The Rig Biz Podcast

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WINNER - Best Sports Comedy Podcast 2023 @ 'Sports Podcast Awards'. Relax, tune-in and enjoy the only podcast in the world where celebrities properly unwind and cut loose. Come listen to some of the biggest names in sport, media & film discuss their lives with; The CEO of Clapham aka Mr Archie Curzon and Host Freddy Clode. Be prepared for a tornado of laughs and the great unexpected as Archie dishes out life advice to all those looking for success in the city, in the gym and in the sheets. Number 1; Lifestyle, Rugby & Business Podcast Globally. Over 2 Million Unique Downloads & Over 1000 5 Star Ratings!

EXCLUSIVE - Nickelback - Becoming The 'Most Hated Band In The World', Getting Bottled Off Stage In Portugal & Naked Jiu-Jitsu!
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We're honoured to be joined in person by Billboards “most successful rock band of the decade” - Nickelback all the way over from Canada via Los Angeles. The band have written some of the greatest rock songs in history including 'Rockstar' & 'How You Remind Me' and have sold over 50 million records worldwide. However, their vast success in the mid-2000's led to them being 'cancelled' and hated by millions around the world and memes abusing the band and their music became the most shared on the internet. 

Today we uncover; the stories of how they became the most hated...


Ben Youngs - Eddie Jones's Craziest Stories - Leicester's Brutal Initiations & The Best Fly Half He Ever Played With!
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03/21/2024

We're truly honoured to be joined by England's most capped player of all time and one of the greatest scrum-halfs in the history of the game Ben Youngs, to discuss his incredible career on and off the pitch. Now that Youngsy is retired from England he's an open book as he shares with us the loosest and most hilarious stories from his career; from Eddie Jones prancing around with a Samurai sword, to Jim Hamilton getting abused at Leicester, to Henry Tuilagi knocking out his teammates after winning the Prem final we hear it all. Including; naked bus journeys, the...


Steff Armitage - England Players Banned My Return To The Team - Why I F***ing Hate Martin Johnson & Forcing My Billionaire Owners Wife To Party All Night Long!
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03/14/2024

We're honoured to be joined by Ex European Player of The Year, Ex England International and triple European champion Steff Armitage to hear about his incredible career, which saw him win more personal and team honours than anyone else in the country but only manage 5 England caps. 

Steff reveals all the secrets as he tells us that; England teammates voted to not let him back in the team for the 2015 World Cup, reveals why he fucking hates Martin Johnson, enlightens us to how laid back training was at Toulon, discloses a story about forcing his Billionaire owner Mourad B...


Lawrence Dallaglio - England Haven't Got A Coaching Decision Right Since 2003 - Why Josh Lewsey Knocked Danny Cipriani Out & Being Sought Out By Monks At School!
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03/07/2024

We're honoured for our 170th Episode to be joined by one of the greatest names in the history books of rugby in Lorenzo Bruno Nero Dallaglio, World Cup winner, 7s World Cup winner, World Rugby hall of famer, multi-grandslam winner & British & Irish Lion. Lawrence is in wonderful form as he opens up about his incredible life both on and off the field, from recording backing vocals for Tina Turner to being approached by monks at Ampleforth to captaining Wasps to their greatest ever period to losing the England captaincy over allegations of him being a drug dealer to winning the...


Josh Matavesi - Getting Eaten Alive By Fijian Bed Bugs, The Magic Dummy & The Craziest Initiation Of All Time!
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02/29/2024

Today we're joined by a Fijian legend in Josh Matavesi to take us through his incredible career, which saw him represent top teams in; England, Wales and France and of course playing nearly 50 times for Fiji. Josh is still playing semi-pro rugby in Cornwall and we open up by hearing about the craziest initiations we've ever heard in nearly 170 Episodes of this podcast, we then hear about sleeping on the floor in Fiji, getting eating alive by giant bed bugs, the practice of getting high on kava after a match, why his brother chose to play for Fiji at the...


Chris Morris - Strip Clubs At The World Cup - Delhi Belly In The IPL Final & Abusing David Warner!
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02/22/2024

We're honoured today to be joined by one of the most expensive players in IPL history, the wonderful Chris Morris, who made over $6 Million at the IPL and also represented South Africa in all 3 formats nearly 100 times. Now he's retired, he's in the mood to have fun and shares with us some of the greatest never told before stories from; Sandpapergate, abusing David Warner, chirping with Virat Kholi, suffering from the almost deadly 'shits' during the IPL final, going to strip clubs with his teamates the day before the World Cup in India, playing hockey growing up, the best sledges...


Charlotte Caslick - Risqué 'Facetime Fridays' - The Art of 'Thirst Traps' & Running Into Trouble With The Police!
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02/15/2024

We're delighted today to be joined by the greatest women's rugby player of all time in Charlotte Caslick, but more impressive than her on field antics are her crazy stories from off it! Charlotte has managed to amass a huge social following from her incredible personality and her love of life, which often leads her to get into the police, authorities and opposition teams! From getting put into isolation in Tokyo, to almost arrested in Darwin, to partying the night away in Rio (condom machines included) we hear all of her crazy stories from an incredible career so far travelling...


Stuart McCloskey - Ireland’s 'Secret' World Cup Party In Paris- O'Mahony's Bum Funnels & Wrestling Bundee Aki!
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02/08/2024

Today we're delighted to be joined by Irish centre Stuart McCloskey, fresh from his teams epic victory in the south of France. We discuss his countries secret 2 day party in Paris after the world cup, how he fell in love with Archie, find out what captain Peter O'Mahony's like on the bum funnels, why Stephen Ferris' is a bit creepy in his 'old age', why you should never try and take on Bundee Aki in a fight, find out what Belfast is like for a night out, why Jacob Stockdale is the most boring roommate in history and also why...


Will Greenwood - Debagging Alastair Campbell, Insulting The Queen & The Terrifying Day He Nearly Died!
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02/01/2024

We're back for the Six Nations and who better to start the series off with than the legendary, World Cup winner; Will Greenwood. Will is on incredible form as he shares with us some hilarious stories from; the day Alistair Campbell got de-bagged in front of the world's media in NZ, when one of his teammates nearly committed treason by insulting the Queen at Buckingham palace, the terrifying story behind the day he nearly died playing for the Lions vs South Africa (resulting in 4 days unconscious in intensive care), what Johnny Wilkinson was really like on a night out (you...


IMPORTANT - A Very Special Announcement - Please Listen!
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01/18/2024

We're going on our UK tour next month - please come along and see us live in;
London - 14th Feb - Jason Fox
Leeds - 15th Feb - TBA
Oxford - 20th Feb - Tom Varndell
Bristol - 21st Feb - Dave Flatman

Get Your Tickets Here -  https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/rig-biz-uk-tour-february-2930289