Crowd Network’s For The Love Of Rugby introduces three new presenters for the Guinness Women’s Six Nations

Crowd Network (Crowd), one of Europe’s fastest-growing independent podcast networks, has introduced three new presenters to its podcast For The Love of Rugby, who are producing a series for the Guinness Women’s Six Nations.

Red Roses Sadia Kabeya (Loughborough Lightning) and Maud Muir (Gloucester-Hartpury) and retired England player Shaunagh Brown (Harlequins Women) are presenting weekly episodes, delving into the tournament and sharing exclusive insights from inside the Red Roses’ camp.

The strengthened presenter roster is the latest example of Crowd championing women’s sports, creating female-led content and working with brands to secure authentic, meaningful partnerships. Crowd also works with Chelsea FC Women’s football team on the We Are Chelsea podcast. Using content from the podcast, Chelsea FC Women’s TikToks received 50 million views in summer 2024 — more than any other women’s sports team globally.

Sage also continues its partnership with For The Love of Rugby as its official insights partner, providing live data on the tournament. The new hosts use Sage insights to analyse the games and make predictions on upcoming matches for their audience. It follows Sage’s partnership with For The Love Of Rugby for the Guiness Men’s Six Nations, where Sage insights formed the backbone of analysis and facilitated the creation of the “Rugbyverse” — a virtual podcast recording studio — in host Ben Youngs’ house.

For The Love Of Rugby launched in January 2024 and has since grown its fanbase to become one of Crowd’s most popular podcasts, landing in the Top 10 for sports podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. It recently featured Bristol Bears player and social media phenomenon Ilona Maher in a special episode, and it won the Gold Award for “Best Rugby Podcast” at the fan-voted 2025 Sports Podcast Awards. Full-time hosts Ben Youngs and Dan Cole achieved chart-topping record downloads and more than 54 million social media views with their coverage of the Guinness Men’s Six Nations, and they will undertake a national podcast tour in April and May.

Louise Gwilliam, Talent Manager at Crowd Network, said: “2025 is set to be the biggest year in the history of rugby, never mind women’s rugby, and we’re so excited to bolster our roster of world-class talent by welcoming Shaunagh, Sadia, and Maud to the Crowd community. They’re providing our listeners with next-level insights, both from their experience of playing at the highest level and with data from our partner Sage. As we build towards the Women’s World Cup on English soil later this year, which is already breaking ticket sale records, we want more brands to join us in supporting women’s sports by investing in female-led content and partnering authentically with female athletes.”