Principality Welsh Rugby Union Podcast

Dave Reddin is an impressive appointment for the Director of Rugby role at the WRU. A chance to hear much more about why he has the job, and what he has planned, from the man himself, along with Welsh Rugby Union group chief executive Abi Tierney.

A chance to chat to Wales scrum half Keira Bevan about her 10 years as an international.

A chance to chat to Wales back rower Georgia Evans, one of the top performers and biggest characters for Wales Women this season.

Cardiff Rugby went into administration with the Welsh Rugby Union buying the assets to keep it going. A chance to hear the full story from former Cardiff chairman Alan Jones and chief executive Richard Dicky Holland, WRU group chief executive Abi Tierney and chairman Richard Collier-Keywood,

An in depth chat with Wales hooker Kelsey Jones on her return to the Wales squad from injury, plus we review the U20 Six Nations with Head Coach Richard Whiffin, Performance and Talent Pathway Manager Andy Lloyd and Defence Coach Scott Sneddon.

We look forward to Wales U20 v England U20 at Cardiff Arms Park, in this edition of the Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We hear from coach Richard Whiffin, captain Harry Beddall and vice-captain Steffan Emanuel.

On 12 March, 1950, what was then considered the worst crash in the history of civil aviation occurred when a plane carrying 78 Welsh rugby fans and five crew crashed into a field near Llandow in the Vale of Glamorgan. The plane was packed with supporters fresh from celebrating a Triple Crown won in Ireland. Of the 83 people on board, only three survived. The Welsh Rugby Union Podcast hears from WRU Rugby Heritage manager Peter Owens.

Wales Under 20s are on good form after backing up their win in Italy with victory over Ireland. We've been getting a chance to get to know some of the stars of the future on the Welsh Rugby Union Podcast, this week we hear from scrum half Logan Franklin and hooker Harry Thomas.

We hear from two more of the stars of the future of Welsh Rugby, in this edition of the Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We speak to Wales U20 coach Richard Whiffin, prop Ioan Emanuel and wing Tomi Bowen.

The Principality Stadium has introduced some new accessibility initiatives to make it an award-winning and leading venue for accessibility. To find out more the Welsh Rugby Union Podcast spoke to Liam Scott, Head of EDI, WRU, and Dan Cook, Digital Ticketing and Customer Operations Manager, WRU.

Warren Gatland leaves the Wales coaching job, Matt Sherratt comes in – we hear why on the Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We hear from WRU CEO Abbie Tierney, new coach Matt Sherratt and interim Performance Director Huw Bevan.

What are the rule changes coming into place for the Six Nations – find out more in the Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We speak to Welsh referees Ben Whitehouse and Ben Breakspear to get the lowdown.

A chance to get to know some of the Wales Under 20s as they go into the Six Nations with real hopes of an upturn from recent seasons. We speak to coach Richard Whiffin, along with players Harry Beddall, Steffan Emanuel, Harry Rees Weldon and Elijah Evans.

Dyma'r newidiadau sy'n cael eu cynnig ar gyfer ein clybiau rygbi. Geraint John, Cyfarwyddwr Cymunedol URC sy'n egluro

There are new proposed changes for club rugby all round Wales – find out more in this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast.

We speak to new Wales Women coach Sean Lynn and Head of Women's Rugby Belinda Moore.

We hear from Llandovery Head of Rugby Nathan Thomas, along with Coleg y Cymoedd rugby academy lecturer Geraint Lewis and captain Joe Williams, looking ahead to this week's Welsh Schools and Colleges Under 18s Final, and much more about developing players in Wales.

Planning for the future isn't just long term, there are a few short term decisions to discuss in the Welsh Rugby Union Podcast, with WRU Chair Richard Collier-Keywood and CEO Abi Tierney.

The Welsh rugby Union Podecast talks to WRU performance director Huw Bevan about newly announced changes in the pathway.

Part Two of our Autumn Series Preview on the Welsh Rugby Union Podcast, with Chris Tshiunza, Josh Hathaway and Eddie James.

Part One of our Autumn Series Preview on the Welsh Rugby Union Podcast, featuring Warren Gatland and Will Rowlands.

We speak to new Welsh Rugby Writers Association Wales Player of the Year Aaron Wainwright, back at Whiteheads, where he started playing and helps out coaching. We also hear from Wales assistant coach Rob Howley, while chatting about the community and elite games with Dragons head coach Dai Flanagan and former Wales hooker Paul Young.

We go along to Aberavon against Carmarthen Quins to find out, hear from WRU Performance Director Huw Bevan and find out from former Wales hooker Scott Baldwin why he is back at Bridgend.

A focus on the new look WRU Schools and College League, for more boys and girls than ever before.

Three wise men of the new Super Rygbi Cymru competition, Tom Habberfield, Ben Roach and Tom Phillips chat in this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast.

Super Rygbi Cymru has a huge role to play this season, we look forward in this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We speak to Wales U20s coach Richard Whiffin and Cardiff's Dan Fish about the benefits of the new competition.

A special on refereeing in Wales in this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. What are the chances to getting Welsh men and women back in the middle of rugby world cup matches, what are the opportunities, what are the best ways of improving the game. Plenty to talk about with WRU National Elite Performance Match Official Manager Ian Davies and Olympics referee Ben Breakspear.

A special with WRU Performance Pathway and Talent Manager Andy Lloyd after Wales finished their World Rugby Championships campaign in the second group of nations.

An opportunity to hear in depth from Martin Anayi, the CEO of the BKT URC, on how things went this year, the overall state of the league and what's coming up next year, in this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast.

This week we have one of our special interviews – and a chance to find out about community rugby in Wales, the changes coming up next season, the state of the men's and women's games around Wales, plenty to get our teeth into with Chris Ower, WRU Head Of Playing & Retention.

We hear from Wales Under 20s in South Africa and the stories behind the headlines from the Wales Women camp, in this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast.

We reflect on Wales Women beating Spain, and Wales U20 hoping to repeat that feat, in this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast.

The new Five Year, One Wales, Welsh Rugby Union strategy was outlined this week. By CEO Abi Tierney and Chair Richard Collier-Keywood, with an overview of the WRU's plans for the future of the game. A new headline strategy entitled ‘One Wales, where rugby matters more…' has been revealed, on the 25th anniversary of the Principality Stadium's opening day. Coverage of that, Wales Women and U20s in this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast.

We hear from Warren Gatland and Taine Plumtree about facing South Africa, along with Jaz Joyce and Tom Williams about GB Sevens hopes for the Paris Olympics, in this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast.

Wales Under 20s announce their World Championships squad, and we hear much more about the state of refereeing and laws in the BKT URC, in this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast.

We hear from Warren Gatland about Wales, Toby Booth about the Ospreys, and how Ospreys lock Huw Sutton found his way to regional rugby, in this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast.

A special on Judgement Day, hearing from all four Welsh regions at the end of the season in this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast.

If you are interested in women's rugby – or women's sport in general – then this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast is a must listen. It is a Special from the WRU Women and Girls Game Changer Conference – a chance to speak to the experts who made presentations.

We take a deep dive into the world of women's rugby, in Wales and worldwide, in this weeks Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We speak to World Rugby Head of Women's Programmes Atlanta St John, World Rugby Head of Women's High Performance Nicky Ponsford, as well as WRU Chief Executive Abi Tierney and some of the winners from Women's Finals Day at the Principality Stadium.

A special on the Indigo Premiership Final – and what we can expect next season at this level – in the Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. To check in with Llandovery and Newport ahead of the final this weekend, we speak to Llandovery coach Euros Evans and Newport outside half Matt O'Brien. Plus we hear from Llandovery centre pairing, Wales U20's Macs Page and former Wales centre Adam Warren.

Wales Women end the Six Nations on a high, and it's play-off time in the Indigo Premiership, in this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast.

It's a huge weekend for women's rugby in Wales on this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. Wales Women are expecting a record crowd at the Principality Stadium as they face Italy to kick off the final Road to the Principality Day. We hear from Ioan Cunningham, Hannah Jones, Lleucu George and Georgia Evans.

Wales Women and a Road to the Principality special in this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast – were your team there? Listen out for more.

Wales Women head to Ireland and we hear from behind the scenes at the Road to the Principality, in this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We hear from coach Ioan Cunningham, captain Hannah Jones, scrum half Keira Bevan, second row Abbie Fleming, and back rower Bethan Lewis. We also hear much more about the Road to the Principality.

33 cup finals over 10 days at the Principality Stadium, all levels of the game, teams from all round Wales. A special on the Road to the Principality this week in this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast.

The First Minister visited the Principality Stadium, so it was a chance to talk rugby in this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. Also top referee Nigel Owens discusses the laws he would like to see changed, and we reflect on Wales Women's Six Natio9ns campaign.

We focus on the Wales Women as they prepare to start their Six Nations campaign, in this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We hear from coach Ioan Cunningham as well as players Natalia John, Jenny Hesketh, Gwenllian Pyrs and Nel Metcalfe. We also hear from George North and Wales U20 coach Richard Whiffin.

We pay tribute to one of the greats of the Welsh game in George North, in this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We hear from North himself as well as coach Warren Gatland and some of the next generation of potential Wales players.

We hear from all three Wales Six Nations camps in this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We speak to Mike Forshaw and Will Rowlands in the senior men's squad, Richard Whiffin, Ieuan Davies and Walker Price in the U20s, and Ioan Cunningham and Hannah Jones from the Wales Women camp.

Sioned Harries talks at length about her Wales career as she approaches her final game before retiring, in this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We also hear from Warren Gatland just past the halfway stage of the Six Nations, while wing Alex Cuthbert talks about his return from injury.

We look ahead to the Ireland clash with Warren Gatland, Dafydd Jenkins and Gareth Thomas in this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We also find out more about stars of the future Jonny Green and Harri Wilde.