In Part 1 of this week's podcast, we welcome Newton Stewart head coach Nic Lloyd to talk about his journey to southwest Scotland from Australia, his coaching philosophy and his admiration for rugby here in D&G!

In Part 2, we have a busy schedule with Community Spotlight, Players of October, Coaches Question, Results Roundup, Fixtures Preview & AORB!

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This week is something a little different as we discuss the recent SRU meeting between the Glasgow South clubs, which focused on the transition and retention of a club's players, parents, coaches and volunteers!

John & Ross also have a special Community Spotlight and Coaches' Question, as well as all the results and every single D&G fixture!

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On the 19th of March 2022, David Hill lost his life from a sudden cardiac incident, while playing rugby, at the age of just 30. Since his passing, David's father, Rodger, and his family have worked tirelessly to set up the DH9 Foundation and help people across the country better understand the risks of undiagnosed heart conditions.

Rodger joins us on the podcast to talk about teaching CPR, donating defibs to schools across D&G and even tells the tale of cycling the 6 Nations match ball from Edinburgh to Dublin!

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With John unavailable, (and not wanting to make you sit through another episode of Ross by himself), we decided to bring in a new podcast host for the very first time!

Our Season 3 sponsor Cammy Little comes to save the day this week and sits down with Ross to ensure it's business as usual here at DGRP!

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Now that we are already seven weeks into the season, we thought it was time to take a look at how each of our teams are faring - League tables, tries scored, points differences and key players for each team in 2024/25 so far!

This weekend coming is also the first time that all 11 D&G sides are due to be in action so John and Ross work their way through a bumper fixtures preview!

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This week our special guest is Scotland international Ken Macaulay, who this weekend sets out on an inspirational bike journey across the whole of the country to raise money for 4 fabulous charities!

We also have a VERY busy part 2 section with the community spotlight, coach's questions, players of the month for September, results roundup, fixtures preview and any other rugby business!

Annan Warriors star Kayleigh Warrick is our special guest this week to talk about their brilliant start to the season, playing rugby with her dad as head coach and helping organise the Pigbarians touring 7s side!

We also have Moffat as the club under the spotlight, a thought-provoking coaches' question and 9 fixtures to preview for this weekend!

Dumfries Saints legend Ross Strawbridge is in the hot seat this week to talk us through the new ethos at Park Farm, the rise of rugby in D&G and even to read us a wee poem he wrote just for the podcast!

In part 2, the community spotlight & coaches' questions return, while there are also 11 fixtures to preview for this coming weekend!