The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast

In this weeks' pod, we hear from former player James Roberts, now Sports Broadcaster as he takes us through his documentary that he has made about London Welsh, called Dragons in Exile. We hear about his rugby background and all the support he received from Cardiff Met as he pursued his Masters in Sports Broadcasting. James came to London Welsh and was with us for two years during Covid; so his ga...

In this weeks' episode we hear from London Welsh Scrum Half, Hywel Williams. He takes us through his brief thoughts on the Rugby World Cup; his trip to Nantes with many of the players and his thoughts on the season to date. We then have Rugby Paper journalist, Brendan Gallagher and former Wales international Adrian Davies looking at how the teams have performed during the group stages and we give...

Our guest this week is Australian Premiership prop Ollie Hoskins. We discuss the Rugby World Cup to date and preview the big mach between Wales and Australia this weekend. We hear about how Ollie became capped by Australia in 2021 and what it meant to him and how the clip of him being told he was in the squad, went Viral. Ollie also takes us through his journey to becoming a professional player, w...

Our guest this week is former Wales International, Cardiff Blues and current Ealing Trailfinders player, Lloyd Williams. We discuss his Rugby World Cup memories, plus ask for this thoughts on the current campaign as we look forward to the Portugal match at the weekend. We catch up on his career and his pathway to Cardiff Blues and why he left to join Ealing Trailfinders. He also speaks about helpi...

In this episode we speak with former Wales International and ex London Welsh Coach Adrian Davies. We get his perspective from his experience being part of two Wales World Cup Squads’ in 1991 and 1995 and then enjoying the other World Cups as a fan. We discuss the merits of each group in RWC 2023 and which teams we think will make progress into the Quarter Finals. Enjoy.

In this episode we hear from the club Director of Rugby, Cai Griffiths as he previews the season ahead in Regional 1 South Central.

Our guest in this special is BBC Rugby Union Correspondent, Chris Jones.  Chris is a former KCS player and was a guest at London Welsh when both teams played each other in London South 1.  We chat about his rugby journey and how he got the role at the BBC.  What he learned as a London Society Referee and why he might go back.  Chris shares with us his views on the state of the Championship, curren...

Our guest this week is former back row player, Ollie Steadman.  Ollie has played in the Championship for over a decade and is well placed to give his honest assessment of the league and what could be done to improve its visibility.  He joined London Welsh from Newcastle after helping them gain promotion from the Championship to the Premiership as we went the other way. He played a big part in help...

Our guest this week is former London Welsh captain, Graeme Peacock.  He grew up in New Zealand, but was quite a latecomer to rugby, enjoying other sports before got hooked on the sport at 16. He then played locally for his club, before getting involved with the District side and coming up against some very famous All Blacks like Ian Jones and Buck Shelford.  He moved to the UK and played a bit wit...

Our guest this week is former London Welsh scrum half Ian George.  Ian started his senior rugby career with Northampton Saints, but struggled to get a regular starting birth at his favourite position of scrum half as he was behind a current England International and was often playing centre.  He moved to Rosslyn Park to further his International aspirations and sat on the bench a few times, but wa...

Our guest this week is our former hooker Chris Ritchie. Chris played back row all through his time at Swansea University, where he captained them and the Welsh Universities.  He went on to play for Oxford University for one season,  before settling down to play for Rosslyn Park whilst earning his keep in Insurance. A couple of years into his senior rugby career, he switched to hooker where he play...

Our guest this week is former centre and full back Seb Jewell.  Seb has a unique perspective of his time at the club having lived through the joy of a couple of promotions to the Premiership, a B&I Cup win and was there at the end when the club went into liquidation.  He talks about his sliding doors moment of how he signed for Harlequins after playing for Richmond Rugby Club and how challenging i...

Our guest this week, is Club Chairman Danny Griffiths.  In this interview we discuss the key themes from the AGM. The Board restructure, the end of the 5 year plan and what comes next.   Where are we financially with the club and what does the club require to prosper at Level 5 with the increase in travel costs and ensuring we have a club that can compete at this level.  New membership packages an...

Our guest this week, is Saracens and England International player Alex Goode.  Alex played a few games for London Welsh in 2008 to help us avoid relegation and to ensure he was game ready for the U20 World Cup.   We discuss the run in that Saracens have in the Premiership and the hope that they can get to another final at Twickenham.  Alex was successful at many sports, but was only picked up by t...

Our guest this week is current Performance squad player, Andy Black.  Andy joined London Welsh by chance at the beginning of the season when the club were in London North West 3.    Our supporters immediately took to him as he played a variety of position from No 8, to front row during that season.  We here about his upbringing in North Devon and about representing his county and playing for Exete...

Our guest this week is Aled Thomas.  Aled came to London Welsh in 2007 after a few years at Newport Gwent Dragons.  Still a young lad at 22 and wanting regular rugby at 10 for a club that was going places; and he chose right in London Welsh as this was their first season as a professional squad.  During his first season at the club, he also went on to win the World 7's in Dubai with another club s...

Our guest this week is former Chairman Bleddyn Phillips. He takes us through how he was invited to join the Board when he hosted a St David's Day Dinner in Moscow!  Once on the Board, he was made Chairman immediately and helped the Board make some big decisions in the Spring of 2012 as we were aiming for Promotion to the Premiership.  Bleddyn takes us through what he is doing in retirement to keep...

Our guest this week, is current squad member and prop superstar Sam Mahoney.   Sam has played prop since his early days at Colchester RFC when he joined them at U11.  We get to learn about his journey in rugby and why he took a gap year to wait for the love of his life to join him at University and when he made the transition from Colts rugby to Senior rugby for Clacton.  At University he bonded w...

Our guest in this weeks' episode is Terwyn Williams, Life member of London Welsh.  London Welsh has been a second home for Terwyn for over 50 years, from when he landed in London in 1970 and where he has made so many life long friends. We hear about where in West Wales he was brought up and started to play rugby and then where he went to College.  He didn't go straight into education, but found hi...

Our guest this week is Nathan Trevett.  In this episode we get to understand Nathan's journey from Youth rugby to Senior pro player in South Wales.  He played senior rugby at 18 years and 4 days for Cardiff RFC and played for them and Glamorgan Wanderers, before getting his chance at Cardiff Blues as injury cover whilst some of the players were at the World Cup.  Cardiff kept Nathan on for another...

Our guest this week is former London Welsh prop and captain Julian Davies.  This Barry boy came to London Welsh in 1980 and played for the club for over 12 seasons.  He had to bide his time and literally fight his way into the first team by demonstrating his scrummaging prowess in those legendary Thursday night training sessions.  He led the club on many occasion, appointed for a couple of seasons...

In this episode we hear from the many characters from around the club who enable match days's at London Welsh.  Saturday 18th March was the first league fixture for the Men's 1st XV since Feb 2020 and everyone was excited for the match.  We hear from the following at the club Pre Match Michael Talbot - Operations Director Natalie Smith - Women's Captain Pete Lowe - Director and Team Manager Terwey...

Our guest this week is Rugby Commentator and Content Producer, Nick Heath.  Whilst London Welsh were in the Premiership, Nick was the club's stadium announcer and VIP match day host.  Nick moved from London Welsh to announce at Harlequins when his Commentating career took off. He currently works for Talksport, Channel 4, England rugby and commentator on International rugby, Premier 15's and The Pr...

Our guest this week, is current Bath RFC and England International Josh McNally.  Josh was recently capped by England during their Summer matches with USA & Canada after displaying some great form during the last Premiership season.  He grew up in Hereford and always wanted to serve in the forces and didn't really think about having a career in rugby.  His journey started with the Colts at Luctoni...

In this weeks' episode we hear from many people across the club as excitement builds towards the start of the season.  Our Director of Rugby, Cai Griffiths takes us through his thoughts on pre season; the matches the squad have played, plus what he expects over the first few months.  There are a couple of interviews with players post the Cardiff match and this is something we will look to continue...