Sinopsis
A fans eye-view of the latest news, views and gossip in the world of Welsh rugby.
Episodios
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Another new dawn
10/04/2025 Duración: 53minWRU top dogs Abi Tierney and Richard Collier-Keywood sit down with Gareth Rhys Owen to reveal their vision for the future of Welsh rugby.Up to 20 jobs could go as the Union implements a restructure aimed at saving £5m a year to make the professional game in Wales financially stable.Tierney also reveals they are close to appointing a new Director of Rugby and have already spoken to potential candidates to be their next men's head coach.
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The Warm Up: Three coaches
10/04/2025 Duración: 35minLauren Jenkins, Scott Baldwin, Ellis Jenkins & Richie Rees reflect on another busy week in Welsh rugby, including the news that the Welsh Rugby Union has taken control of Cardiff Rugby.
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Cardiff set for administration
08/04/2025 Duración: 33minGareth Rhys Owen and Lauren Jenkins react to the breaking news that Cardiff Rugby are set to go into administration with the Welsh Rugby Union in line to take over the capital city side. BBC Wales business correspondent Huw Thomas as well as former Chief Executive of Sport Wales and longtime Cardiff fan Dr Huw Jones discuss the ramifications for the world-famous club.
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Ospreys march on in Europe
07/04/2025 Duración: 34minGareth, Lauren and former Wales internationals Alex Cuthbert and Phillippa Tuttiett reflect on the European Rugby weekend and look ahead to Wales' trip to France in the Women's Six Nations.
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Playing rock, paper, scissors!
03/04/2025 Duración: 44minLauren Jenkins is joined by three former Wales internationals Richie Rees, Alex Cuthbert and Jonathan Davies to preview a weekend of knockout European rugby, and recall memorable experiences of competing in Europe.
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Wales walloped by rampant Red Roses
31/03/2025 Duración: 01h01minGareth Rhys Owen and Lauren Jenkins are joined by former Wales captains Ellis Jenkins and Siwan Lillicrap to reflect on Wales’ 67-12 defeat to England and the weekend’s URC games. Sean Lynn's side conceded 11 tries against the Women's Six Nations holders in front of a record crowd of over 21,000 fans. Elsewhere, Scarlets came back from 17-0 down to beat west Wales rivals Ospreys, Cardiff conceded a late penalty to lose away to Benetton and Dragons suffered another defeat after losing to Edinburgh.
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The Warm Up: "It's as if we've let a wolf into the garden!"
27/03/2025 Duración: 43minLauren Jenkins is joined by Philippa Tuttiett, Ellis Jenkins and Dai Flanagan to look ahead to Wales v England in round two of the Women's Six Nations and a west Wales derby in the URC as Scarlets host Ospreys.
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West Wales derby preview with Taine Plumtree and James Ratti
26/03/2025 Duración: 26minGareth Rhys Owen sits down with Scarlets back-row Taine Plumtree and Ospreys back-row James Ratti to preview Saturday's West Wales derby.
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“Rome wasn’t built in a day”
24/03/2025 Duración: 32minGareth Rhys Owen, Alex Cuthbert and Philippa Tuttiett review Sean Lynn’s first game in charge after Wales lost 24-21 to Scotland in their Women's Six Nations opener. We also review the weekend's URC games where there were wins for Cardiff and Ospreys but defeats for Dragons and Scarlets. After only three sessions with the team new Wales boss Sean Lynn was “super happy” with the building blocks put in place in his first game in charge but says “Rome wasn’t built in a day.”
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The Warm Up: “We’ve all heard him swearing like a sailor”
20/03/2025 Duración: 42minLauren Jenkins is joined by Philippa Tuttiett, Claire Thomas and Ellis Jenkins to preview Wales' first game against Scotland in the Women's Six Nations and look ahead to this weekend’s URC action.
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WRU CEO Abi Tierney
20/03/2025 Duración: 31minWelsh Rugby Union Chief Executive Abi Tierney sits down with Lauren Jenkins to reflect on another winless Six Nations campaign and discuss what's next for Welsh rugby. Wales are currently on the worst run of results in their 143-year history having lost their last 17 Test matches. We hear about the WRU's plans to appoint a new director of rugby and head coach, the commitment to keeping four regions and the personal abuse Tierney has received since taking on the role.
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Scrum V Top 5: Jamie Roberts
19/03/2025 Duración: 01h08minFormer Wales and British & Irish Lions star Jamie Roberts has led a fascinating life. He’s a grand slam winner, a qualified doctor and has even played guitar with the Manic Street Preachers. Now he’s dropping by Mike Bubbins’ bar to reveal his top five centres.
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Can the WRU lift the game from rock-bottom?
17/03/2025 Duración: 53minFormer Wales chairman Gareth Davies chats to the pod about the crisis facing the sport in Wales and what the Welsh Rugby Union can do to lift the game from rock-bottom. Alex Cuthbert and Philippa Tuttiett discuss what went so wrong for Wales against England, review Gloucester-Hartpury's Premiership title win and look ahead to the Women's Six Nations.
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Where does Welsh rugby go from here?
15/03/2025 Duración: 17minGareth Rhys Owen and Lauren Jenkins are joined by former Wales internationals Gwyn Jones and James Hook to react to Wales' humbling by England in Cardiff.
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Scrum V Top 5: Will Carling
14/03/2025 Duración: 01h03minWill Carling was one of England’s most successful ever captains, winning three grand slams during the 1990s. Now he’s facing one of his biggest challenges - to select his all-time top five Welsh rugby players.
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The Warm Up: Wales v England - you never know...
13/03/2025 Duración: 37minLauren Jenkins is joined by Tom Shanklin, Jamie Roberts and Jonathan Davies to preview Wales' final Six Nations match against England in Cardiff. Can Wales end their 16-match losing streak and spoil England's hopes of winning the Six Nations title?
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It's England week!
10/03/2025 Duración: 39minGareth Rhys Owen, Lauren Jenkins and former Wales captain Ellis Jenkins, reflect on Wales' defeat in Scotland and assess the chances of bringing their wretched run of defeats to an end with victory over England on Saturday. Wales centre Joe Roberts also joins top pod to look back at his 70 minutes on the wing at Murrayfield.
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Spirited Wales fall short in Murrayfield
08/03/2025 Duración: 22minLauren Jenkins is joined by Elinor Snowsill, Gwyn Jones and Cennydd Davies to react to Wales' 35-29 defeat to Scotland.
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The Warm Up: Still like John Terry at the end
06/03/2025 Duración: 38minLauren Jenkins is joined by former Wales internationals Jamie Roberts, Alex Cuthbert and James Hook to discuss Wales’ team selection ahead of their game in Murrayfield in the penultimate round of the Six Nations, and recall famous encounters against Scotland.
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Scrum V Top 5: Colin Charvis
05/03/2025 Duración: 01h05minFormer national captain Colin Charvis was a trailblazer of the game who led the team at one of the most explosive times in Welsh rugby. He heads to Mike Bubbins’ bar to discuss his all-time top 5 coaches.