There's something distinctly Cameroon 1990 about some of the Cape Verde tackling and I'm very much enjoying it. #KickedIntoOrbit #uruvcpv

Human sacrifice. Dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria.

Likely AI, but reminded of the time Welsh brewers Brains got around the rules on alcohol advertising in France by having 'Brawn' written across the Welsh rugby team's shirts instead. And then followed up two years later with'Brawn Again'.

The trouble with a first memory of Brazil in the World Cup being the 1982 team - Zico, Eder, Socrates, Falcao, that terrible prematurely balding keeper, that lot - is that I actively resent subsequent iterations for not being as ridiculously good.

I see ITV have just discovered the Trainspotting soundtrack.

It isn't often you watch a South African team and just wish they'd be a little less intricate and much more direct.

He signed an unconditional surrender at Versailles? Come the fuck on.

Loving the Ghana keeper and his absolute commitment to repeatedly sprinting 20 metres into any situation offering the vaguest possibility of getting the ball.

The UK coverage of this World Cup has been refreshingly free of "...but anyway let's talk about England"-itis. Jon Champion - commentating on the Ghana-Panama game - seems to be determined to change this.

A plea, @bbcsportbot.bsky.social. As many people will follow this World Cup by watching highlights the morning after a game, having deliberately avoided the score, could you please not have pictures of players obviously celebrating goals and text such as "THREE RED CARDS" on the thumbnails? Ta.

For christ's sake South Africa, just take it into contact and reset.. You have to *earn* the right to faff about with it at the back.

So...the knitted shirt is *the* uniform of the 50+ year old football pundit this season, then?

This Lord's pitch doesn't look great. One ball rears up to catch Root's outside edge, the next scuttles along the ground.

"Communities feel decay earlier than institutions do. Fans notice the cracks long before boardrooms acknowledge them. The emotional economy collapses first". Nathaniel Hale for Gwladrugby. gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2026/06/02/n...

Honestly, one of the funniest tweets I've ever seen.

Having one of those passage-of-time moments watching the Europa League Final. The commentator says "Villa have waited 44 long years for this" and I think "nonsense, they won the European Cup when I was a kid about 20 years ago and..." and then I realise and stare into space for about five minutes.

Rugby....you know that new audience you were looking for?

"Nobody watching any Wales team could seriously question the effort. They try. They compete honestly. They care. If anything, that only makes the whole thing feel slightly sadder". Nathaniel Hale for Gwladrugby. gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2026/05/18/w...

What a lovely - and moving - response by Brian Moore on the W6N coverage to the sad news of Scott Hastings' passing.

What a try! Joue! Joue!

Yep. Italy won 11 turnovers to Wales' 4. Most of those Italian turnovers would have come in the second half too.

Wales have been terrible in the second half this tournament. Scotland - led by 2 at half-time, lost by 5 France - level at half-time, lost by 31 England - 15 down at half-time, lost by 38 Ireland - 12 down at half-time, lost by 21 Italy - led by 2 at the break, lost by 19. Very worrying.

The turnover stats are going to be horrible after this.

Not quite sure how the TMO looked at that tip tackle and concluded that Singleton didn't land on her head.

Just finished my mam's 80th birthday lunch, a chunk of which I spent furiously refreshing the BBC Cricket page for the @glamcricket.bsky.social v Somerset score*. County cricket, eh? Bloody hell. Whoooah, Glammy Glammy...! * yes, I'm a terrible son.

Ddim yn gefnogol iawn o benderfyniad S4C i gael Ffarmwr Ffowc ar y raglen.

So, Clartville/Islwyn splits 3-3 progressives v forces of darkness. That's...positive? Given that it's likely to be among the Reformiest constituencies?

"Heritage Party Pro Freedom Pro Family Pro Life". What a mouthful.

Record turnout in Wales with Senedd & Westminster turnout converging. Unthinkable a few years ago but still nearly half of registered voters staying home Competitiveness always helps, as well as the growing understanding that decisions Welsh Government takes has an impact on day-to-day lives

Tinus de Beer monotoning his post-match PoM interview then inexplicably pointing straight at the camera while saying "our die hard attitude to the end" is my new favourote thing.

What's going on, Ospreys? "Try sponsored by Days Rentals" is it? "Number 15 jersey sponsored by Flawless Cleaning Services", would you? Game's gone.

'Welsh rugby governance...where the phrase “finding rock bottom” is treated less as a warning and more as a challenge for someone to “hold my beer”'. Nathaniel Hale for Gwladrugby. gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2026/04/23/i...

Clarity Just Confuses Me gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2026/04/22/c...

Stop press. My wife *did* receive a letter from Reform. My kids and I had one letter between us, she had one addressed only to her. I think it's fair that I continually point out that she is therefore far more Reformy than the rest of us, right?

"The tone of the press release is of responsible, pragmatic, grown-up governance. None of which survives a quick glance at the actual text. Because we are, to all intents and purposes, back exactly where we were on 8 April last year". gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2026/04/22/c...

Starting to get more election bumph through the front door. One letter, from Reform, was addressed to me, my son and my daughter but not my wife. I don't know why she gets off so lightly.

The amazing thing is that those 2019 Johnson voters have not learnt a single fucking thing.

I mean, come on lads.

You know when you're watching a match on catch-up, and you're about 30 minutes behind, and your team is 17 points up and completely dominant and it looks odds on they're going to score 50 and then your phone goes nuts and its your rugby chat group? Shit feeling that, right?

Brosseau has been comically ill-disciplined so far. Four penalties and a yellow card given away in the first 13 minutes. Chapeau!

It's difficult to look at the sparsely populated Aviva Stadium and not conclude that something is fundamentally wrong with the Champions Cup.

While this is very much women's rugby's day at the start of the Six Nations, I just wanted wish a Happy St. Scott's Day to all who celebrate.

Horrible flashback to that Elliot Daly try against Wales in 2017 there. Missed left footed kick to touch, two long passes left for the touchdown in the corner. Shudder #ENGvIRE

Good Lord, Dragons. What have you done?

Still. Two Welsh clubs going out of Europe thanks to extremely ropey refereeing decisions saving their out-on-their-feet opponents is a step up. Perhaps there is life in Welsh rugby yet.

But, luckily for the referee, his TMO has saved his career here by spotting a, and I use the following quote marks advisedly, "forward pass".

I think we're about to see astonishing scenes in Ravenhill. Ulster are about to have a penalty try and yellow card given against them. Unprecedented.

As a Welsh rugby supporter, this is quite the dilemma. Support the Welsh team as Cardiff face Treviso? Or watch Toulouse-Bristol in what is surely going to be an extremely silly game of nonsense?

Stormers will be kicking themselves there. A point down, 15 v 13, and they play an exceptionally narrow last play of 20-odd phases without once going wide into silly amounts of space or thinking of a drop goal.