The Northern Rugby Podcast - Episode 9 - Ally Hogg

Darren & Pete chat with former Scotland, Edinburgh Rugby & Newcastle Falcons Number 8 Ally Hogg.  Ally represented Scotland 48 times during his career and also racked up 257 career club appearances, scoring 42 tries in total. We talk to Ally about getting started in rugby with Edinburgh, breaking into the Scotland team in 2004 at 21 years old, being considered for the Lions tour in 2005, falling out of favour with Andy Robinson as Scotland coach, and his move to England with Newcastle Falcons. We discuss a difficult beginning to his Falcons career, which resulted in relegation in 2012, followed by an immediate return to the Premiership under Dean Richards in 2013. Ally also talks about the Falcons fantastic run to the playoffs in 2018, in which he played a massive part with some very important tries.  Finally we chat about the state rugby currently finds itself in, what a successful season would look like for Newcastle Falcons and a potential future career in coaching. Let’s get into it and see what Ally had to say.