I’ve seen some lucky tries in my time but that takes the cake and half the bakery

How are Pau’s driving mauls sexy? Stupid sexy pau dot jpeg

SCENES

Also btw in other news I am undereducated on Ulster these days but @alrugby.bsky.social has been catching me up on things Where do I buy tickets for the Jude Postlethwaite hype train?

Ref called him over because ROG was carrying on on sideline and Rozier had enough. Ref told him if he didnt shut up he would out him into stand It is all going on . This is 34 seconds into game 😅😅😅

Woohoo what a try! Stick this on!

If you’re not watching Pau vs La Rochelle you missed ROG marching onto the pitch to argue with the ref after his fly half got sent off in minute 1

And if they construct a 4th team from second string players / semi pros, the WRU could be accused of devaluing the competition and therefore of breach of contract, and I’m bloody certain CVC will have a claw back clause.

Lol tbf some of the tries from Bulls vs Lions were sexy as hell

So let me get this straight Reddin wants to cut to 3 teams but if they do that they will have to make a new 4th team to fill the contractual gap of the one they got rid of? And he originally wanted to go to 2???

Wtf. Gibberish.

I thought the closest thing to a positive for Wales yesterday was Joe Roberts at 13 He finished as Wales’ top metres maker with 31 from 5 carries. He also weighed in with a line break, 9 tackles, 2 kicks and zero penalties conceded.

South Africa fans partying outside the principality stadium.

“There aren’t enough players in Wales for 4 teams” The aggregate score for the 4 regions with teenagers and semi-pros on the benches: 79-57

Look if I, as a Welshman, was employed by the RFU to completely hash up the English game, was in the stadium watching England succumb to a record home defeat, and been given a 35% pay raise, I'd be smiling too. Casting the first stone and all that

New Video! 🎥 Link ❤️ youtu.be/PcfOOrshY40?... I was joined by my good mate @caolanscully.bsky.social for the Ireland debate: On the surface the results are still acceptable, but underneath the discontent continues to build 🙁 is it a blip or the start of long term issues?

New 🎙️ HG Rugby Pod I joined @huwgriffinrugby.bsky.social pod this week to talk all things Ireland. As diplomatic but critical as I could be I’d say Enjoy! 🎥 youtu.be/PcfOOrshY40?...

I’ve had a lot of comments off genuinely well meaning bok fans saying “we’ve been there” referencing the 57-0 I am struggling to see it as the same - am i being closed minded?

Lol i read it wrong initially and thought Cardiff were second

Clearly the optimum solution is to keep 4 regions and cut team Wales!

“The Scarlets sir… … they’re so f*cking back.”

I just heard a drunk Welsh fella in the toilet queue ask the saffa behind him: “number 1s or number 2s?” The saffa replied “SOUTH AFRICA ARE NUMBER 1”

I think I know who Esterhuizen is running at in defence

Wales have faced 6 lineouts so far and not thrown a man up to compete any of them

First scrum Wales have taken off an opponent all Autumn From where I’m sat the ref did us a favour

15mins till anthems

Not to panic anyone (you were relaxed? Lol) Im watching Hardy and RMW practice kicking to each other in the warmup and I swear to god the ball has gone in the stands twice

1hr till anthems

I’m in Cardiff for Cymru vs the #Springboks If you spot a bloke sat up on the top row wearing head to toe @scarlets_rugby garb come say hi 👋

🗞️ Top 14 TEAM NEWS Plenty to digest, more than just the return of the 🐐 Check out all the line ups and what it all means in our article for All Things Rugby👇 Let us know your thoughts please 🙏 allthingsrugby.com/news/top-14-...

On the streets of Cardiff If you told me 50% of the tickets for this game went to South Africans I’d say “Is that all?”

While the “official” penalty count was 18 ... the “true” penalty count was 27. How Ireland fought the law & the law won #IREvRSA - Behavioural shift needed in the coaching of the cynical acts. READ HERE: thecurrency.news/articles/209...

My Team of the Year PROBLEM… 🤔 #rugby #southafrica (📹@PirateRugbyPod) #Rugby #TeamOfTheYear #SouthAfrica

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu ✋ The south african Carwyn Leggatt-Jones 👈

The dragons had a knock on 10 mins ago and i’ve been thinking about it ever since It was in a ruck and then suddenly it pinwheels 10m forward It defied physics

Top 3 URC Games To Watch: Round 6! 🤩 #URC #rugby (📹@PirateRugbyPod) #URC #rugby #sports

Apologies, I should have specified men’s rugby as Braxton Sorensen-McGee has 11 in 5 🙏

Fraser McReight 🇦🇺 finished 2025 with 22 turnovers won in 14 test matches - 8 more than any other international player 📈

Henry Pollock is averaging 2.9 penalties conceded per 80 making him the 3rd most frequently penalised player in test rugby Paddy McCarthy is top with 3.4…

Alex Mitchell and George Ford rank 1 and 2 in the world for kicks per 80 in test rugby in 2025 Mitchell = 15.3 Ford = 14.5

Try assists per 80 at test level 2025: Craig Casey = 2.5 Antoine Dupont = 2.4 @caolanscully.bsky.social @threeredkings.bsky.social

Top try scorers in test rugby 2025* 1. Louis Bielle-Biarrey (10 in 8) 2. Aka Tabutsadze (9 in 9) 3. Will Jordan (7 in 13) 4. Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (7 in 10) 5. Kalatevi Ravouvou (7 in 9) *I don’t think the stats I’m using take into account the Lions tour

Wales and South Africa have played each other 7 times since 2020.

Why did the Boks have to batter and bruise Ireland like that? André Pretorius and MW Welman break down Rassie’s brutal masterplan and the tactics that disrupted Ireland’s system. Out the Boks is live now! @haribaldijones.bsky.social @huwgriffinrugby.bsky.social youtu.be/odT9-aTGCZw

My greatest achievement this week was bamboozling the rugby globetrotter @haribaldijones.bsky.social with the great english dinner/tea debate on @89combo.bsky.social

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So far this autumn, Wales are averaging 207 tackles per match and have a tackle dominance rate of 2.7% South Africa are averaging 122 tackles a game and have a dominance rate of 7.6% 7-1 split.