Principality Welsh Rugby Union Podcast

Wales Women at their Rugby World Cup and a couple of Wales internationals back home in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We hear from Jaz Joyce and Elinor Snowsill Down Under, along with Bradley Roberts and Dan Lydiate in Wales.

Wales Women pick the squad to head to New Zealand for their Rugby World Cup, in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We hear from coach Ioan Cunningham, captain Siwan Lillicrap, plus forward Georgia Evans and Carys Phillips. We also hear from Cardiff and Merthyr in the Indigo Premiership, as well as Scarlets and Wales centre Jonny Williams.

The Welsh Rugby Union sends condolences to the Royal family following the death of Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II. She and the Royal family have a longstanding link with the WRU and the Stadium. The Queen was the Royal Patron of the WRU until handing over that role to her grandson Prince William, now of course the new Prince of Wales. We also reflect on the rugby action getting back underway,...

We hear about the player pathway in action in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast, with Ospreys centre Tian Thomas-Wheeler. Swansea coach Hugh Gustafson talks about their 150th season, while we also hear from a special celebration at Pentyrch RFC.

We hear at length from the Welsh Rugby Union’s head of player development John Alder in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast.

We hear from Wales Women on tour in Canada as part of their World Cup build up, in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We also hear from the Dragons in Dublin, and Cardiff, Newport and RGC in the Indigo Premiership.

As the Welsh regions go back into pre-season training, it’s a chance to hear why one of them has a new look in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. Dragons RFC chairman David Buttress explains the new branding for the region, WRU community director Geraint John on the Fit, Fed, Fun campaign. While Wales women’s scrum half Keera Bevan describes their pre-season.

We hear more from inside the brave new world of professional women’s rugby in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We hear about a remarkable 12 months for Kelsey Jones, how Robyn Wilkins continues to balance rugby with work, and how Liliana Podpadec came through the Talent ID system.

We hear at length from Wales Women’s captain Siwan Lillicrap and prop Cerys Hale in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast.

We speak to Wales Women’s Player of the Year Alisha Butchers in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. And ahead of the start of the Commonwealth Games, we’ll hear from WRU head of Sevens Richie Pugh about his role.

Wales teams finish in South Africa with their heads held high, and prepare to start at the Commonwealth Games, in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. Coach Wayne Pivac and captain Dan Biggar assess the tour to South Africa, while Luke Treharne and Sam Cross look forward to the Commonwealth Games Sevens.

Wales create history in South Africa, we look forward to the deciding Test in this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We also hear from Wales U20s at the end of their Summer Series and the Wales Women camp as their World Cup preparations as a professional squad get underway.

Exciting times for Wales Senior Men, Wales Women and Wales U20s in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We hear from coach Wayne Pivac and captain Dan Biggar ahead of the Second Test in South Africa, after coming so close in the first. We hear from Wales U20s after they qualify for the final of the Six Nations Summer Series, and also Wales Women as they announce more full-time contracts ahead of...

We hear from the Wales camps in South Africa and Italy in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. Wales coach Wayne Pivac and captain Dan Biggar look ahead to the First Test against the Springboks, while we also go behind the scenes with Wales U20s at the Six Nations Summer Series in Italy.

We speak to Wales coach Wayne Pivac ahead of the tour to South Africa in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We also hear from scrum half Kieran Hardy, as well as more about the changes in the coaching structure at the Dragons.

We speak to the new Wales Player of the Year Will Rowlands in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. And we’ll hear from Wales Under 20s coach Byron Hayward as he announces his squad for their Summer Series.

A chance to hear more about the future direction of the United Rugby Championship in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. What about the South African teams, should there be second teams, what about player development, salary caps, some of the questions about the future direction of the United Rugby Championship with chief executive Martin Anayi.

A new tournament for Wales U20s, and what the future competition looks like for the regions, in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union podcast. We speak to Wales U20s coach Byron Hayward about the new Summer Series, plus we hear at length from United Rugby Championship chief executive Martin Anayi about all the gripes, grumbles and potential growth for the competition.

We hear from George North and Adam Beard as they prepare to tour South Africa with Wales, in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. Also regional coaches Toby Booth of the Ospreys and Dean Ryan of the Dragons reflect on their squads.

The Wales squad to tour South Africa was announced this week – hear the detailed explanation from coach Wayne Pivac on the Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We’ll also look forward to the next stage of the World Rugby Sevens series, building up to this summer’s Commonwealth Games.

Last chances for Wales players to impress ahead of the squad being picked to tour South Africa this summer, in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We hear from Cardiff coach Dai Young and scrum half Lloyd Williams, along with Wales Women duo Kelsey Jones and Beth Lewis.

We hear at length from WRU head of participation Geraint John, in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. He explains the progressive decision to shorten the age range for a youth rugby side in Wales from three years to two – bringing the traditional upper age limit at this level down a year from Under-19 to Under-18 We’ll also hear a reaction to the Pontypool story about not finishing all their fi...

The tenth and final Six Nations weekend of the year – and the chance for Wales Women to get their best finish for 13 years in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We’ll also hear more from Chief executive Steve Phillips, performance director Nigel Walker and head of participation Geraint John on subjects such as player development, a global season for international rugby and Friday night rugby i...

The return of Sioned Harries for Wales Women and we hear from three of Welsh rugby’s wise men, chief executive Steve Phillips, performance director Nigel Walker and head of participation Geraint John.

Reaction to Wales Women’s defeat to England and a clean sweep for the U18s, in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We speak to Wales women coach Ioan Cunningham and Wales U18s defence coach Catrina Nicholas-McLaughlin.