Dumfries & Galloway Rugby Podcast

The final episode of S4 and of the 2025/26 rugby season, with a full season review run-through of all 11 D&G teams!

Shorter episode this week as we near the end of the season, but a semi-final clash to preview nonetheless!

Huge games for our D&G sides near the end of the season as they fight for a place on Silver Saturday Finals Day at Murrayfield, April 25th!

Title fights, relegation battles & national cup dreams are all at stake in the final few weeks of the season!

We are very close to the end of yet another rugby season here in D&G, and for our fourth-last episode, it's all about the run-in for our teams, with 10 fixtures to play this weekend!

It's time to bring back an old favourite segment in Community Spotlight as we touch base with all seven D&G clubs to hear about what's been going on off the pitch!

Results, the return of an old segment and even the introduction of a new one!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

An episode filled with historic fixtures & results from years of D&G Rugby!

Short & Sharp episode before the chaos of the run-in to the finale of season 2025/26!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

Results, Previews, AORB & Scotland Review!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

Results, Fixtures, and a detailed discussion on the season structure at this time of year - games being cancelled, teams pulling out of leagues & even playing on 6 Nations days!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

The last of the fixtures before we head into the 6 Nations break, and it comes crunch time of the season in D&G!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

Complete roundup of the weekend's results (including an explanation for that video of Rosco!) and a fixtures preview for all 11 D&G teams in action this Saturday + Sunday!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

DGRP is back for 2026 as the region gets back into the swing of league rugby action!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

It's a festive treat from the DGRP as we sat down with Shire Ladies' coaches Alan & Davie to bring you an extra special bonus episode over the winter break!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

It's the final episode of 2025 for The DGRP, so that means a last results roundup and a look ahead to all that is going on across the region over the festive period!Have a lovely Christmas & New Year, and we will see you on January 14th!linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

It's the penultimate episode of 2025 as we preview the final round of fixtures before the Christmas break!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

Just two more rounds of fixtures left before the Christmas break, so that means just three more DGRP episodes!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

Wins, Losses, Postponements and even Draws to bring you this week, plus plenty of AORB from around D&G!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

Just a few more weeks until the Christmas break is here, but for this weekend, we still have all but one D&G team in action!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

An all-Women's Results Roundup and an all-Male Fixtures Preview!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

This week is all about results, fixtures and the player pathway system we have here in Scotland!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

Almost three years on, Daav Thomson returns to the podcast to chat rugby - this time as head coach of the Stewartry Men's 1XV!We discuss what he's been up to since we had him on in S1, his coaching philosophy at Greenlaw, and we even bring back Quickfire Teamates just for our special guest!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

Results, Fixtures and a discussion about our National Cup competitions that we have seen so many teams pull out of in recent seasons!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

John & Ross sit down to discuss the Scotland squad for the Autumn Nations Series, bring you all the action from the weekend's results and run through the final FULL card of rugby in 2025! https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

The usual Results Roundup and Fixtures Preview, but this time we have a full card of games to look forward to, with all 11 D&G sides playing - including a local derby!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

Despite having just had a wisdom tooth removed, John powers on to bring you all the results from the weekend of Storm Amy and all the fixtures coming up on Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

Almost a full card of fixtures to look forward to this weekend after a break for our teams, so it's a bumper Preview episode!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

After a quick apology from Ross, it's business as usual with Results Roundup (including the National Shield game between Annan & Shire), Fixtures Preview & AORB!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

All 11 D&G teams in the results roundup and all 11 D&G teams in the Fixtures Preview!Not only that, but there was yet ANOTHER draw at the weekend, and we have a Local derby to look forward to in the National Shield!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

Another week, another draw! All the weekend's roundups for you in this fourth episode of the Quick Tap, plus all 11 of our D&G sides feature in the Fixtures Preview! https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

The first bonus episode of the season is here, and we welcome Annan Men's 1XV coaches AJ & Conor to sit down for a wee interview!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

Eight match reports and nine fixture previews to bring you in Episode 3 of the Quick Tap. Keep your eyes peeled in the coming days, too - an added bonus may be on it's way!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

The Annan, Shire & Moffat Men's 1XVs got their seasons up and running over the weekend, so they make up our Results Roundup.While our Fixtures Preview consists of 10 exciting games coming up! https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

DGRP is back for season 4, and we've got a whole new look! This year, the Quick Tap episodes will come out every week, on Wednesdays at 1pm, and will be focusing on the real reason the podcast was set up in the first place - getting the story behind D&G rugby. Fixtures, Results, Match Reports & Player Shoutouts!Our Bonus Episodes will come out randomly throughout the season and will be all about the wider picture - Interviews, Community Spotlight, Coaches Question & Local Rugby Stories!Welcome back, we hope you enjoy.

We're Back!DGRP Season 4Coming 20/08/2025

Yet another season of the D&G Rugby Podcast comes to an end as we wind down for a break over summer and begin planning for a bigger and better season 4!For the grand finale, we sat down to review all that has happened in season 3 - guests, segments, results - and to give a shoutout to each of our teams in the region.Thank you once again for all the support for the pod - it means the world to us. Have a brilliant summer, and we'll see you for instalment #4!

In the penultimate episode of Season 3, Stewartry 1XV top try-scorer Finlay Smith joins us on the podcast to chat about growing up at Greenlaw, rugby in New Zealand and following in his dad's footsteps!Stick around for part 2, where we have Community Sportlight, Coaches Question, the roundup of Shire Men's season and even some info on how you could save a life!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

Both the Scottish National Plate and Scottish National Shield are safely back in D&G following Annan & Shire's wins on Silver Saturday so we sat down this week with winning coaches Colin "Choc" Warrick + Rab McHenry!Annan Warriors 39-24 GariochShire Ladies 37-17 Greenock Wanderershttps://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

With both the Shire Ladies and the Annan Warriors heading to Edinburgh this weekend, we look ahead to their finals and the chance of two pieces of silverware making their way back to D&G!Community Spotlight - Dumfries Saints https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

In just two weeks time, on April 19th, both the Shire Ladies and Annan Warriors will be in the capital for the National Shield and National Plate finals!After both teams won their semi-finals, we decided to hear from both coaches and players as they get ready for a trip to Murrayfield: Rab McHenry & Sophie Mann (Shire) + Choc & Mally McGeoch (Annan).In part two, we also run through all the teams in D&G for a full 2024/25 season review!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

This week marks the milestone 100th episode of the podcast and, after long discussions about something special to do, we decided to turn the spotlight onto ourselves!For three seasons, and 99 episodes, John & Ross have strived to highlight all the brilliant people and all the exciting things that happen in our region at our 7 beloved clubs - but how much do you actually know about the guys behind the microphones?Now, for the first time, John & Ross will give you their rugby journies, their D&G origin stories, and even their Quickfire Teammates!Thank you for all the support in reaching this landmark episode, we hope you enjoy it! https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

Back from holiday, Ross & John return to the podcast to discuss what the future of rugby in our country is beginning to look like, both regionally in D&G and further afield. Summer rugby, 7s/10s and teams struggling for numbers in the adult game are all topics of note!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

SRU representative for Glasgow South and Club Rugby Board member, Jim O'Neill, is our guest for this week as he joins us to tell us how he's been involved in the sport since 1971, what the state of club rugby in Scotland is looking like and even how helped inspire the career of our very own John Muir!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

Today marks the 97th (!!) episode of the Dumfries & Galloway Rugby Podcast, so we look ahead to all the exciting things we've got planned in the next few weeks as we edge closer to that milestone 100!We also discuss the defence and attack systems in place at our D&G clubs and hear from David Thomson, Nic Lloyd, Paddy Coupar, John Dalrymple and Rab McHenry!https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

'Players of the Month' is back, and this time, we take a look at the D&G stars who have shined the brightest in February 2025! Not only that, but we have five results roundups, eight fixture previews, a cracking coaches question and some important AORB!Community Spotlight this week - Moffat RFChttps://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

Following a long string of guests in recent episodes, the Results Roundup & Fixtures Preview have taken something of a back seat of late. So today, John & Ross spend a bit more time focussing on our teams here in D&G and lay out what they need from the remaining few fixtures of the season - for many of them, it's gut check time!Community Spotlight - Langholmlinktr.ee/dgrugbypod

We are back with a special guest and this time it's Newton Stewart's TJ Rivenell who joins us to chat about the Galloway U18 team of the past, breaking into the first team to play in the Spice Cup and being offered the DO role at Bladnoch!Community Spotlight - Annanhttps://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

Something of a shorter episode this week as John & Ross take the opportunity without a guest to have a look at what's been going on more regionally in the last few weeks - including the Doddie Aid cycle, some big wins on the road and exciting fixtures coming up! Community Spotlight - Wigtownshire https://linktr.ee/dgrugbypod

After many requests to have her on the podcast (from both others and herself!), we finally welcome Louise Coupar to the podcast to discuss her love for rugby, the growth of Dumfries Saints, and the scope of our sport for the younger generations! In part two, we chat about the build-up to the Six Nations, preview a couple of cup games and hear from both Colin Warrick and Rab McHenry!