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/3mrf437tc6s2qThe Prime Minister might need to have a word with his newly-appointed Secretary of State for Wales.24 Jul 2026 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrf437tc6s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mrcoi5wdns27"What Welsh rugby needs now is ...greater self-awareness. It doesn’t need headlines full of spin or statements that rip the credibility from the people saying them. Supporters are not asking to be protected from the truth". Nathaniel Hale for Gwladrugby. https://gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2026/07/23/wimbledon-is-over-so-stop-the-spin/23 Jul 2026 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcoi5wdns27https://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mrb67rdqu22qIn equally surprising news, Pope declares he is Catholic. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7vgerm0113o22 Jul 2026 20:32 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrb67rdqu22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mr7tj3fyvs25"if you were to design professional rugby from scratch, you certainly wouldn’t start from here". A Global Showcase or a Welfare Time Bomb? Rugby's Nations Championship Pushes the Boundaries https://gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/a-global-showcase-or-a-welfare-time-bomb-rugbys-nations-championship-pushes-the-boundaries/22 Jul 2026 07:48 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7tj3fyvs25https://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mr7tj3fyvs25"if you were to design professional rugby from scratch, you certainly wouldn’t start from here". A Global Showcase or a Welfare Time Bomb? Rugby's Nations Championship Pushes the Boundaries https://gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/a-global-showcase-or-a-welfare-time-bomb-rugbys-nations-championship-pushes-the-boundaries/22 Jul 2026 07:48 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7tj3fyvs25https://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mr3py2bgc22oBBC journalists reflexively yelling inane questions at passing politicians mid-analysis as a pack is wild, isn't it? "The big test facing the new Chancellor will be key issues such as the fiscal rules but also MR MILIBAND ARE YOU EXPECTING TO BE NAMED CHANCELLOR defence funding, cost of livings..."20 Jul 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3py2bgc22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mr3nxhrz5c2sI know Labour have about 450 MPs, but there are an awful lot of senior MPs announcing that they are not longer part of the cabinet. There aren't many obvious cabinet material candidates left.20 Jul 2026 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3nxhrz5c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mqzqne3uhk2uThis Argentina team has finally gone the full 1990. One genius, a manager making the most of limited resources, and a team stuffed full of irredeemable but incredibly hard-working bastards who are broadly horrible to watch.19 Jul 2026 21:41 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzqne3uhk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mqzhvcx5mk2uTerrific anthems. The US/FIFA Axis of Terribleness get something right. One thing. Once.19 Jul 2026 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzhvcx5mk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mqxenbs3qk2uWhat an exceptionally silly game.18 Jul 2026 23:01 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxenbs3qk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mqxduweroc2uThis really should be about 9-7 to France.18 Jul 2026 22:47 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxduweroc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mqrxmad7q22rConfusion in Cardiff, where somebody in an Argentina football shirt just wildly celebrated a dropped Indian chance which rolled away for a boundary to England.16 Jul 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrxmad7q22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mqrdkbli5k2fNot quite sure why a Maine Dem primary debate is being held in rural north-west Wales, but I might pop along for a look. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrdkbli5k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mqqxprjvuk2bI see Keiran Hardy has paid the price again for whatever Keiran Hardy keeps paying the price for with Wales. Honestly. Being the back-up 9 in this squad must be among the most thankless tasks in the game.16 Jul 2026 09:54 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqxprjvuk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mqpinp4rp22xOne for purists. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jul 2026 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpinp4rp22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mqp5vdw3rk2xLooking forward to Reform platforming this free speech martyr at September's party conference. That's how this works, right? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r2r76vnd1o15 Jul 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqp5vdw3rk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mqozbjujhk24I think my favourite of all the times Sam Matterface has Sam Matterfaced in this World Cup was his absolute confusion at the sight of Timothee Chalamet in a France shirt at yesterday's semi-final. "Oh...an American actor...supporting France? That seems odd". He has dual US-French citizenship, Sam.15 Jul 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqozbjujhk24https://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mqmbuxfyu22zI'd asked for the "Kick" album for Christmas. My mam was furious that I hadn't phonetically explained how to pronounce the band's name *before* she'd marched into John Menzies and demanded the new album by "The Inks". [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2026 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmbuxfyu22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mqkd75pric2kThis Mendoza character's sudden concern that inflammatory rhetoric can lead to political violence is a bit rich given [waves arms at pretty much everything Farage and his various parties have done and said for a decade and more]. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jul 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkd75pric2khttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mqkc6k5icc2kThe free speech party are at it again, then. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jul 2026 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkc6k5icc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mqjqgjiyg22kWait a second. South Africa are playing a second row called Cobus Wiese against Wales? He must be in his sixties. What is this? Rassie's attempt at a sequel to HTV Wales classic "Old Scores"? Presumably, we're wheeling out Derwyn? [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jul 2026 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjqgjiyg22khttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mqfwfjrpoc2aJust thinking of doing a "ha - ITV's entire background music for the World Cup is songs from 1996. Imagine doing that in 1996 but using music from 30 years earlier" post but holy crap the charts were incredible in June 1966.12 Jul 2026 00:31 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfwfjrpoc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mqfvzq7ooc2aThoroughly enjoying the "it was so difficult for the England players - so hot and humid in Miami" line when they were playing [checks notes] Norway.12 Jul 2026 00:24 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfvzq7ooc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mqfvgjgauk2aBe' ffwc, Cofis?12 Jul 2026 00:13 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfvgjgauk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mqfuel6q6k2a"The road is long and winding but if England's Wonderwall Hold On they won't be Looking Back in Anger nor Crying their Heart Out. No. They'll be feeling Supersonic and will end the night Fuckin' In The Bushes and..." ...is the natural endpoint of Sam Matterface's career and I'm all for it.11 Jul 2026 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfuel6q6k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mqftq3jtj22aI may be missing something, but has Kristoffjaer just been booked because an England defender took out the England keeper?11 Jul 2026 23:43 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqftq3jtj22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mqfsjmpk6k2aAlfe-Inge Haaland there, miming a dive, giving the finger and mouthing "fuck off". They must be getting the ITV pundit panel feed in the expensive seats tonight.11 Jul 2026 23:21 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfsjmpk6k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mqfj76j5v22aThis is the first significant regression of the Tandy era. Defensively all at sea (perhaps, partly, understandably, with a new defence coach) but without any sort of attacking identity at all. Really disappointing.11 Jul 2026 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfj76j5v22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mqfim4dwbc2aNothing screams that this team doesn't trust its attacking shape more than these mad, virtually impossible offloads.11 Jul 2026 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfim4dwbc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/seiwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mqfhoj6zis2aLast week, Wales missed 33 tackles in the first half but then only four in the opening half hour of the 2nd half. History will repeat itself, right? Right?11 Jul 2026 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:ph2mpjgit7v3drzn7c4u2yyh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfhoj6zis2a