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We have no money (even our TV money), no players coming through, our reejuns are falling apart and nobody wants to coach us :thumbup: It's just a barrel of laughs. I've been banging the two-reejun drum for far too long on here, despite having no horse in the race. At this point, anyone who doesn't ...

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Cardiff have just taken back Ieuan Davies after Bath poached him* Sounds like Bath want to take advantage of the SRC, not sure what benefit there is to Cardiff There’s an absolute dearth of half backs. If we can get RMW to do what he did on the weekend consistently, I.e dont be a twat, and follow t...

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If we didn't know Tomos is our number 1 SH pick then we do now. What other prospects do we have coming down the line? Nothing that is screaming out for fast tracking... Cardiff have just taken the young Bath 9, Ieuan Davies on loan. He looked useful at under 20 level last year. Archie Hughes has do...

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What a relief! I really thought when Hardy was passing like his hands were made of jelly and Liam Belcher was missing at the lineout that it was all happening again, but we made it over the line. Josh Adams looked like himself again - that's a huge boost for Wales and Cardiff. Aaron Wainwright - has...

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I definitely have sympathy with the idea that we're going to be underpowered, unless we have a batch all come together like we did from 2010 onwards, that are physical freaks. Look at France rolling out 20 stone+ locks like clockwork. We just can't compete with that. However, while I do think we're ...

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Will it be as hot this weekend? Aka, getting our excuses in early. It will be similar temperature but the roof will be closed and weather forecasts suggest it will have been raining for a few days, so not sure what that does to the humidity...probably like a steam bath, but perhaps that is preferab...

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Happy with Dan Edwards at 10, but I really don't get Johnny Williams at 13. Play him at 12 or not at all. Hardy is lucky to get another start, and Rhodri Williams is unlucky to be dropped after doing a faultless job on the bench last week :lol: Really don't understand what is going on there. I'd hav...

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The Japanese LH is decent by D1 standards, but the TH is pretty bang average (and not first choice at his club). Our scrum should have battered them. The game wasn't particularly fast, despite it being hot. If our forwards can't manage that pace of game against a T2 side, they aren't fit enough for...

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Even with one decent guy on the opposition side, a Tier 1 lineout should be able to create a bit of variation with accuracy. We looked like a pub team at times. On the scrum, I've watched Nicky Smith go REALLY well in the Premiership this season. So when I see him conceding ground to a bang average...

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I only watched the first half, and I thought we were dismal despite the lead. How is our scrum getting shoved around by a bunch of newbie Tier 2 lads? How can we not complete a lineout against those same lads? The pack were abject in the set piece and the carry, and the centres were as shite as I c...

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Don't think we can read too much into that. We were dominating before conspicuously abnormal temperatures naturally changed the flow of the game True to an extent, but the lineout was already turning to sh*t well before the exhaustion. The scrum too was struggling from early on. Losing Ben Carter t...

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Oh, good. This argument again.

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Japan are playing a lightweight 'Chosoku' style under Eddie...'super-fast'. They've got rid of some of the bigger, more established players and replaced with the fastest in any position. You'd hope that means we can do some damage with our forwards. There's a lot of inexperience in their props so yo...

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LandOTurk wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 7:48 pm Fifita off to France next season - balls.

Disappointing for sure, such a good player to watch....and the timing is tough. Presumably a lot of business will already have been done, so picking up a decent backrower to mitigate the loss will be difficult.

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GROUPS
Pool One: Ospreys, Zebre Parma, Montpellier, Montauban, Black Lion, Connacht.

Pool Two: Lyon, Newcastle, Dragons, Benetton, Lions, Perpignan.

Pool Three: Cheetahs, Cardiff, Exeter, Racing 92, Stade Francais, Ulster.

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Tomos getting injured, putting him out of the Lions tour, and Wales under 20 leading by 17 points and then losing...another stunning weekend for Welsh rugby. To be fair there were some positives in the under 20 performance, we scored some lovely tries and there are clearly some talented individuals....

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https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rug ... d-31841385

Pleased for Dai if that comes off.

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Cory Hill has ended his 5 year stint in Japanese exile...who is going to take the exciting opportunity to pick him up?

<I really hope it's not us>

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Wales U20 (v England): Lewis Edwards (Ospreys); Ioan Duggan (Dragons), Elijah Evans (Cardiff Rugby), Elis Price (Scarlets), Aidan Boshoff (Bristol Bears); Harri Ford (Dragons), Sion Davies (Cardiff Rugby); Cam Tyler-Grocott (Cardiff Rugby), Saul Hurley (Aberavon), Owain James (Dragons), Dan Gemine ...

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We will have even more monies next year - the dross can be offloaded to the Pisspreys (whilst they’re still here) and the Shartlets on their much lower budgets. We need to spend our money on a coaching team not players (well players too, but you know what I mean). Priority has to be developing a ge...

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That’s to add to Jennings and faletau resigning. I’d say it’s scraping the barrel, but we went through the barrel 2 years ago and now we’re just digging our own grave Hadn't realised we had re-signed Jennings. He's been bang average at best Agreed. I guess on one level he can act as the fill in whe...

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https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/articles/c4ge5jwz29go Yes, neither up to where we want them. What's the homegrown situation with you guys? Are any of the Hawley, O'Connor or age group props being predicted to kick on? I'm not close enough to know. There's Prichard as well, and the U20s hooker...

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Javan Sebastian is ok as a third choice tighthead type option, but Sam Wainwright...yeesh. That one golden moment winning that penalty out in South Africa is all I can really think of in the positive column. When Leinster brought on RG Snyman and Rabah Slimani at the weekend and Sam Wainwright trot...

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Javan Sebastian is ok as a third choice tighthead type option, but Sam Wainwright...yeesh. That one golden moment winning that penalty out in South Africa is all I can really think of in the positive column. When Leinster brought on RG Snyman and Rabah Slimani at the weekend and Sam Wainwright trott...

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https://dragonsrfc.wales/news/2025/june/dragons-swoop-for-tonga-star-paea.html Dragons RFC are delighted to announce the major signing of Tongan international centre Fetuli Paea. The 30-year-old will join this summer following a string of impressive performances for Zebre Parma in the BKT United Ru...

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Here we go. New contract for Cai Evans. Spending that extra WRU monies already Super Cai is 3rd choice? For the Dragons! Just got back from holiday to see this...Filo's comment that he's equally comfortable at 10 or 15 is kind of true, but not for the reasons he thinks. I thought with the likes of ...

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Will Reed off to Worcester. With Ford acting as the new up and coming option (and maybe even Jac Lloyd after a strong season with Newport) and Tinus de Beer, AOB and Lloyd Evans (assuming he is staying on) as the older hands, it makes sense. Good luck to him. Ford looked a bit small in the u20s. Pe...

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Will Reed off to Worcester. With Ford acting as the new up and coming option (and maybe even Jac Lloyd after a strong season with Newport) and Tinus de Beer, AOB and Lloyd Evans (assuming he is staying on) as the older hands, it makes sense.

Good luck to him.

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A lot of those Dragons have already played for the seniors due to the injury crisis this season; Owain James, Nick Thomas (would probably have played a lot more but he got injured), Evan Minto, Harri Ford, Harry Rees-Weldon. George Tuckley, 18 year old loosehead, was starting for Pontypool in the SR...

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Wales training squad for 2025 World Rugby U20 Championship Forwards (25) Dylan Alford (Scarlets /RGC) Harry Beddall (Dragons RFC) Jake Bowen (Scarlets) Tom Cottle (RGC) Ioan Emanuel (Bath Rugby) Keanu Evans (Scarlets) Luke Evans (Exeter Chiefs) Will Evans (Scarlets) Dan Gemine (Ospreys) Deian Gwynn...

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Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 9:54 am
Kid A wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 9:37 am
bessantj wrote: ↑Tue May 20, 2025 3:35 pm

I really hope we win at least one fúcking game.
I hope we lose every game. And every game in the Autumn. And the six nations.

We don''t deserve professional rugby.
Calm down, dear. You're sounding hysterical.

Now is not the time to panic....that was a few years back.

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No Morgan Morse in the squad...wtaf? Pollock is the same age and is a Lion. Seemed like a perfect opportunity to blood him to me. I understand the point that we need experience and Wainwright and Faletau give that, and are the two options at 8, but Wainwright can play 6 so Morse could then come as ...

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No Morgan Morse in the squad...wtaf? Pollock is the same age and is a Lion. Seemed like a perfect opportunity to blood him to me. I understand the point that we need experience and Wainwright and Faletau give that, and are the two options at 8, but Wainwright can play 6 so Morse could then come as ...

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Theflier wrote: ↑Tue May 20, 2025 12:25 pm No Daf Jenkins, Beard and Botham(especially the former) is a bold call.

Maybe resting him after a tough season - not sure how many games he's played but seemed to be pretty ever present for Exeter and for Wales?

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WALES SQUAD FOR JAPAN TOUR Forwards: Keiron Assiratti, Liam Belcher, Ben Carter, Chris Coleman, Elliot Dee, Taulupe Faletau, Archie Griffin, Dewi Lake (captain), Josh Macleod, Alex Mann, Garyn Phillips, Taine Plumtree, James Ratti, Tommy Reffell, Nicky Smith, Gareth Thomas, Freddie Thomas, Aaron Wa...

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It is Cardiff that went bankrupt though and seemingly have now been rewarded for failing to manage the club You don't have to support Cardiff, but it would be tremendously thick not to have a reejun in our capital city. Anyone trying to argue that is letting their hatred of Cardiff as a club (which...

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You a bat or bowl or all rounder? I'm averaging about 1 game a year for the last few years so not great at either....but nominally an all-rounder. I used to open the batting fairly regularly when I was younger and bowled some passable leg spin. Now I don't trust it and bowl some medium pace using a...

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Who’s put 50p in LoT then? A few decent wins for the Scarlets, into the play-offs, and no one is mentioning the Scarlets as the team to go or merge....he's making hay while the sun shines. :lol: sorry lads I could see I was being on the mean side last night, but I've had a couple of sh1tty weeks on...

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I wonder who will have the highest score - the Bulls or your cricket team?! Tough one - our cricket team are pretty sh*t. You a bat or bowl or all rounder? I'm averaging about 1 game a year for the last few years so not great at either....but nominally an all-rounder. I used to open the batting fai...

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Dragons RFC: Angus O’Brien (cc); Harry Rees-Weldon, Joe Westwood, Aneurin Owen, Huw Anderson; Lloyd Evans, Rhodri Williams; Dylan Kelleher-Griffiths, Brodie Coghlan, Chris Coleman, Joe Davies, Ben Carter (cc), Ryan Woodman, Shane Lewis-Hughes, Aaron Wainwright Replacements: Lewis Morgan, Jamie Hugh...

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