Cymro 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.cymruhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mvsygsly5k2fThoroughly enjoying Cat Heledd's absolute commitment throughout this game to insisting that she's in a studio when we can all see her standing on the pitch at CAP. Your foot's on the actual touchline Cat.18 Sep 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsygsly5k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mvprloqjoc24Call me a soft northern European if you wish, but I'd suggest that an independent technical assessment looking at 'how the course would perform under a range of conditions' might have included "is it full of about 500 saltwater crocodiles' as one of said range of conditions.17 Sep 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvprloqjoc24https://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mvn62n2eyk2p"People are entitled to ask what the strategy is, whether it is working, who is responsible for delivering it and what happens when it does not. Those are not unreasonable questions. They *are* the questions". Nathaniel Hale for Gwladrugby. https://gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2026/09/16/the-great-welsh-rugby-distraction/16 Sep 2026 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvn62n2eyk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mvl6ahdz722zI'm sorry, but how is it possible that Sarah Cooper-Lesadd supported Reform, sought to be and was chosen as a Senedd candidate for Reform, held office as a Reform MS for four months and has only just realised this?15 Sep 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvl6ahdz722zhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mvl5s2x33s2zNasser, luv. We've only just recovered from the commentators' pronunciation of Geraint Jones back in 2005. AnnYouRin Donald, is it? Yours, Wales.15 Sep 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvl5s2x33s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mvl4f22elc2zLatest from the "Protect Are Wimmin" wing of politics. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqde0xkgpy2xo15 Sep 2026 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvl4f22elc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mvjz33xay22w"The WRU have completely lost the room. They haven’t delivered the change that everybody seems to agree is needed. But then, it’s difficult to do so when what that is keeps changing". Ch-ch-ch-Changes https://gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2026/09/14/ch-ch-ch-changes/15 Sep 2026 06:35 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjz33xay22whttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mvj2uohro22d"Unless everybody is of the same mind – and that's never going to happen because, to quote The Barry Horns, This Is Wales – it is impossible to please everybody". Ch-ch-ch-Changes https://gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2026/09/14/ch-ch-ch-changes/14 Sep 2026 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvj2uohro22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mve77o2bt22jI'd just like to point out that the last team to go into the final Test of a series in South Africa with a chance of winning the series was Wayne Pivac's Wales. You heard.12 Sep 2026 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mve77o2bt22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mvdxyikkl22jWell. That was certainly some rendition of the NZ anthem by that bloke and his £20 keyboard from Argos.12 Sep 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdxyikkl22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mvcvroqy7s2w15kg put on in 12 hours? Sounds like a standard Christmas at ours.12 Sep 2026 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvcvroqy7s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mv6bvd77gk27So World Rugby think that Six Nations matches should be taken to the US so that Six Nations matches can generate the type of income generated by Six Nations matches?10 Sep 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6bvd77gk27https://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3musq7uzf3s2p"All these incredible stories. Incredible invasions. Beautiful war crimes. Corruption like nobody's ever seen before. People said we couldn't be this terrible..." [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Sep 2026 00:25 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3musq7uzf3s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3muicapx4is2mPractical Magic remains the only film I've walked out of at the cinema. I guess WB executives are hoping people have forgotten how bad it was. I haven't. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3muicapx4is2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3muaoo6ksqs2zSurely it wouldn't be beyond the wit of The Man to have ensured that the Ospreys' first game at NuStHelen's against the Dragons (24 October) and the Goldie Lookin Chain gig at the Patti Pavilion next door (31 October) lined up? Come on people. Make things easy for yourselves.29 Aug 2026 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3muaoo6ksqs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mua6c375sc2sOof. The Boks look annoyed. NZ have some work to do just to hang on here.29 Aug 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mua6c375sc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mua656fcj22sCodie Taylor is a fabulous player, but my favourite thing about him is that he looks like an All Black forward from the 1980s. That's right - about 53 years of age. You can't beat a prematurely aged forehead.29 Aug 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mua656fcj22shttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mu5sodw2zs2p"The WRU has not covered itself in glory. That does not however mean that we should all support Welsh rugby’s very own Robin Hood without question or critical analysis". Gwladrugby's Yorkshire Exile takes a look at the campaign to remove the WRU board. https://gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2026/08/28/wheres-the-beef/28 Aug 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5sodw2zs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mu5sodw2zs2p"The WRU has not covered itself in glory. That does not however mean that we should all support Welsh rugby’s very own Robin Hood without question or critical analysis". Gwladrugby's Yorkshire Exile takes a look at the campaign to remove the WRU board. https://gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2026/08/28/wheres-the-beef/28 Aug 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5sodw2zs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mu3bflkrq22b"Tierney, Collier‑Keywood, Reddin — arrived on a wave of goodwill, considering the mess they had inherited, but had within a year burned through it with admirable efficiency." https://gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2026/08/27/what-are-you-doing-dave/27 Aug 2026 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3bflkrq22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mtwbf5yox22tHad cause to go to Port Talbot earlier (don't ask) to meet someone at the Grand Hotel. They sent us to the 'Legends'var, which sounded horrendous but was actually covered in Aberavon RFC photos and memorabilia. Including this, of the formidable Mrs Mainwaring. A rugby anorak's dream bar.25 Aug 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwbf5yox22thttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mtu6nciww226I'm at my mam's and she's decided to watch a 1977 episode of Mastermind on BBC4. Contestants include "Mrs Walker - Occupation: Housewife" and "Lord Beaumont".24 Aug 2026 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtu6nciww226https://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mtlvurtqd22x"The WRU doesn’t have a sufficiently effective pathway, and if they tried to argue otherwise you’d probably beg them to stop, if only to avoid making fools of themselves". Nathaniel Hale, for Gwladrugby, on the Indigo academy proposals. https://gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2026/08/21/if-you-create-a-desert-dont-be-surprised-when-the-harvest-fails-and-the-predators-arrive/21 Aug 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlvurtqd22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mtjki2jamc2pTwo absolutely epochal terrible reviews by England there.20 Aug 2026 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjki2jamc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mtinj4ikhc2x"The last couple of weeks have seen what appears to be a well co-ordinated campaign to sabotage the WRU’s attempt to move to three regions...The tactics used are straight out of the MAGA playbook". Yorkshire Exile for Gwladrugby. https://gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2026/08/19/maga-meets-the-wru/20 Aug 2026 06:45 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtinj4ikhc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mtcmklnepk2pFinally, some good news.17 Aug 2026 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcmklnepk2p