that historic win at Loftus Verveld. We watched from afar which didn’t feel at all right. Claire has bucket hat envy; Lis did her skirt zip all wrong. We applaud the tenacity of the Saints lads and coaches. We choose our LWP Player of the Match and the Sgt Wilson Award.

We congratulate Bedford Blues and commiserate with Loughborough Lightning.

We meet Harry’s new friend Bobby the balloon as he talks us through a great win for Towcester Under 10s.

Duration: 00:46:14

Where Lis and Claire eat their gifts from EPCR - rather nice ginger Dazzles! We talk about that great win in the howling gale - we do name our Ladies Wot Player of the match and we almost give the Sgt Wilson award to the referee but we don’t! We talk about TV rights and how we ended with Premier Sports. And we talk about toddler tantrums and drssing rooms. We congratulate all those that made their European debuts and our debutant at No 8.

We also talk about Lis, Stuart Barnes and a ch...

Where Lis and Claire talk about the Saints first loss at home in a year but we quickly dust ourselves down to get ready for Europe and the visit of Castres. We talk about Castres games in previous seasons including the game that Claire rates as the dullest she has ever watched. Claire talks about the challenge that Leica UK has set her with her Leica SL3 and Lis reminisces about the days of lightmeters and film. We talk about the win for Bedford and a battling loss for Lightning. We hear from Harry and Alfie about Towcester U10...

Where Lis and Claire talk about the Saints win at Coventry - we thank the Coventry club and supporters for their welcome. We discuss wind and rain at length. Liz has multiple celebrations this week including the emptying of the sceptic tank! We name our LWP Player of the match and the Sgt Wilson award winner. And we discuss George Hendy’s amazing bendy limbs. We talk about the Lightning win in the Derby where Liz claims her coaching in the barn made the difference! And we talk about Bedford’s excellent performance against Bath.

We...

We’re delighted this week to be joined by Bobby Bridge. Bobby is part of the Saints Media team - he looks after amongst other things the Loughborough Lightning team. We learn all about Bobby’s career which has taken him to many places in the rugby and media world. We talk about Loughborough’s big game against Leicester Tigers in the PWR. We have a brilliant report from Phil Gutteridge as the Saints Wheelchair Rugby team had a great result in the WR5s Nationals at Stoke Mandeville.  Those on Spotify and Apple Podcasts might want to take a look...

Where Lis and Claire talk about the weekend’s rugby including the rollercoaster match between Saints and Nottingham; we talk about the Remembrance events this weekend and we reveal a player’s new role at the game. We talk Bedford’s win in the battle of Bedfordshire and we have a great report from Harry about the Towcester Under 10s. Sadly we also have to talk about England but we do celebrate those that will be playing for England A.

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We decided to have an emergency pod because the International Man of Mystery, Alfie at last appears to talk about Towcester Under 7s. Harry does a great update too. Meanwhile, Claire and Lis talk about England’s woes but we do wish the Saints lads well.

We celebrate Elliot Millar-Mills new contract. We also, talk about our trip to see training where again we witnessed the whole squad preparing together for the game against Nottingham. 

Earlier in the day, Lis and Claire visited Dallington Cemetery to pay their respects to...

Where Lis and Claire talk about the start of the Premiership Rugby Cup - the Saints started with a comfortable win against in the East Midlands Derby. We saw the next generation of players start confidently, playing a brand of rugby which was instantly recognisable as Saints. Both Lis and Claire celebrate that so many made their debuts and so many played so well. 

We have our first live tasting as we have received our first baked goods.

We also, do the usual items such as choosing our Ladies W...

Where Lis and Claire talk about the trip to Ashton Gate where the Saints youngsters did us proud including one young fly half who had a cracking debut but the lights were as expected awful and despite battling hard we came away with nothing. Lis get’s drawn into the story of the Boston Red Sox in 2004 as Claire identified who she thinks could be Saints’ Kevin Millar. We look forward to the Premiership Rugby Cup as Leicester are coming to the Gardens on Friday. And we have a cracking report from Harry and a glimpse of Alfie. Meanwhile, we c...

Where Lis and Claire talking about a great weekend of rugby where all three of our teams won and Towcester had a great time training. We start with the fabulous win under the lights where Saints produced a scintillating half of rugby followed by Claire getting one of her favourite celebration photos in the second half. We talk cake and pikelettes as Lis has done an important delivery. We name our LWP Player of the Match (rightly we recognise a fine young player!) and we name our Sgt Wilson  award for outstanding engagement with the referee winner - a f...

Where Lis and Claire are joined by Saints’ PA announcer Pete Nuttall to talk about the weekend’s events. We have to talk about events at the roundabout, we do name our Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match and Sgt Wilson Award for Outstanding engagement with the referee. Pete talks about how he came to be at the Gardens and how he regards it as home. His love of rugby league and being the voice of the Grand Final. In fact he walkabout being a voice seemingly everywhere but not necessarily the same voice! We talk about Radders’ and wh...

Where Lis and Claire talk about the new lightshow at the Gardens, they do award a Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match and the Sgt Wilson Award for Outstanding engagement with the referee. Claire is spotted reacting to the first half on TV. We marvel at that second half comeback. In Media watch, we recognise TNT’s interview with Big Trev and that Chris Ashton seems to be enjoying being at the Gardens again. 

But the highlight has to be Laura Hendy’s magnificent homework contribution - take a bow Mrs H! 

Duration: 01:10:38

Where Lis and Claire talk about the first game of the season at the Gardens, they do award a Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match and a first awarding of the Sgt Wilson Award for Outstanding engagement with the referee for this season. Lis again has to protect her baked goods from a hungry prop. We congratulate Look  We review all the games of the weekend including Bedford’s trip to Coventry, Harry’s excellent but damp report about Towcester Under 10s and news from the WXV. 

And we talk about the first singin...

Where Lis and Claire talk about the first game of the season at the Rec, they do award a Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match and Claire bemoans that she will have to clean her gear again. We review all the games of the weekend including Bedford’s fine win against Caldy, Harry’s excellent match report about Towcester Under 10s and Beef’s return at inside centre for Wellingborough. Claire has a moan about Dupont’s Law. But we praise several media outlets for Saintly stuff this week - not you TNT….

And thank...

Where Claire and Lis talk about the Mobbs Memorial match which proved to be an entertaining affair at the Gardens. We talk about the Saints players who stood out - and Claire declares she was right about her prediction. Lis heaps praise on the IT Department who have gone out and spent money on a book about sound - Claire is expecting Abbey Road studios in the future. Claire talks photography and her ability to be at the wrong end to the play. 

And thank you to everyone that came to say hello - p...

This week is a Saints Show Ladies Wot Pod mashup as Graham, Lennie, Claire and Lis preview this season. We pick the players, games and places we’re looking forward to going to. It was great fun recording this pod at BBC Radio Northampton’s studios. Lennie and Graham were on top form and we had a great discussion about the coming months.

We also, talk about all the usual stuff and we had a very special interview with Harry about his latest try for Towcester. Claire becomes quite emotional about a very special gift...

Where Claire and Lis talk to Liz Tyler and Lizzie Goodchild. These two women play a key role in making sure things run smoothly for the players and coaches. Liz is the Team Media manager who works closely with the press whilst Lizzie is the Team manager managing the logistics of the players and on match day gets the joy of sitting in the weather, working with the officials and opposition team. 

It’s a fascinating insight into a world that most supporters never see. We learn about medals and who gets them (including whi...

Where Claire and Lis talk to Matt Ferguson in the Scrum Lounge. Matt is one of our most loyal listeners and we were delighted when he agreed to have a chat. We learn all about Matt’s career, bonkers hookers, our exciting crop of young front rowers, and the extraordinary detail that goes into the planning and coaching of each game. We learn about the coaching culture at the Saints which challenges Matt as much as the players. This episode features a lot of cake, hats and Matt offers advice to us and the pod for the coming season. Th...

Where Claire and Lis talk about preseason and how all the lads are settling in, Lis has a near miss in Sainsbury’s with Ruben Logan, we fret about whether we have got to grips with the shape of our D (and realise we haven’t) and we talk all things Blakiston. We talk about the newly announced Premiership Rugby Cup fixtures and that Valentine’s trip to Lady Bay. Plus news of the Wheelchair Rugby team, walking rugby and Towcester Under 10s.

And do volunteer to become a Halo!!

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Where Claire and Lis talk to several of the players from Loughborough Lightning at the recent Media Day. We learn about the careers so far of all six players including the revelation that Daisy Hibbert-Jones is younger than Lennie Newman!! Who knew?! All six players seem to have had different routes to where they are now.

And we have a chat about Saints pre-season so far where we say hello to some new players and reveal that one of our Australians seems to be turning into a Brit!

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Where Claire and Lis talk about last season with some very special guests and we give out our Ladies Wot Pod Awards. We’re joined by two ladies who claim to be our biggest fans - one of them is a player’s Mum so we learn about the highs and the odd low involved. A health warning to PRL - Lis is on the war path about the fixture list!

The Ladies Wot Pod are back in harness and loving taking all things Saintly!

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Where Claire and Lis talk about what’s happened since that glorious weekend when Saints won the Premiership. We talk about the changes happening at Saints, the performance of our internationals both on the field and behind the lens and Lis disappears!

The Ladies Wot Pod are back in harness and loving taking all things Saintly!

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Where Claire and Lis talk about the amazing weekend we have all just had - the Saints lads brought the silverware home and Lis and Claire had a blast. Lis has been a complete media tart and Claire has had so much fun with the cameras.

And we were down with the cool kids too ;-)

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Where Claire and Lis talk about the brilliant, gutsy win against Saracens at the Gardens. They applaud the performance of all the players and pick their Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match. They discuss the awesome atmosphere at the Gardens. And Claire has a rant at TNT who yet again feature in Media Watch. 

We’re on our way to Twickenham and we can’t wait!!

Bring it on!!

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Where Claire and Lis talk about both games at Ealing Trailfinders where Lightning secured 5th place. Lis' mind is blown by Tottenham's pitches. And they get rather over excited by the semi final. It's knock out rugby and the Ladies Wot Pod can't wait.

Bring it on!!

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Where Lis and Claire talk about that trip west, we reveal the news about last week’s chicken and we talk awards because there seem to be so many around at the moment. Claire has a media rant including her amazement for the player rating for one of our props! And we start the build up to the semi final. And a certain player’s Mum is reminded of her homework ;-)

This was the second time we had a go at recording this - Lis’ had to sort out her wet string of a netw...

Ladies Wot Pod Episode 27 - Saints march into the Premiership semi finals

Where Claire and Lis talk about the fantastic wins for the Wheelchair Rugby team, that amazing win against Gloucester, we eat cake courtesy of our lovely listener Lesley, we name our Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match and a surprising Sgt Wilson award. And we take a look at all those try scorers!

And if you want to get involved with the Saints Supporters Club: https://www.northamptonssc.co.uk/

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Where Claire and Lis talk about the trip to Dublin, the fun meeting with fellow Saints fans, Lis being a media tart, Claire’s challenges with cameras and of course, we talk about the semi final at Croke Park. We name our Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match and the Sgt Wilson award. And we look forward to the up and coming games as Saints continue to compete the next trophy of their season.

And if you want to get involved with the Saints Supporters Club: https://www.northamptonssc.co.uk/

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Where Claire and Lis talk about the trip to Twickenham, that refereeing performance, Claire comes up with her Ladies Wot Pod recommendations for the future of rugby, we award the Ladies Wot Pod player of the match and we look forward to the biggest game of the season as Saints take on Leinster in the Investec Champions Cup semi-final.

And Claire answers listener, Jane ’s question about her career as Saints’ tog.

It’s a packed pod - have a listen!

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Where Lis and Claire are so over excited this week, they have gone really early with the recording of the pod. We talk about the magnificent win against our East Midlands rivals, the horrific pink kit, we award the Sgt Wilson award and the Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match. Claire talks about cameras - her’s and TNT’s. It’s a packed one!

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Where Lis and Claire are completely over excited about the Saints lads performance and that we are in the semi finals, we give out the Sgt Wilson award for outstanding engagement with the referee for the third time to the same player and we award the LPW Player of the Match. Meanwhile, Claire has far too much technology to play with.

All that and we talk about Jake White's visit to the Saints changing room where he gave a remarkable speech, the build up to the East Midlands Derby and Claire's work at the...

Where Lis and Claire talk about that pulsating game against Munster, we come up with a name for a small Zebra, we assess all the broadcasters’ efforts, we award the Sgt Wilson award for outstanding engagement with the referee for a second time and we name out Ladies Wot Pod player of the match.

It’s a packed pod again!! Do give it a listen and subscribe!!

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Where Lis and Claire talk about that fabulous performance and win against Saracens, nervous Saints supporters and Lis pacing, we name our Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match, talk about the 5 second rule and give out our new Sgt Wilson award for outstanding engagement with the referee. And we look forward to our return to Europe.

It’s a packed pod!! Do give it a listen and subscribe!!

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Lis and Claire are in the Captain’s Bar at the Gardens to talk about the trip to the Place that shall not be Named, celebrate a wonderful charity Ladies Day at Goldington Road, great wins for the English and Scottish teams in the Women’s Six Nations. 

We also talk to a surprise special guest - the woman who looks after all of us at the Gardens and who threatened to look Liz in the loo at the Toulon game (which we won as a result) and who is behind the new Halos initi...

Lis and Claire talk to Ash Rowden - the much loved by C Block Premiership referee. We ask him about his beloved Rams, his career, that penalty advantage in the U20s and how advantage is refereed. Ash tells us who was the worst player to referee, his favourite ground to referee at and his favourite ground to watch rugby.

And we have all the usual Ladies Wot Pod stuff.

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Where Lis and Claire talk about their trip to the Gardens to watch training, pick their PWP Man of the Match against Stormers, talk all things England and celebrate Elliot Millar Mills new contract.Thank you to everyone who listens, do subscribe!

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Where Lis talks to Molly Payne and Callum Manley about their work in the Community department at the Saints whilst MrsJ battles with the A14. When she turns up, Claire and Lis talk about care for Bernie the Dog, the brilliant Loughborough Lightning, our Academy doing amazingly well in the U18s and U20s and the proposed change to the Saints crest.

All that and we wish all our teams well this weekend - Saints at home to the Stormers, Loughborough travel to Exeter Chiefs, Bedford head to Cambridge and Towcester Under 9s...

Where Lis and Claire are joined by Bedford Blues' media manager, Ryan Robinson. Ryan talks about his journey to Bedford Blues, his pride seeing the Saints Academy lads develop at Bedford and we learn his favourite cake (of course!). Claire tells the tale of how she nearly failed to become a tog at Goldington Road.

All this whilst Lis is enjoying herself in the sunshine of Tenerife.

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Where Lis and Claire talk to Will Hooley formerly of Northampton Saints and Bedford Blues. Will talks about his career, explains about the role of college rugby in the United States, his hopes for the Major League Rugby season and of course, his new role at The Rugby Network. And he reveals some exciting news which shows what a talented bloke he is!! Thank you Will for interrupting your busy schedule to come on the pod! Lis and Claire talk about lots of stuff that’s happening even though it’s meant to be a quiet period! Lis’ cake schedu...

Where Lis and Claire talk to their next special guest, Graham McKechnie. Graham is a familiar face at Franklin's Gardens and a familiar voice on BBC Radio Northampton where he is the Sports Editor. We talk to him about his career, his love of all sports, and ask him to talk about his favourite subject and name the battle he finds most interesting. And we ask a question on behalf of his old friend, Lennie Newman - the answer isn't what anyone would expect.

Plus all the usual Ladies Wot Pod discussions.

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Where Lis and Claire talk to one of the Northampton Saints Wheelchair Rugby team, Phil Gutteridge, Phil tells us about his time as a player, his favourite Saints players and Lis and Claire wax lyrical about a new rising Saints star.

The Saints Supporters Club is here: ⁠https://www.northamptonssc.co.uk/⁠ Coach bookings here: ⁠https://www.northamptonssc.co.uk/coach-bookings⁠ Claire's photos can be found at: ⁠https://www.redhatphoto.co.uk/ Do give is a rating and subscribe!! Love the Ladies Wot!

Where Lis and Claire talk about Saints taking five point against Newcastle, Lis goes under cover, Claire gets a prediction right about Ollie Sleightholme's try and we name our Player of the Match

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Claire's photos can be found at: https://www.redhatphoto.co.uk/Rugby-Union/Rugby-Union-Season-2023-24/Northampton-Saints-vs-Newcastle-Falcons-GPs-27012024

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Where Lis and Claire talking about that stunning win, in appalling conditions in Munster - the Saints were magnificent and we hope we do them proud.

Claire is in a hotel in the middle of nowhere thanks to Storm Isha but technology doesn't stop us celebrating one of the truly great Saints wins.

Where Claire and Lis talk about Saints magnificent win vs Bayonne, a hooker's attempt at a pasty kidnap, we select our Ladies Wot Player of the match and we discuss the health benefits to us of all you lovely people listening to us!

An early pod this week because we wanted to celebrate the third greatest comeback in Premiership history, Claire is at the right end, we pick our Ladies Wot Pod Player of the match and we dispel the myth of the young Exeter team