Sei Williams
@seiwilliams.bsky.social
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Awdur / Author 'Welsh Rugby: What Went Wrong' a 'Deffro'r Ddraig: Rygbi Cymru 1995-2024'
Mas nawr / Out now ar https://www.ylolfa.com/authors/46720593/seimon-williams
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Blog: gwladrugby.cymru
Awdur / Author 'Welsh Rugby: What Went Wrong' a 'Deffro'r Ddraig: Rygbi Cymru 1995-2024'
Mas nawr / Out now ar https://www.ylolfa.com/authors/46720593/seimon-williams
https://amzn.eu/d/eh1qFdl
Blog: gwladrugby.cymru
There is absolutely nothing to beat sport commentators totally losing their shit when their team - impartiality can do one - do something outrageous.
Glorious.
Glorious.
The BBC Scotland commentary for Kenny McLean’s halfway line goal is glorious. Stuff of dreams. 🔥
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
November 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
There is absolutely nothing to beat sport commentators totally losing their shit when their team - impartiality can do one - do something outrageous.
Glorious.
Glorious.
On the drive down today, I didn't really believe BBC Wales' Feast of Football panel when they insisted that Wales would soon click and give somebody a hiding.
But, my word, that was something else.
But, my word, that was something else.
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
On the drive down today, I didn't really believe BBC Wales' Feast of Football panel when they insisted that Wales would soon click and give somebody a hiding.
But, my word, that was something else.
But, my word, that was something else.
Reposted by Sei Williams
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The full S4C Byd ar Bedwar interview with WRU hatchet man Dave Reddin is on YouTube. It’s all in english.
The full S4C Byd ar Bedwar interview with WRU hatchet man Dave Reddin is on YouTube. It’s all in english.
What next for Welsh rugby? | Interview with Dave Reddin, WRU Director of Rugby and Elite Performance
YouTube video by S4C
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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The full S4C Byd ar Bedwar interview with WRU hatchet man Dave Reddin is on YouTube. It’s all in english.
The full S4C Byd ar Bedwar interview with WRU hatchet man Dave Reddin is on YouTube. It’s all in english.
I mean, if the WRU Executive can't even persuade the Dragons to sit in the same room as them for more than 10 minutes at a time, I dread to think what sort of welcome they're getting out west.
November 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I mean, if the WRU Executive can't even persuade the Dragons to sit in the same room as them for more than 10 minutes at a time, I dread to think what sort of welcome they're getting out west.
On the latest WRU ruse to make the new franchise holders take back the debt it has just taken away from some of them, pay the Union £1m for the privilege of running a rugby club without any say on any of the rugby, and then hand over 50% of any profits.
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I am altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it further.
One almost has to stand and applaud the sheer brass neck of the WRU in its brazen attempts to pass off this constant jack-knifing
gwladrugby.wordpress.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
On the latest WRU ruse to make the new franchise holders take back the debt it has just taken away from some of them, pay the Union £1m for the privilege of running a rugby club without any say on any of the rugby, and then hand over 50% of any profits.
gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/i...
gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/i...
"If their ambition is to portray the WRU as cartoon baddies, they could scarcely make it any more obvious if they took to parading up and down Westgate Street every day in front of an orchestra belting out the Imperial March". gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/i...
I am altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it further.
One almost has to stand and applaud the sheer brass neck of the WRU in its brazen attempts to pass off this constant jack-knifing
gwladrugby.wordpress.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"If their ambition is to portray the WRU as cartoon baddies, they could scarcely make it any more obvious if they took to parading up and down Westgate Street every day in front of an orchestra belting out the Imperial March". gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/i...
"The normalisation of decline, the quiet acceptance of humiliation, and the patronising insistence that there were “positives” to take from a 52-point loss. Really? "
Nathaniel Hale for Gwladrugby.
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Nathaniel Hale for Gwladrugby.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"The normalisation of decline, the quiet acceptance of humiliation, and the patronising insistence that there were “positives” to take from a 52-point loss. Really? "
Nathaniel Hale for Gwladrugby.
gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/t...
Nathaniel Hale for Gwladrugby.
gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/t...
Ooh, look!
It's only @squidgerugby.bsky.social displaying "Welsh Rugby: What Went Wrong?" while discussing the latest shenanigans.
Joyously, two years after publication, things are only going wronger.
Buy it, and drive yourselves into an impotent rage, here:
www.amazon.co.uk/Welsh-Rugby-...
It's only @squidgerugby.bsky.social displaying "Welsh Rugby: What Went Wrong?" while discussing the latest shenanigans.
Joyously, two years after publication, things are only going wronger.
Buy it, and drive yourselves into an impotent rage, here:
www.amazon.co.uk/Welsh-Rugby-...
November 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Ooh, look!
It's only @squidgerugby.bsky.social displaying "Welsh Rugby: What Went Wrong?" while discussing the latest shenanigans.
Joyously, two years after publication, things are only going wronger.
Buy it, and drive yourselves into an impotent rage, here:
www.amazon.co.uk/Welsh-Rugby-...
It's only @squidgerugby.bsky.social displaying "Welsh Rugby: What Went Wrong?" while discussing the latest shenanigans.
Joyously, two years after publication, things are only going wronger.
Buy it, and drive yourselves into an impotent rage, here:
www.amazon.co.uk/Welsh-Rugby-...
An interesting read on the confusion within the WRU's proposals - there's some good in them, but the whole is let down by a lack of understanding of and empathy for Welsh rugby. And for Wales.
A long read on the WRU’s terrible PR work, how the plans for the professional game lack any feel for Welsh rugby, and how we as Cardiff supporters can play a major role in trying to salvage a successful future for the club. cardiffrugbylife.wales/2025/11/02/s...
Supporters hold the keys at Cardiff
There may eventually come a time in Welsh rugby when there’s not constant off-field wranglings, arguments, threats and general chaos, and what will we do with ourselves… it won’t …
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November 2, 2025 at 10:35 AM
An interesting read on the confusion within the WRU's proposals - there's some good in them, but the whole is let down by a lack of understanding of and empathy for Welsh rugby. And for Wales.
"James Lowe puts his foot down".
a man is riding a mobility scooter down a sidewalk
ALT: a man is riding a mobility scooter down a sidewalk
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November 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
"James Lowe puts his foot down".
It's quite difficult to roll away when Ryan has just flopped all over the Irish carrier and NZ tackler from waaay in front.
November 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
It's quite difficult to roll away when Ryan has just flopped all over the Irish carrier and NZ tackler from waaay in front.
"You could argue that Tadhg Beirne took action to *stop* it being a head on head".
By turning his shoulder into his head, Craig?
By turning his shoulder into his head, Craig?
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"You could argue that Tadhg Beirne took action to *stop* it being a head on head".
By turning his shoulder into his head, Craig?
By turning his shoulder into his head, Craig?
A thrilling game.
an older man in a tuxedo and bow tie is sitting at a table with glasses of water .
ALT: an older man in a tuxedo and bow tie is sitting at a table with glasses of water .
media.tenor.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A thrilling game.
Hang on. It isn't 77 minutes at 14, is it? It's 20, surely?
November 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Hang on. It isn't 77 minutes at 14, is it? It's 20, surely?
The US shutdown taking effect at Soldiers Field, then.
November 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The US shutdown taking effect at Soldiers Field, then.
The biggest condemnation of the WRU in the time of the golden generation of the late 2000s and into the 2010s is that nobody ever thought - not even once - that Wales would, or even could, beat the All Blacks.
What a waste.
What a waste.
November 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The biggest condemnation of the WRU in the time of the golden generation of the late 2000s and into the 2010s is that nobody ever thought - not even once - that Wales would, or even could, beat the All Blacks.
What a waste.
What a waste.
31 October is quite the day in All Black history.
In 1972, they lost at Stradey to the only Welsh team to beat them since the invention of colour television.
Then lost again, 6 years to the day later, to Munster.
21 years on, they got ambushed at the RWC SF by France in the greatest of games. 1/
In 1972, they lost at Stradey to the only Welsh team to beat them since the invention of colour television.
Then lost again, 6 years to the day later, to Munster.
21 years on, they got ambushed at the RWC SF by France in the greatest of games. 1/
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
31 October is quite the day in All Black history.
In 1972, they lost at Stradey to the only Welsh team to beat them since the invention of colour television.
Then lost again, 6 years to the day later, to Munster.
21 years on, they got ambushed at the RWC SF by France in the greatest of games. 1/
In 1972, they lost at Stradey to the only Welsh team to beat them since the invention of colour television.
Then lost again, 6 years to the day later, to Munster.
21 years on, they got ambushed at the RWC SF by France in the greatest of games. 1/
Paul Thorburn says hi.
(And then goes on to say some dodgy stuff about nationality and rugby's eligibility rules).
(And then goes on to say some dodgy stuff about nationality and rugby's eligibility rules).
October 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Paul Thorburn says hi.
(And then goes on to say some dodgy stuff about nationality and rugby's eligibility rules).
(And then goes on to say some dodgy stuff about nationality and rugby's eligibility rules).
"When they said four, were they to be believed then? Or are we to believe them now with three? Does that mean they weren’t sure then? Or are they not sure now? After all, they wanted two regions. Or so they said. Then."
Nathaniel Hale for Gwladrugby.
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Nathaniel Hale for Gwladrugby.
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Following the Data. Or the People. Or The Strategy.
But trust doesn’t survive this kind of inconsistency. Every pivot undermines the last promise. Every confident declaration is another reminder that those making the decisions have little accountabi…
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October 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
"When they said four, were they to be believed then? Or are we to believe them now with three? Does that mean they weren’t sure then? Or are they not sure now? After all, they wanted two regions. Or so they said. Then."
Nathaniel Hale for Gwladrugby.
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Nathaniel Hale for Gwladrugby.
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It must be a while since only one Welsh club lost on a URC weekend.
October 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It must be a while since only one Welsh club lost on a URC weekend.
Grateful for the invitation to witter on about the WRU's latest wheeze on last night's ScrumV special.
For those who've been asking - no, I do not live in a sauna.
Oh, and get 'Welsh Rugby: What Went Wrong?' from all good (and bad) bookshops. tinyurl.com/34pskv3x
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
For those who've been asking - no, I do not live in a sauna.
Oh, and get 'Welsh Rugby: What Went Wrong?' from all good (and bad) bookshops. tinyurl.com/34pskv3x
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Scrum V - Welsh Rugby Special
Join Lauren Salter and guests as they react to the findings of the WRU’s recent review and consultation into the future of elite game in Wales.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Grateful for the invitation to witter on about the WRU's latest wheeze on last night's ScrumV special.
For those who've been asking - no, I do not live in a sauna.
Oh, and get 'Welsh Rugby: What Went Wrong?' from all good (and bad) bookshops. tinyurl.com/34pskv3x
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
For those who've been asking - no, I do not live in a sauna.
Oh, and get 'Welsh Rugby: What Went Wrong?' from all good (and bad) bookshops. tinyurl.com/34pskv3x
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
A worst-of-all-worlds bad decision. And entirely on brand gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/a...
A worst-of-all-worlds bad decision. And entirely on brand
Today’s is a decision so worst-of-all-possible-outcomes bad that it is, for the WRU, entirely on-brand. It is so very, very WRU.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A worst-of-all-worlds bad decision. And entirely on brand gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/a...
I mean, come on...
October 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I mean, come on...
Rather splendidly, the WRU's press release today contains some hyperlinks to..well, it's not quite clear where, really.
October 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Rather splendidly, the WRU's press release today contains some hyperlinks to..well, it's not quite clear where, really.
So the three surviving teams, by 2030, will be on budgets of £7.8m.
That's lower than Edinburgh's budget today. Benetton are already on over £7m and forecast a 30% increase by the end of the decade.
That's lower than Edinburgh's budget today. Benetton are already on over £7m and forecast a 30% increase by the end of the decade.
October 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
So the three surviving teams, by 2030, will be on budgets of £7.8m.
That's lower than Edinburgh's budget today. Benetton are already on over £7m and forecast a 30% increase by the end of the decade.
That's lower than Edinburgh's budget today. Benetton are already on over £7m and forecast a 30% increase by the end of the decade.