Gaz Bottom
@garjones.bsky.social
Welshman living in South East Asia. Rugby loving immigrant who when he Googles his name only gets hits for Gaz Top, so must be bottom.
It's insane. My wife's family has sent 3 kids to UK unis in the last 5 years, spent hundreds of thousands into the economy, took nothing and then went home. They should take them off the immigration numbers and aggressively tout for more.
December 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It's insane. My wife's family has sent 3 kids to UK unis in the last 5 years, spent hundreds of thousands into the economy, took nothing and then went home. They should take them off the immigration numbers and aggressively tout for more.
Yup, already. "The only thing though, I can’t go to the toilet by myself in public. I’ve had some not particularly nice experiences going into women’s toilets because people assume I’m a man for some reason. I get super anxious about that, so I don’t do that."
www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...
www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...
Hannah Botterman and Georgia Evans are championing queerness in rugby
The rugby stars – and couple – share about the 2025 World Cup, expressing their lesbian identities, and getting online hate for being too masc and too femme
www.dazeddigital.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Yup, already. "The only thing though, I can’t go to the toilet by myself in public. I’ve had some not particularly nice experiences going into women’s toilets because people assume I’m a man for some reason. I get super anxious about that, so I don’t do that."
www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...
www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...
It won't happen, there would be plenty of takers eager to take that spare spot long before it came to this. Cheetahs and Black Lion I'd suspect are already knocking on the door.
December 3, 2025 at 4:16 AM
It won't happen, there would be plenty of takers eager to take that spare spot long before it came to this. Cheetahs and Black Lion I'd suspect are already knocking on the door.
It's bonkers but it is meant to be a stop-gap for one year as they have a commitment up until 2027 to provide 4 teams. It won't happen anyway - Cheetahs would be immediately camped outside URC HQ asking for that spot.
December 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
It's bonkers but it is meant to be a stop-gap for one year as they have a commitment up until 2027 to provide 4 teams. It won't happen anyway - Cheetahs would be immediately camped outside URC HQ asking for that spot.
OK that makes more sense. 😂
December 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
OK that makes more sense. 😂
To be honest I'd assume Cheetahs are chomping at the bit to get that slot. Another bit of genius our Dave probably didn't factor in, that he's replacing two lucrative derby games with another trip (flight and hotel) to SA. Those commercial rights looking tasty.
December 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
To be honest I'd assume Cheetahs are chomping at the bit to get that slot. Another bit of genius our Dave probably didn't factor in, that he's replacing two lucrative derby games with another trip (flight and hotel) to SA. Those commercial rights looking tasty.
They should enter Cardiff. Have two teams with the same name, ground and colours to maximise the shitshow.
December 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
They should enter Cardiff. Have two teams with the same name, ground and colours to maximise the shitshow.
I much prefer the Nations Pod editions. Tom and GRO are an amusing pair.
December 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I much prefer the Nations Pod editions. Tom and GRO are an amusing pair.
Yes. He wrote a lot of articles and reviews in 'The Daredevils' and was very effusive about Miller's work. It's possibly even in the same issue but I don't have access to them at the moment to check.
December 2, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Yes. He wrote a lot of articles and reviews in 'The Daredevils' and was very effusive about Miller's work. It's possibly even in the same issue but I don't have access to them at the moment to check.
Alan Moore wrote a parody of Frank Miller's Daredevil in a Marvel UK anthology that was fronted by reprints of Miller's Daredevil.
December 2, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Alan Moore wrote a parody of Frank Miller's Daredevil in a Marvel UK anthology that was fronted by reprints of Miller's Daredevil.
This can't be true, when I sat next to him he had 4 thumbs.
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This can't be true, when I sat next to him he had 4 thumbs.
She's 13 years older than Hiddleston and I believe playing his grandma (haven't seen it yet but that's what the description says). The true elasticity of Hollywood ages.
December 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
She's 13 years older than Hiddleston and I believe playing his grandma (haven't seen it yet but that's what the description says). The true elasticity of Hollywood ages.
Which would be fair but the same arguments have been held in England for 20 years. That Minehead don't end up in a division with a team 4 hours away.
December 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Which would be fair but the same arguments have been held in England for 20 years. That Minehead don't end up in a division with a team 4 hours away.
It's wider than that really as we haven't changed any competitions in that time. As such the same pattern should appear for anyone in the URC and EPCR combo. CVC didn't do anything but suck money out.
December 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It's wider than that really as we haven't changed any competitions in that time. As such the same pattern should appear for anyone in the URC and EPCR combo. CVC didn't do anything but suck money out.
To be fair it is a valid issue at grass roots, not just in Wales, that national structures can mean amateurs spending a whole day travelling. Dave is 100% right though this can't be the primary concern after a record defeat and mass layoffs looming in the pro game.
December 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
To be fair it is a valid issue at grass roots, not just in Wales, that national structures can mean amateurs spending a whole day travelling. Dave is 100% right though this can't be the primary concern after a record defeat and mass layoffs looming in the pro game.
I love your stuff Huw but this is a terrible idea. 😂 Like the issue with the EPCR the last few years it just repeats matches you've already seen. I want Tonga v Uruguay and not them playing Samoa again.
December 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I love your stuff Huw but this is a terrible idea. 😂 Like the issue with the EPCR the last few years it just repeats matches you've already seen. I want Tonga v Uruguay and not them playing Samoa again.
I checked online, he has Irish heritage but his grandad was born in Wigan so I have to be the killjoy on this one. 😂
December 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I checked online, he has Irish heritage but his grandad was born in Wigan so I have to be the killjoy on this one. 😂
Honestly I pay nearly that much council tax for a 1 bedroom flat worth around 125k in Swansea. Is it really that onerous for someone with a house worth 20 times as much to pay double?
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Honestly I pay nearly that much council tax for a 1 bedroom flat worth around 125k in Swansea. Is it really that onerous for someone with a house worth 20 times as much to pay double?
They are weird, always start the season off shit. Then at random points they just click and play great rugby.
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 AM
They are weird, always start the season off shit. Then at random points they just click and play great rugby.
Even the year they won the league they lost the first 3 games. It seems built in a Scarlets team can't start a season well.
November 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Even the year they won the league they lost the first 3 games. It seems built in a Scarlets team can't start a season well.
I started following Wales in 1990. Soon after they took 70 points to a club side in Australia. 15 years of scraps and beatings mostly until we got something in 2005. It can turn around from the depths, it's happened in my lifetime.
November 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I started following Wales in 1990. Soon after they took 70 points to a club side in Australia. 15 years of scraps and beatings mostly until we got something in 2005. It can turn around from the depths, it's happened in my lifetime.
Disagree on Pivac really. He brought back discarded ageing players like Priestland and Lydiate with no real plan. Chose 5 different starting scrum halves in 6 games.
November 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Disagree on Pivac really. He brought back discarded ageing players like Priestland and Lydiate with no real plan. Chose 5 different starting scrum halves in 6 games.
Timothy Dalton and Goldfinger. I am only accepting Welsh entries. 😂 (Casino Royale is actually my favourite Bond film too but I am genuine on the song, it's a banger).
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Timothy Dalton and Goldfinger. I am only accepting Welsh entries. 😂 (Casino Royale is actually my favourite Bond film too but I am genuine on the song, it's a banger).
I'm hoping that will get better from now on. Pivac and Gatland 2.0 went mad with the tinkerman approach. We don't have the depth to select that way, better to do it like Italy post 2020 and take a young core and let them learn test rugby.
November 28, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I'm hoping that will get better from now on. Pivac and Gatland 2.0 went mad with the tinkerman approach. We don't have the depth to select that way, better to do it like Italy post 2020 and take a young core and let them learn test rugby.
He's reliving his Scarlets days when they played him every minute of the entire season.
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
He's reliving his Scarlets days when they played him every minute of the entire season.