Principality Welsh Rugby Union Podcast

We hear from Wales internationals at all four regions before the final round of the festive derbies on this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We speak to Jonathan Davies at the Scarlets, Aaron Wainwright at the Dragons, Sam Cross at the Ospreys and Lloyd Williams at the Blues.

We find some positives to review in 2020, it provided the chance to shine a light on various areas within the WRU which don’t normally get much attention. One of those is what an interesting, varied and busy bunch the Wales rugby women are, as well as a chance to go in depth on some of the work behind the scenes in the WRU this year.

A special on the Welsh derbies in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast, looking ahead to this year’s games and back at some classics. We speak to Premier Sport pundits Tom Shanklin and Shane Willliams – who are the players to look out for, what are their most memorable derby games and much more, from style of play to style of haircuts.

A special this week, hearing at length from record-breaking referee Nigel Owens on the Welsh Rugby Union Podcast - 100 international caps as a referee, then retiring from the highest level. So how did he get into refereeing, what are the highlights of his long career – and what next?

We talk about Covid bubbles, racism, Autumn Nations Cup reaction and a new coaching appointment on this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We hear from Wales coach Wayne Pivac and players Tomas Francis and Gareth Davies, Dragons wing Ashton Hewitt on his anti-racism campaigning and new Wales Women’s coach intern Sophie Spence.

The end of the Autumn Nations Cup this weekend on the Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. Wales coach Wayne Pivac explains his thinking ahead of the game against Italy, while Wales’s Jersey Boys talk about their rise to international level.

We look ahead to Wales England at Parc y Scarlets with head coach Wayne Pivac, scrum half Lloyd Williams and flanker James Botham, as well as hearing about life in quarantine for the Dragons.

A chance to meet the new Wales Women coaching team in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. Former USA Women’s Sevens assistant coach Warren Abrahams is the full-time Wales Women head coach, and 67-times capped former Wales captain and North Wales academy coach Rachel Taylor has been appointed as full-time Wales Women National Skills Coach. We also find out about some of the surprising connections in the team coach Wayne Pivac has picked to face Georgia.

A chance to hear at length from new interim Group Chief Executive of the Welsh Rugby Union Steve Phillips. What are the chances of crowds being allowed into the Six Nations, how will Welsh rugby cope in the current situation – and what was it like playing with a young Shane Williams. We also hear from Wales coach Wayne Pivac, while flanker Shane Lewis-Hughes talks about what he’s learning from training with Alan Wyn Jones.

In this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast we reflect on the narrow defeat to Scotland with Blues scrum half Lloyd Williams and Scarlets prop Wyn Jones. We also hear from Tyler Morgan, the 2015 Rugby World Cup star making his comeback from injury and illness at the Scarlets.

The best build up to the visit of Scotland in the Six Nations this weekend, on the Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We hear at length from Wales coach Wayne Pivac on his thinking, as well as paying tribute to 70s Wales rugby legend JJ Williams. We also hear from Gareth Davies, Owen Watkin and Sam Parry.

International rugby is back – we hear from the Wales men’s and women’s camps on this week’s Welsh Rugby Union podcast. Wales coach Wayne Pivac, forwards Cory Hill and Justin Tipuric discuss the match and the different preparation. We also get the chance to hear at length from the new man in charge of Wales Women, Darren Edwards.

We hear from both Wales Men and Women as they launch the new Macron team kit, in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. Jonathan Davies describes his return from a potentially career-threatening injury, while Ross Moriarty describes life inside the Wales team bio-bubble. Wales Women’s captain Siwan Lillicrap and second row Gwen Crabb also look ahead to resuming their Six Nations campaign.

A special focus on the Wales squad for the Autumn internationals this week on the Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We hear from coach Wayne Pivac in detail about his thinking, as well as one player included – Scarlets scrum half Kieran Hardy – and one player left out – Dragons outside half Sam Davies.

We hear from Wales internationals at all four regions, as the new Guinness Pro14 season kicks off this weekend We hear from Jake Ball at the Scarlets, Owen Watkin at the Ospreys, Josh Adams at the Blues and Rhodri Williams at the Dragons about their approaches to these games and potentially the Wales internationals following.

We hear from Wales Women’s international Alecs Donovan on a range of subjects. She is preparing for the re-arranged Six Nations game against Scotland, while also helping out in a great new partnership between the WRU and School of Hard Knocks to help members of the rugby community back into work if they have lost their job because of the Coronavirus crisis. And so much more . . .

Two Welsh teams in quarter-final action in the European Challenge Cup. We find out how Wales players Gareth Davies of the Scarlets and Aaron Wainwright of the Dragons are feeling after their breaks and return to action. Dragons Director of Rugby Dean Ryan discusses the differences coaching in England and Wales, and Scarlets head coach Glenn Delaney reveals an unlikely source of inspiration ahead of their trip to Toulon.

This week a special focus on disability rugby in Wales. We speak to Darren Carew, the WRU’s disability rugby co-ordinator, about the latest developments.

A chance to hear from players and a coach in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. Scarlets captain Ken Owens, coach Glenn Delaney and Blues and Wales back rower Josh Navidi all talk about returning to action and lessons learned from the lockdown.

The developing return to rugby in Wales and a Welsh coach with the New Zealand champions – in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We speak to WRU regional manager for the Dragons region Adrian Evans at training in Caerphilly, while also talking to former Wales wing Mark Jones – now working with New Zealand champions the Crusaders and provincial side Canterbury.