Principality Welsh Rugby Union Podcast

Wales coach Wayne Pivac discusses his options for the Australia match in the Week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. Nick Tompkins describes switching to start the Fiji game minutes before kick off, Wales Women captain Siwan Lillicrap, scrum half Keira Bevan and backs coach Richard Whiffin describe their progress and we also hear about top level wheelchair rugby coming to the Principality Stadium.

We hear from the men’s and women’s Wales camps in this week’s Welsh rugby Union Podcast. Wales coach Wayne Pivac explains his thinking while we also hear from Ellis Jenkins, Kieran Hardy and Bradley Roberts. Wales women’s coach Ioan Cunningham also explains his thinking, while we hear also from Alisha Butchers, Cerys Hale, Caitlin Lewis, Jazz Joyce and Elinor Snowsill.

A momentous and historic week for the Women’s game in Wales – hear all about it in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union podcast. We speak to WRU performance director, Wales Women captain Siwan Lillicrap and coach Ioan Cunningham about the decision to offer professional contracts to the players building up to next year’s World Cup. We also hear from Wales coach Wayne Pivac looking ahead to the South Africa game

We look ahead to Wales against the All Blacks – and back to Wales Women against the Black Ferns – in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We hear from coach Wayne Pivac as well as key forwards Wyn Jones, Tomas Francis and Adam Beard, looking ahead to this weekend’s game against New Zealand. We also hear from coach Ioan Cunningham and captain Siwan Lillicrap after they played a training match against New Zealand Women.

Just how much is the All Blacks game worth to Welsh rugby and a chance to hear from the new Wales Women coaching team. We speak to WRU chief executive Steve Phillips, as well as Wales Women’s head coach Ioan Cunningham and attack coach Richard Whiffin.

A special focus on the Wales squad to take on the best in the world this Autumn. We speak to coach Wayne Pivac, along with players Jonny Williams, Rhys Carre and Elliot Dee.

What’s it like being called up for the Lions tour, growing up in Tonga, or helping Wales Women bounce back this Autumn, we find out in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We speak to Adam Beard about his remarkable 12 months, Sione Kalamafoni about his remarkable background, along with Siwan Lillicrap and Geraint Lewis about how Wales Women can bounce back this Autumn.

We hear from the Welsh Rugby Union’s new performance director Nigel Walker on the challenges facing him on his first day in the job. We also hear from some past and potentially future Wales internationals at each of the four regions.

We hear from the star players at all four regions in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. As the new season gets underway, we talk to Willis Halaholo, Cardiff Rugby, Jonathan Davies, Scarlets, Harrison Keddie, Dragons, and Tomas Francis, Ospreys.

We hear about Welsh rugby’s oldest trophy in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast – and how it came to be returned to the WRU. We also hear about the apprentice turned rugby officer and go along to a visually impaired rugby event in Cardiff.

Some well known Welsh rugby characters involved in Abergavenny v Brynmawr in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. While at regional level we’ll hear about a potentially career ending injury, about gaining career starting qualifications and a career-boosting move.

We hear about the return to rugby across Wales at a West Wales local derby between St Clears and Laugharne. We also speak to the Welsh regions as they get ready to start pre-season friendlies.

It’s a walk down memory lane this week, 50 years after Wales launched the Golden Era of the Seventies with a Grand Slam in 1971. We speak to flanker John Taylor, one of the key players, including the comparison with this season’s Six Nations when Wales again went to Paris for the final game chasing a Grand Slam.

We hear from Wales captain Jonathan Davies looking forward to the Autumn Internationals in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We also hear about the return of community rugby with a visit to a local derby in Cardiff.

A chance to focus on rugby in North Wales in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast with a new man in charge. We chat at length to the new general manager in the North Wales development region, Alun Pritchard.

We look forward to the climactic Third Test for the British and Irish Lions in South Africa with Wales hooker Ken Owens and Lions coach Warren Gatland. We also speak to former Ebbw Vale and Dragons full back Carl Meyer, who’s now based in New Orleans, about the development of rugby in America. The comparison between Ebbw Vale and New Orleans is worth listening out for!

We look at the strong Welsh influence on the British and Irish Lions, 1-0 in South Africa after a thrilling First Test victory. We hear from Wales and Lions captain Alun Wyn Jones, along with former Wales coach Warren Gatland and former Ospreys coach Steve Tandy.

We hear from Welshman Gareth Baber, who will be in charge of Fiji at the Olympics Rugby Sevens, as they aim to repeat their gold medal success of last time round.

We look forward at the second Test between Wales and Argentina in Cardiff, as well as back at the Wales U20 Six Nations campaign. We hear from Wales coach Wayne Pivac, defence coach Gethin Jenkins, front rowers Elliot Dee and Gareth Thomas, along with centre Nick Tomkins. We also speak to Wales U20 coach Ioan Cunningham, as well as players Alex Mann, Efan Daniel, Christ Tshuinza and Cameron Jones.

We reflect on the win over Canada and look forward to Argentina in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. Coach Wayne Pivac explains his thinking, we hear about all the players in the squad who go way back with outside half Callum Sheedy, scrum half Kieran Hardy back in the starting line-up and second row Will Rowlands on his step up in responsibility. We also hear from Wales U20s about their Six Nations campaign.