Principality 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 their World Cup.

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 fixtures this season.

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 in the Six Nations.

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.

We look ahead to Wales Women v England this weekend, along with Wales Men Sevens, in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We hear from coach Ioan Cunningham, captain Siwan Lillicrap, scrum half Ffion Lewis, second row Gwen Crabb and centre Hannah Jones, along with Wales Sevens prospect Ewan Rosser.

A special focus on the Women’s Six Nations after Wales’s opening win in Dublin, in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We hear from captain Siwan Lillicrap, coach Ioan Cunningham, full back Kayleigh Powell, flanker Alisha Butchers and prop Donna Rose.

In this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast we reflect on the Men’s and U20s Six Nations and look forward to the Women’s. We speak to Wales Women Elinor Snowsill, Lisa Neumann and Kerin Lake ahead of their opening game in Ireland. Alun Wyn Jones and Dewi Lake reflect on mixed emotions after the Italy game while we find out more about Wales U20 prospect Ryan Woodman.

We hear from all three Wales camps in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. Captain Dan Biggar talks about reaching a century of caps for Wales, while coach Wayne Pivac explains his selection. Wales Women’s coach Ioan Cunningham explains his squad selection for the Six Nations while captain Siwan Lillicrap reveals her great excitement ahead of the tournament. We also hear from Wales U20s captain Alex Mann.