A sobering segment in the BBC’s build-up to Wales v France. The WRU believe that they have support from the fans and players. The Welsh rugby public say otherwise.

FFS Every time Mee goes to chase a kick there's no support covering his wing channel. Who the fuck designers that attacking play??

Scarlets are red Cardiff are blue Soon it will be 3 regions Due to the incompetence of the WRU

Founders of modern paleontology, and their contributions to systemic racism, classism and sexism (🧵) Henry Osborn (1857–1935), responsible for naming of Tyrannosaurus & Velociraptor; president of ANHM. Co-founder of the American Eugenics Society. Contributing to books later praised by Hitler.

Would genuinely love to sit Dave Reddin in a room with this guy and have him explain to Ross’s face, his galaxy brained belief that Swansea’s lack of private schools means that the city’s rugby heritage is irrelevant in determining its continued existence.

Scarlets lost to Northampton 43-28 & retained the #ChallengedCup going into this weekend. However a last minute try by Mee meant Scarlets beat Ulster 27-22 & the #ChallengedCup moves to Belfast Will Ulster keep the #ChallengedCup or will it move back to Wales when they play Cardiff on the 31st.

Pau win away against Scarlets 38-47. The #ChallengedCup returns to Wales this time in out West (West currently not best). Will the change of DoR help Scarlets as they head to Northampton in the last round of the Champions Cup group stages?

Briliant news 'A Numbers Game' is a cracking crime novel that you easily see as a TV show

Here we go #RuckTheWRU parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

Love to see it. Ospreys fans booing Hogg before kick off

Pau win away against Scarlets 38-47. The #ChallengedCup returns to Wales this time in out West (West currently not best). Will the change of DoR help Scarlets as they head to Northampton in the last round of the Champions Cup group stages?

@aknighton.bsky.social @glenatron.bsky.social If you need a cover artist

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The Eastern Yar.

This sounds like a job for @garius.bsky.social

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This video is brilliant and sums up what supporting your team means to folks.

Our history is our blood, and Our Blood Is Black 🖤 Get behind the boys as we face down familiar foes Montpellier in the EPCR Challenge Cup on January 17th: ospreys.info/MONT26 🎟️ 🎞️ youtu.be/oQ-PKOyk_vY #OurBloodIsBlack

The best screen version of Robin Hood without question

After holding the #ChallengedCup since losing to Dragons RFC in the 2nd round of Europe, Lyon finally won again this time defeating Pau 22-17. Pau are away at Scarlets next weekend in the Champions Cup. Will they retain the #ChallengedCup or will it return to Wales?

#ChallengedCup Lyon duly lost at home to the behemoth that is Toulouse 19-41 so retain the #ChallengedCup for another week. Next up Lyon have Castres away on the 27th.

What an incredibly poor game of rugby that was. #CARvSCA

Right let's breakdown this new poll for Wales because there is a lot going on below the headline figures. [Thread]

So last week I thought it time to resurrect the #ChallengedCup as the winless teams from URC & Top14 were playing each other. Dragons duly lost to Perpignan but this week they beat Lyon. So the #ChallengedCup now resides in the Top14 and next weekend is contested by Lyon at home to Toulouse!!

If handing someone their arse, was a video clip

This truly shows how much of an outlier Ellis Genge is within English rugby. It couldn't be a posher sounding group of players

Having seen Sean O'Brien score for Connacht against Ospreys this weekend and knowing there have been a few SOB's within Irish rugby. A question to the Irish rugby afficianados, has every Province had an SOB in the Pro era?

NEW: Major row erupts within Labour ranks as 11 Welsh Labour Senedd Members accuse Keir Starmer of “rolling back the existing devolution settlement” They call UK Gov approach to regeneration programme in Wales: “At best deeply insensitive, at worst a constitutional outrage”

@joshgardner.bsky.social On this week's WRRAP @clairesourfitz.bsky.social mentioned that winless Dragons go away to winless Perpignan in the challenge cup. Surely the perfect fixture to reignite the Challenged Cup? Especially with Newcastle also in the same group

We have written a special report looking at the people behind Reform in Wales. This was a bizarre piece to write. willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...

This is not a drill.... Dragons are 7-5 up against Leinster after 36 minutes and Leinster are down to 13 men. #DRAvLEI

Has Fender picked up a knock in camp? Surprised to see Ratti covering lock

@ospreyspodcast.bsky.social With all the Wales call ups I've been trying to work out the probably Ospreys team for Edinburgh: S Thomas, Parry, Botha Sutton, Smith Greatbanks, Moriarty, G Evans L Davies, Walsh Keith, Phil Conbeer, Hopkins, Kasende If Morris is fit he starts over Greatbanks

Thinking back to Ireland vs Boks. I noticed on shortened lineouts that SA don't have their props in the lineout. 9 passes on the call. Entire back 5 in the lineout and all are jumping options. Far more deception available when you don't have non jumpers in the line

Watching France Vs Australia and I'm struck by how much Tane Edmed reminds me of Norman Price from Fireman Sam

With Wainwright out Wales' backrow for NZ now has the most annoying player to play against from each of the Scarlets, Ospreys & Cardiff in Plumtree, Deaves & Mann. It may be a bit lightweight but it's the most likely backrow to get an opposition player sent off for punching them. #WALvNZ #CYMvAOT

Dan Edwards has twice scored a try by wriggling through tackles against a team in blue and black while wearing white. For Ospreys against Cardiff and Wales against Japan www.instagram.com/reel/DRB4beH...

Murray missing two tackles in the build up to that Japan try

WRU only went and made the Hawaiian shirt.

#NewportRising marching out to Bella Ciao. Commemorating our #Chartist history. We see your flags and we raise our torches. #FlagsIsIt?

Preach!

Dragons V Ospreys. 2 Teams. One opinion. #WRU #WorstRunUnion #Ospreys #Dragons

good morning, or as we say round here, bore da

Soundtrack of the day. Da iawn #Caerphilly. Dal ati #Cymru youtu.be/cX8szNPgrEs?...

Reform UK's Caerphilly by-election candidate Llŷr Powell has removed thousands of his social media posts including online interactions with his former boss Nathan Gill ✍️ @emilypricejourno.bsky.social

Arrgh listened to ScrumV and they're talking about lack of depth at the regions as a reason to cut teams. It's disingenuous and boils my piss. If the clubs were funded properly then Welsh talent wouldn't move to England and France and the depth would exist.

He even lies about CAKES...!

#Caerphilly #NathanGill #ReformUK #Farage