The Lord of the Rings trilogy is a Christmas movie(s)

House prices are made up. Sell your house for 1.9m quid if you dont want it to be worth 2m. Solved it.

I think the things that we seem pretty bad at (gain line both sides of ball, missing tackles, aerial) are the things that make life really easy for a half decent team to put enough pressure on that it's too easy to score. We could fix everything else, but if we don't fix those then we go nowhere.

Have we missed more tackles than they've made yet?

Some thoughts on the importance of winning, the environment that Steve Tandy is creating and the WRU sabotaging themselves and everyone around them. cardiffrugbylife.wales/2025/11/18/v...

Vile. They should be ashamed.

How bad was that first half? We had family round for picky bits lunch and I have put a massive, shameful dent in the leftovers...

The sort of thing you could only achieve with vision and a massive majority and... ...oh well

Strong agree

There is a dog called Bobby in the park not adequately returning a tennis ball to his owner and consequently there is a man in Llanishen Park shouting "Bobby Ball" repeatedly with increasing levels of annoyance

Wales has partly paid for this bridge to nowhere as part of paying for the rail line that isn't in Wales and doesn't come to Wales. There's a poetry in that. Periodic reminder that in opposition UK Labour thought we shouldn't pay, but in government kept us on the hook. Cool.

Close WalesOnline, but wrong sport...

Crumbs. The comment section on this @squidgerugby.bsky.social video are a train wreck. youtu.be/G6YuqL7_Xf8?... The absolute pick of the bunch was the melon saying "the capital" doesn't need a team... ...cough...ahem... YOU PUT THE TEAMS WHERE THE PEOPLE AND MONEY ARE

Neither Faletau nor Adams looked at all good going off. Not good news for the autumn.

Really good to see Basham having a belting game. Sad that he'll undoubtedly be picked up by the fines committee for being dragged from scrapping by Sheedy...

I am crippled with envy at Irish statehood and its emergence as an economic success story, with a government eager to spunk money and tax breaks on rugby union. We could and should have the same thing in Cymru, if only we had the vision, guts and self-esteem to make it a reality.

I might be late to the party on this but how has there not been a time travel spin off of Chicken Run called Bantam Leap

Goodness, austerity would mean we couldn't adequately fund rail infrastructure in England with no benefit to us at all.

If the referee specifically says "always illegal" does that not mean it's a full red, not a 20min? (Learner watching on s4c so may have missed something specific) #CARvLIO

I fought the good fight there long before it was cool. I remain not cool.

Inspired by the WRU I'm announcing i'm just off to centralise an egg just before lunchtime and anticipate no impact on my ability to finish my lunch despite being most of the way through prep

Here's one factor English commentators will miss: on the left is a map of Welsh speakers, on the right is voting intention

I wish we had a national Welsh media and an established, mature discourse capable of pushing Labour figures in Wales on the tension between Starmer's appeasement of this stuff and the idea that Wales is a "nation of sanctuary". I want to hear the doublethink for myself.

Good advice for the Scottish Rugby Union

I am getting sick of certain politicians telling the people of Wales that they don't deserve their own democracy. Let’s stop discussing whether Welsh democracy is allowed to exist, and focus on how to make it work. My latest Guardian column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Such an important piece by @willhaycardiff.bsky.social Why, uniquely, does Cymru have to justify our democratic institutions? Over and over and over again. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I think the remaining questions left to answer after all this flag stuff are is England too small and too poor to be independent?

If high tackles are not described using obscure geographic references when this shirt is worn then the art of commentary is completely lost

You never hear about the pups who aged out of paw patrol and too few people are talking about that...

It's so bad I could see someone doing a LinkedIn post about it making some abstract point about their personal leadership skills. That would be rock bottom for Welsh rugby.

Just did the WRU survey and holy shit is this an awful survey. welshrugby.whatmatterstoyou.co.uk I mean, it speaks huge volumes that there is no option on this question along the lines "I enjoy rugby". Clowns.

Broke my little espresso cup so improvising with an egg cup

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

Probably about time for a consultation on what's gone so wrong with the consultation

Exploring post-rugby hobbies as 40 makes an ungainly scramble on to the horizon and does bunions count because it really does take over your thinking

This might not be everyone's bag, but a net positive of Brexit could be dismantling the union and building new cooperation as four nations joining the EU. Partnerships of choice, not historical domination, and better accountability for Cymru. #annibyniaeth

Grew up mucking around in the Usk out in the country, never seen one. Lived in Cardiff for 20+ years, including right next to the lake. Never seen one. On a whim last night I trekked the dog down to the lake and finally spotted my 1st Kingfisher streaking about. Incredible. In the middle of a city

Some more angles on the industrials ruins of Wales

Llongyfarchiadau! Congratulations Cardiff Uni Class of 2025! Had a blast cutting this one all this week. Lovely footage to work with! I never, ever, want to hear this song again though. youtube.com/shorts/lJdQz...

Much like adam back in the day, there's three tests. Jac will have his day.

Quick google check

Mentally reliving Plumtree's out the back pass to get through this 5-kid super school birthday party in a soft play.

I'd love it if Johnny Williams suddenly had a brilliant game. But...

Heaven knows we're miserable now. So let's just pick Tom Bowen and have fun.

Analysis and punditry available to fans is so incredible nowadays. Feel like I know more about the game than ever. But telling how bits of Wales' problems are impossible to articulate. What is that magic sauce we can't produce to get test intensity performances?

Humidity in the house now matching Japan