Yestyn Cook for a guy who's 20 stone got folded too easily at the engage there. Lack of core strength?

Plumtree to second row alongside Carter? Warren to bench. No idea who's playing 15. Huzzah! archive.ph/hv1DU

The WRUin do it again. No agreement in place with players over match fees. When will this binfire of an organisation learn? www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/...

Cut from Wales squads Dafydd Jenkins (injury) Barratt Woodman Keddie Freddie Thomas Cracknell Bevan Jarrod Evans Hamer-Webb Roberts Rogers Bradley Murray at 15? God help us Bradley and Roberts out leaves only Hawkins, James, Llewellyn at centre. Grady being thought of as 13

Lowe to Japan for next season www.the42.ie/james-lowe-j...

New signing for the Ospreys. Liam Wright Former Aus international, could play for Wales from Aug 2027. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

Aus fans have faced "unimaginable terrors"? What's happened to Aus rugby over the last 10 years would in Welsh rugby be Tuesday.

I'll tell what is utterly enthralling at the moment and has the entire sporting world on the edge of its seat : the finals phase of the URC.

Can Leinster overcome random South African team in their carefully scheduled home semi final? Will their entirety authentic and not at all plastic rivalry with Glasgow reach a new crescendo in the final? I have no more fucks left to give!

WRU looking to bring in Ealing to the URC so they can cut a team. archive.ph/2026.06.05-1...

Looking forward to Farrell leaving in a couple of years, Cullen getting the job and losing at home to Italy and Georgia and getting sacked, then a half-interested Farrell coming back to save an IRFU mired in scandal and getting whitewashed two seasons in a row.

Rhys Henry is in the Wales squad. Better scrummager than Lewis, Warren or Wainwright. Was Joe Jones really close to a call up? archive.ph/2026.06.04-1...

Ah the WRU. Just when you thought things were quiet and settling down in Welsh rugby. archive.ph/2026.06.02-1...

Shaun Edwards to leave France? Perhaps not a role for him as defence coach with Wales as Murchie has been appointed, but could he be brought in with a wider brief? archive.ph/2026.05.30-1...

81st and 82nd West African Division, and 11th East African Division fought with distinction in the Burma campaign, doing things thought to be next to impossible by higher command, including long range patrols that were far more effective than the much celebrated Chindits.

Oliver Brown pushing hard to lay claim to Le Tache's crown of worst rugby journo archive.ph/2026.05.18-1...

Nothing particularly new. Iirc the 2 Prem teams opposed to the URC merger was Quins and Bath. Can't see Bath having changed their mind archive.ph/2026.05.17-0...

SA teams to not compete in Europe next season? archive.ph/2026.05.15-1...

Wales squad Forwards Barrett, Carre, Smith, Thomas Belcher, Elias, Lake, Lloyd Assirati, Lewis, Wainwright, Warren Beard, Carter, Jenkins, Thomas, Williams Botham, Cracknell, James, Keddie, Mann, Morgan, Plumtree, Reffell, Wainwright, Woodman

Isaac Murray-MacGregor to sign for Scarlets archive.ph/2026.05.08-1...

Lydiate to go full time with Wales as a coach www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/...

Harvey Cuckson signs for Scarlets archive.ph/2026.05.06-1...

Mackenzie Martin off to ProD2. Hope it works out for him. Big unit but something isn't working for him in Wales. www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/...

Kane James to opt for Wales at senior level. With Morse and James that's some depth building in the back row. archive.ph/Y3YpF

Riley Higgins to Edinburgh. Qualifies for both Scotland and Wales. edinburghrugby.org/news-and-fea...

Moana Pasifika to fold at end of Super Rugby season. archive.ph/2026.04.14-0...

Summary from Alex Bywater on Twitter EGM summary: 124 clubs in attendance No objections to motions being withdrawn Clubs were presented to on future direction of travel Executive maintained commitment to going to three teams Still no decision made on who goes New chair in place by summer.

Well that EGM predictably turned out to be a nothing burger. Instead it's given the WRU space to claim that it's held a Q&A with the clubs and had a club official say that they support the WRU proposals. www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/...

Rogers confirmed. "I’m really looking forward to testing myself in a different environment." archive.ph/f2DRB

The Times are on a bit of a roll at the moment with interviewing hookers. archive.ph/2026.04.09-0...

Tom Rogers to Ospreys. Scarlets looking at Ioan Jones, Page, Mee and Murray as back 3 for next season? www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/...

Tahlor Cahill not interested in playing for Wales at the moment. Not exactly an earth shattering revelation. www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/...

Tshiunza signed on a 1 year deal with Sale. www.salesharks.com/2026/03/26/s...

"At that age, you are not identifying the best players, merely the earliest developers: the biggest, the fastest, the ones who, by chance, arrived first. It is like judging the best apple just after planting the tree". Nathaniel Hale for Gwladrugby. gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2026/03/25/g...

Ospreys to play at St Helens next season. archive.ph/2026.03.24-1...

Joe Jenkins to move from Bristol to Tigers? www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/...

Excellent work by Ysgol Glantaf archive.ph/2026.03.18-1...

That Rob Regan master plan. 4 teams with £6m player budgets. archive.ph/2026.03.18-1...

Glorious prose

James Fender's brother Luke is also off to France. www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/...

What the actual fucking cnuting fcuk?

Tough on Hamer-Webb. Look forward to seeing Hennessey off the bench. Looked a real prospect at u20 level

The Telegraph on doping in SA archive.ph/2026.03.02-0...

Pivac to coach Benetton. Van Zyl to remain at Cardiff? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

England rugby to move to a franchise league. Expansion to 12 in 29/30 However "Expansion clubs will be required to play at least one season in the Championship" Does this rule out Welsh clubs? www.englandrugby.com/follow/news-...

Saracens to pay Farrell £1m a year for joining post RWC27? share.google/8j9TUJBnX7ig...

Rhys Long appointed at Technical Director under Reddin. So what is Reddin doing as Long seems to be doing his job?

Prem to become a "franchise league" if vote goes through next Friday Expanding to 12 clubs for the 29/30 season archive.ph/2026.02.21-1...

Interesting anecdote about the Monday after the Ireland game in the 2013 Six Nations. Odd that it's not in his, Biggar's or Adam Jones' autobiography? Seems like it would have been something to include? archive.ph/idf8J

From back in September 1995 www.independent.co.uk/sport/injury...