Bronwyn Jones
@bronwynjones.bsky.social
I write on Kosovo + Balkans; run women’s rugby league Revolution Rugby in KS. https://linktr.ee/bronwynjones1
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Bronwyn Jones
@bronwynjones.bsky.social
· Mar 17
You can donate to Revolution Rugby using the PayPal button at: theideaspartnership.org/wp/?page_id=73 Just put "Assist Kosovo- Revolution Rugby" on the notation so they know its for us. Or you can send it directly to their bank account details in next post 👇
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One of the interesting projects I had the chance to work on this year was a photo story for the National Geographic featuring work by Hashem Shakeri on Afghan women and migrants, some of the most marginalised groups.
www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/...
www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/...
December 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
One of the interesting projects I had the chance to work on this year was a photo story for the National Geographic featuring work by Hashem Shakeri on Afghan women and migrants, some of the most marginalised groups.
www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/...
www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/...
Sending this to my ex ICTY colleagues and more.
What's wrong with this picture?
Extremely tempted to print this out and hand it out as a fun activity during the ASP.
Extremely tempted to print this out and hand it out as a fun activity during the ASP.
December 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Sending this to my ex ICTY colleagues and more.
A few more photos from us at Revolution Rugby
November 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A few more photos from us at Revolution Rugby
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100... BTW this is happening globally bc of Trump's aid cuts. And worse.
Video: Trump’s Aid Cuts Are Replacing Fresh Food With Junk
The Trump administration has cut nearly a billion dollars in food aid, creating a scarcity crisis at food banks across the country. We traveled to Georgia to observe how a decades-old emergency food s...
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100... BTW this is happening globally bc of Trump's aid cuts. And worse.
Some of our training from yesterday with the guest coach from Montpellier. (Also known amongst girls as Pretty Frenchy) even I had never heard French accented Serbian. Here are girls from Plementina and Mitrovica.
November 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Some of our training from yesterday with the guest coach from Montpellier. (Also known amongst girls as Pretty Frenchy) even I had never heard French accented Serbian. Here are girls from Plementina and Mitrovica.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRppm3a... Siya Kolisi not wrong. Question is does WRU do the right thing…
Quilter Nations Series on Instagram: "A leader who knows resilience when he sees it!
What a man Siya Kolisi is! Wise words for the Welsh side!
#QuilterNS #QCNS"
28K likes, 285 comments - nationsseries on November 29, 2025: "A leader who knows resilience when he sees it!
What a man Siya Kolisi is! Wise words for the Welsh side!
#QuilterNS #QCNS".
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November 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
www.instagram.com/reel/DRppm3a... Siya Kolisi not wrong. Question is does WRU do the right thing…
Apparently however the new fashion is a behind the back no look offload. Before Rugbypass fell apart I saw four attempts at this three made it.
Somebody call Rugbypass and tell them the connection is broken - again.
November 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Apparently however the new fashion is a behind the back no look offload. Before Rugbypass fell apart I saw four attempts at this three made it.
Somebody call Rugbypass and tell them the connection is broken - again.
November 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Somebody call Rugbypass and tell them the connection is broken - again.
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As a bonus at least Dan Biggars face spoke for all of us during his post match interview with Dim Dave where he unveiled his latest ‘fuck the URC well just send amateurs plan’
Assuming we all feel the same amount of loathing, hatred and revulsion that Dan clearly does.
Assuming we all feel the same amount of loathing, hatred and revulsion that Dan clearly does.
November 30, 2025 at 8:41 AM
As a bonus at least Dan Biggars face spoke for all of us during his post match interview with Dim Dave where he unveiled his latest ‘fuck the URC well just send amateurs plan’
Assuming we all feel the same amount of loathing, hatred and revulsion that Dan clearly does.
Assuming we all feel the same amount of loathing, hatred and revulsion that Dan clearly does.
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This, absolutely this - ask the difficult questions; put the WRU board on the spot; don’t let them get away with anything - rugby in Wales belongs to you; don’t let them tell you otherwise!
The WRU AGM is TODAY. If you’re a club rep, please don’t let the WRU board and the clowns who run our game get away with it. You have the power to get rid of all of them. Please use it now.
#RoadToWRUin Day 12:
The WRU are skint. This is clearly from the Annual Report which they sent out on Friday night, 19 days later than they’re supposed to under their own governance rules.
Executive pay went up 40% in the last reporting period.
gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2025/11/29/a...
The WRU are skint. This is clearly from the Annual Report which they sent out on Friday night, 19 days later than they’re supposed to under their own governance rules.
Executive pay went up 40% in the last reporting period.
gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2025/11/29/a...
November 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM
This, absolutely this - ask the difficult questions; put the WRU board on the spot; don’t let them get away with anything - rugby in Wales belongs to you; don’t let them tell you otherwise!
Dubai 7s Spain men just proved never give turned around the 2nd half to beat Argentina brilliantly. Team GB men abomination abt to go at SA
November 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Dubai 7s Spain men just proved never give turned around the 2nd half to beat Argentina brilliantly. Team GB men abomination abt to go at SA
I didn’t watch Wales today bc I’ve already placed a curse upon the WRU. Instead we had a French guest coach who the girls called him the pretty Frenchy he thought that was a comment on him being a wee scrum half when the guest Irish guy was a muscular Flanker. Then we had bangers&mash apparently.
November 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I didn’t watch Wales today bc I’ve already placed a curse upon the WRU. Instead we had a French guest coach who the girls called him the pretty Frenchy he thought that was a comment on him being a wee scrum half when the guest Irish guy was a muscular Flanker. Then we had bangers&mash apparently.
This is the most salient point not to have 4.5 size ball. But speaking as someone who does have issues even getting balls if WR or Rugby Europe just got to orgs like us *any* balls I’d be happy
@alicesoapbox.bsky.social is so good at this.
November 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This is the most salient point not to have 4.5 size ball. But speaking as someone who does have issues even getting balls if WR or Rugby Europe just got to orgs like us *any* balls I’d be happy
Here’s the full on video. It’s two players going in extremely illegally. This poor player’s head and neck injuries could surely be career ending.
If you didn’t see the game, watch the genuinely insane leaps of common sense, physics and duty of care that all four officials are fully in agreement in making to class a dynamic, avoidable shoulder direct to the head as a rugby incident.
Angus O’Brien is all of us here. It’s genuinely shameful.
Angus O’Brien is all of us here. It’s genuinely shameful.
November 29, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Here’s the full on video. It’s two players going in extremely illegally. This poor player’s head and neck injuries could surely be career ending.
This is extraordinary. Two players should have gotten a straight red here. Not wrapping, head shots, dangerous play, no mitigation. None of that 20 minutes crap either. Which seems - speculation here- to lead to men at least pulling some crazy shots these days
BTW: blue 4 throws a no-wrap chicken wing hit in as well.
Two throwing similar at once is… Well.
Two throwing similar at once is… Well.
November 29, 2025 at 5:52 AM
This is extraordinary. Two players should have gotten a straight red here. Not wrapping, head shots, dangerous play, no mitigation. None of that 20 minutes crap either. Which seems - speculation here- to lead to men at least pulling some crazy shots these days
TBH they’ve been want to do this for ages. Temp stay was alread removed. I have 4 colleagues who are last chance hoping to get an SIV- no other country worked for them- & I helped get 2 to the US. So IDK what will happen to them. 1 thing tho Biden was shit on AFG & refugees. At some point we just..
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
TBH they’ve been want to do this for ages. Temp stay was alread removed. I have 4 colleagues who are last chance hoping to get an SIV- no other country worked for them- & I helped get 2 to the US. So IDK what will happen to them. 1 thing tho Biden was shit on AFG & refugees. At some point we just..
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was first established during the Cold War to provide news to people living within the Soviet Union and behind the Iron Curtain.
www.huffpost.com/entry/radio-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/radio-...
Radio Free Europe's Hungarian Service Shuts Down After Trump Funding Cuts
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was first established during the Cold War to provide news to people living within the Soviet Union and behind the Iron Curtain.
www.huffpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was first established during the Cold War to provide news to people living within the Soviet Union and behind the Iron Curtain.
www.huffpost.com/entry/radio-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/radio-...
I’m of 2 minds abt this. For us it wld be a real problem w/ obtaining balls. For others who share balls w/men’s teams that’s a problem. WR has data on smaller hands & ball handling. I use different sizes to work on ball handling w/my players. Inevitably smaller balls do work better for many…
We have written extensively about why proposing different rules (smaller balls, closer posts) for women's rugby is a horrid idea.
scrumhalfconnection.com/2023/04/18/s...
scrumhalfconnection.com/2023/04/18/s...
Stop Proposing Different Rules for Women in Sport and Start Treating Them Like the Badasses They Are % | Your Scrumhalf Connection - Women's Rugby News
Stop Proposing Different Rules for Women in Sport and Start Treating Them Like the Badasses They Are | Your Scrumhalf Connection - Women's Rugby News
scrumhalfconnection.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I’m of 2 minds abt this. For us it wld be a real problem w/ obtaining balls. For others who share balls w/men’s teams that’s a problem. WR has data on smaller hands & ball handling. I use different sizes to work on ball handling w/my players. Inevitably smaller balls do work better for many…
❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️ served cold
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️ served cold
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Ireland star hit with three-match ban after red card against South Africa upheld @beltel.bsky.social #IrelandRugby #JamesRyan #RedCard
Ireland star hit with three-match ban after red card against South Africa upheld
James Ryan will serve a two-match suspension after his red card against South Africa was upheld by an Independent Disciplinary Committee.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Ireland star hit with three-match ban after red card against South Africa upheld @beltel.bsky.social #IrelandRugby #JamesRyan #RedCard
I have a massive hangover from the KPDS conference and a late night session. With lots of wine. Don’t go around quoting @ericgordy.bsky.social or find yourself causing a fight. I won. As far as I can remember. Anyway for details on KPDS threads are on the other place. Each panel covered.
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I have a massive hangover from the KPDS conference and a late night session. With lots of wine. Don’t go around quoting @ericgordy.bsky.social or find yourself causing a fight. I won. As far as I can remember. Anyway for details on KPDS threads are on the other place. Each panel covered.
Oh wow
Obviously a huge shame to see Dow retire from an England point of view.
(But from an engineer's point of view, great to see her returning to Mechanical Engineering).
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
(But from an engineer's point of view, great to see her returning to Mechanical Engineering).
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
Abby Dow: England World Cup winner retires from rugby at 28
England's World Cup-winning wing Abby Dow announces her retirement from rugby at the age of 28 in order to focus on a career in mechanical engineering.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Oh wow
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BIG APPLE, BIG RUGBY! 🍎🗽 The HSBC SVNS Series is debuting in New York City on March 14-15, 2026, at Sports Illustrated Stadium! 🤯 This is a massive strategic move to grow rugby in the US ahead of LA28 and the US World Cups. Get ready for an intense, fast-paced final regular season round!
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
BIG APPLE, BIG RUGBY! 🍎🗽 The HSBC SVNS Series is debuting in New York City on March 14-15, 2026, at Sports Illustrated Stadium! 🤯 This is a massive strategic move to grow rugby in the US ahead of LA28 and the US World Cups. Get ready for an intense, fast-paced final regular season round!
It is insane that Wales don’t have a full time defence coach. I have an idea tho: whoever coached the Belgians. Go get him. Or find someone right now who can pull that back together. It’s a good idea not to contest at breakdown w/the ABs & keep the ball moving)same w/Boks) but you can’t have a side>
New Zealand continued their winning streak against Wales weekend.
But, there was some moments of positivity for Welsh supporters to take after a heavy defeat, my piece for Talking Rugby Union can be found here 👇
Any shares would be appreciated!
www.talkingrugbyunion.co.uk/positives-am...
But, there was some moments of positivity for Welsh supporters to take after a heavy defeat, my piece for Talking Rugby Union can be found here 👇
Any shares would be appreciated!
www.talkingrugbyunion.co.uk/positives-am...
Positives amid pain as Wales fall again to ruthless All Blacks
Wales displayed attacking promise in their heavy defeat to New Zealand as Steve Tandys side offered some positives ahead of facing South Africa.
www.talkingrugbyunion.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It is insane that Wales don’t have a full time defence coach. I have an idea tho: whoever coached the Belgians. Go get him. Or find someone right now who can pull that back together. It’s a good idea not to contest at breakdown w/the ABs & keep the ball moving)same w/Boks) but you can’t have a side>