Welsh Rugby Union Podcasts

The Wales squad to tour South Africa was announced this week – hear the detailed explanation from coach Wayne Pivac on the Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We’ll also look forward to the next stage of the World Rugby Sevens series, building up to this summer’s Commonwealth Games.Door Welsh Rugby Union

Last chances for Wales players to impress ahead of the squad being picked to tour South Africa this summer, in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We hear from Cardiff coach Dai Young and scrum half Lloyd Williams, along with Wales Women duo Kelsey Jones and Beth Lewis.Door Welsh Rugby Union

We hear at length from WRU head of participation Geraint John, in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. He explains the progressive decision to shorten the age range for a youth rugby side in Wales from three years to two – bringing the traditional upper age limit at this level down a year from Under-19 to Under-18 We’ll also hear a reaction to th…

The tenth and final Six Nations weekend of the year – and the chance for Wales Women to get their best finish for 13 years in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We’ll also hear more from Chief executive Steve Phillips, performance director Nigel Walker and head of participation Geraint John on subjects such as player development, a global seaso…

The return of Sioned Harries for Wales Women and we hear from three of Welsh rugby’s wise men, chief executive Steve Phillips, performance director Nigel Walker and head of participation Geraint John.Door Welsh Rugby Union

Reaction to Wales Women’s defeat to England and a clean sweep for the U18s, in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We speak to Wales women coach Ioan Cunningham and Wales U18s defence coach Catrina Nicholas-McLaughlin.Door Welsh Rugby Union

We look ahead to Wales Women v England this weekend, along with Wales Men Sevens, in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We hear from coach Ioan Cunningham, captain Siwan Lillicrap, scrum half Ffion Lewis, second row Gwen Crabb and centre Hannah Jones, along with Wales Sevens prospect Ewan Rosser.…

A special focus on the Women’s Six Nations after Wales’s opening win in Dublin, in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We hear from captain Siwan Lillicrap, coach Ioan Cunningham, full back Kayleigh Powell, flanker Alisha Butchers and prop Donna Rose.Door Welsh Rugby Union

In this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast we reflect on the Men’s and U20s Six Nations and look forward to the Women’s. We speak to Wales Women Elinor Snowsill, Lisa Neumann and Kerin Lake ahead of their opening game in Ireland. Alun Wyn Jones and Dewi Lake reflect on mixed emotions after the Italy game while we find out more about Wales U20 prospec…

We hear from all three Wales camps in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. Captain Dan Biggar talks about reaching a century of caps for Wales, while coach Wayne Pivac explains his selection. Wales Women’s coach Ioan Cunningham explains his squad selection for the Six Nations while captain Siwan Lillicrap reveals her great excitement ahead of the…

We look ahead to Wales against France at the Principality Stadium this Friday in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. Plus we hear from the Wales U20s and Wales women camps ahead of their games against France and the USA Falcons.Door Welsh Rugby Union

Wales centre Jonathan Davies reflects on the England defeat and looks ahead to facing France in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We also hear from the Wales Women’s camp a month out from their Six Nations starting and Scarlets and Wales outside half Rhys Patchell on his two years of injury struggles…

Wales coach Wayne Pivac explains his selection thinking against England, we also hear from Dan Biggar and Ryan Elias in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. Plus Wales U20s defence coach Craig Everett on his journey to the role, why flanker Tom Cowan chose Wales over England and the special attributes of centre Eddie James.…

We start looking forward to the England game in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast, as well as hearing from Wales women and contrasting university rugby with the academies. Wales players Jac Morgan and Nick Tompkins talk about beating Scotland with England next, in the week Women’s Six Nations tickets go on sale we speak to Gwenllian Pyrs, Kayle…

Changes in the Wales team to face Scotland and changes at the Principality Stadium for the game, in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We also hear from Wales Under 20s Joe Hawkins and Wales Women’s star Jaz Joyce.Door Welsh Rugby Union

The longest Welsh Rugby Union Podcast we have ever done, there is so much to try and pack in. Wales coach Wayne Pivac explains his selection, wing Louis Rees Zammit says he’s getting even quicker, Wales U20s, the National Exiles programme, developments for Wales Women and changes at the Principality Stadium. Welsh Qualified players based outside Wa…

Looking ahead to the start of the Six Nations in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We hear from rival captains Dan Biggar and Jonny Sexton, along with Wales coach Wayne Pivac. We also speak to Wales U20s coach Byron Hayward and Wales Women’s Hannah Jones.Door Welsh Rugby Union

A Wales Six Nations squad always whets the rugby appetite, hear all the thinking in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. Coach Wayne Pivac explains the reasons behind his selections, WRU group chief executive explains the importance of crowds at the home games. We also talk to two of the professional Wales Women, scrum half Ffion Lewis and centre…

An historic and emotional day for Wales Women with 12 players receiving professional contracts – in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We hear from WRU performance director Nigel Walker, head coach Ioan Cunningham and captain Siwan Lillicrap. We also speak to WRU head of sevens Richie Pugh about the men’s team returning to the World Series this…

Difficult situations lead to interesting interviews in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. Find out why both Cardiff’s Dai Young and Ospreys’ Toby Booth think this is the most difficult period of their lengthy coaching careers. We also speak to forwards James Botham at Cardiff, on his lucky escape from South African quarantine, and Will Griffith…

Only one regional derby this week, but plenty of talking points on the Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We speak to Dwayne Peel and Gareth Davies at the Scarlets, Toby Booth and Morgan Morris at the Ospreys.Door Welsh Rugby Union

One match, four human stories in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. The two teams emerging from South African quarantine face off at the Arms Park, we hear from Cardiff rugby’s Dai Young and Josh Turnbull, as well as Dwayne Peel and Johnny McNicholl from the Scarlets.Door Welsh Rugby Union

A chance to hear from inside and outside the Covid quarantine situations which hit the Scarlets and Cardiff Rugby – and see how they have been coping with adversity. We hear from Dai Flanagan and Ryan Elias at the Scarlets, Seb Davies and Theo Cabango at Cardiff. Also former Wales prop Aaron Jarvis talks about his decision to retire and go into coa…

“We are not robots” says Wales and Lions wing Josh Adams, a chance to hear at length about the human side in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We also hear from Ellis Jenkins and Theo Cabango as Cardiff prepare to take on European Champions Toulouse in the oddest of circumstances, plus Bridgend and Newport in the Indigo Group Premiership.…

A chance to hear from some of the Indigo Group Welsh Premiership coaches in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. As well as the importance of the Principality Stadium to the Welsh Government and we speak to a Welsh Paralympic gold medalist.Door Welsh Rugby Union

We round up the Autumn Series internationals with Wayne Pivac, Johnny McNicholl and Aaron Wainwright, as well as Wales Women’s coach Ioan Cunningham. We also find out more about the development of wheelchair rugby in Wales and the Indigo Premiership prospects for RGC and Cardiff RFC.Door Welsh Rugby Union

Wales coach Wayne Pivac discusses his options for the Australia match in the Week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. Nick Tompkins describes switching to start the Fiji game minutes before kick off, Wales Women captain Siwan Lillicrap, scrum half Keira Bevan and backs coach Richard Whiffin describe their progress and we also hear about top level wheelcha…

We hear from the men’s and women’s Wales camps in this week’s Welsh rugby Union Podcast. Wales coach Wayne Pivac explains his thinking while we also hear from Ellis Jenkins, Kieran Hardy and Bradley Roberts. Wales women’s coach Ioan Cunningham also explains his thinking, while we hear also from Alisha Butchers, Cerys Hale, Caitlin Lewis, Jazz Joyce…

A momentous and historic week for the Women’s game in Wales – hear all about it in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union podcast. We speak to WRU performance director, Wales Women captain Siwan Lillicrap and coach Ioan Cunningham about the decision to offer professional contracts to the players building up to next year’s World Cup. We also hear from Wales …

We look ahead to Wales against the All Blacks – and back to Wales Women against the Black Ferns – in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We hear from coach Wayne Pivac as well as key forwards Wyn Jones, Tomas Francis and Adam Beard, looking ahead to this weekend’s game against New Zealand. We also hear from coach Ioan Cunningham and captain Siwa…

Just how much is the All Blacks game worth to Welsh rugby and a chance to hear from the new Wales Women coaching team. We speak to WRU chief executive Steve Phillips, as well as Wales Women’s head coach Ioan Cunningham and attack coach Richard Whiffin.Door Welsh Rugby Union

A special focus on the Wales squad to take on the best in the world this Autumn. We speak to coach Wayne Pivac, along with players Jonny Williams, Rhys Carre and Elliot Dee.Door Welsh Rugby Union

What’s it like being called up for the Lions tour, growing up in Tonga, or helping Wales Women bounce back this Autumn, we find out in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We speak to Adam Beard about his remarkable 12 months, Sione Kalamafoni about his remarkable background, along with Siwan Lillicrap and Geraint Lewis about how Wales Women can …

We hear from the Welsh Rugby Union’s new performance director Nigel Walker on the challenges facing him on his first day in the job. We also hear from some past and potentially future Wales internationals at each of the four regions.Door Welsh Rugby Union

We hear from the star players at all four regions in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. As the new season gets underway, we talk to Willis Halaholo, Cardiff Rugby, Jonathan Davies, Scarlets, Harrison Keddie, Dragons, and Tomas Francis, Ospreys.Door Welsh Rugby Union

We hear about Welsh rugby’s oldest trophy in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast – and how it came to be returned to the WRU. We also hear about the apprentice turned rugby officer and go along to a visually impaired rugby event in Cardiff.Door Welsh Rugby Union

Some well known Welsh rugby characters involved in Abergavenny v Brynmawr in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. While at regional level we’ll hear about a potentially career ending injury, about gaining career starting qualifications and a career-boosting move.Door Welsh Rugby Union

We hear about the return to rugby across Wales at a West Wales local derby between St Clears and Laugharne. We also speak to the Welsh regions as they get ready to start pre-season friendlies.Door Welsh Rugby Union

It’s a walk down memory lane this week, 50 years after Wales launched the Golden Era of the Seventies with a Grand Slam in 1971. We speak to flanker John Taylor, one of the key players, including the comparison with this season’s Six Nations when Wales again went to Paris for the final game chasing a Grand Slam.…

We hear from Wales captain Jonathan Davies looking forward to the Autumn Internationals in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We also hear about the return of community rugby with a visit to a local derby in Cardiff.Door Welsh Rugby Union

A chance to focus on rugby in North Wales in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast with a new man in charge. We chat at length to the new general manager in the North Wales development region, Alun Pritchard.Door Welsh Rugby Union

We look forward to the climactic Third Test for the British and Irish Lions in South Africa with Wales hooker Ken Owens and Lions coach Warren Gatland. We also speak to former Ebbw Vale and Dragons full back Carl Meyer, who’s now based in New Orleans, about the development of rugby in America. The comparison between Ebbw Vale and New Orleans is wor…

We look at the strong Welsh influence on the British and Irish Lions, 1-0 in South Africa after a thrilling First Test victory. We hear from Wales and Lions captain Alun Wyn Jones, along with former Wales coach Warren Gatland and former Ospreys coach Steve Tandy.Door Welsh Rugby Union

We hear from Welshman Gareth Baber, who will be in charge of Fiji at the Olympics Rugby Sevens, as they aim to repeat their gold medal success of last time round.Door Welsh Rugby Union

We look forward at the second Test between Wales and Argentina in Cardiff, as well as back at the Wales U20 Six Nations campaign. We hear from Wales coach Wayne Pivac, defence coach Gethin Jenkins, front rowers Elliot Dee and Gareth Thomas, along with centre Nick Tomkins. We also speak to Wales U20 coach Ioan Cunningham, as well as players Alex Man…

We reflect on the win over Canada and look forward to Argentina in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. Coach Wayne Pivac explains his thinking, we hear about all the players in the squad who go way back with outside half Callum Sheedy, scrum half Kieran Hardy back in the starting line-up and second row Will Rowlands on his step up in responsibil…

A chance to find out more about some of the players who are Welsh rugby’s future, in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. Coach Wayne Pivac explains his selection against Canada and we talk to prop Dillon Lewis and wing Tom Rogers. U20s forwards coach Rhys Thomas talks about their campaign and we find out more about lock James Fender and scrum ha…

A Welsh Olympian, rugby at the heart of the community and the Under 20s player who was man of the match after 790 days without a game, in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union podcast.We speak to Jaz Joyce, heading to her second Olympics in the Rugby Sevens, hear about a community rugby scheme in Cardiff and also focus on the Wales U20s, including flanker …

A complete Six Nations tournament in Cardiff kicks off this weekend, with Wales hosting the Under 20s Championships. We hear all about the Wales squad and from the two players who chose rugby over football. Ahead of the Wales summer internationals we hear why versatility helped Cardiff centre Ben Thomas gain his first senior Wales call-up.…

We hear about the Wales squad for this summer’s internationals, including speaking to 20-year-old Ben Carter on his rapid rise. Dragons director of rugby Dean Ryan gives his views and Wales coach Wayne Pivac explains his thinking.Door Welsh Rugby Union