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Lauren Jenkins is joined by Alex Cuthbert, Jonathan Davies and Richard Hibbard to discuss Andy Farrell's British & Irish Lions squad announcement for this summer's tour to Australia.
Gareth Rhys Owen and Lauren Jenkins are joined by BBC Scotland's chief sportswriter Tom English and former Ireland international Bernard Jackman to pick a British and Irish Lions squad to tour Australia this summer. Ahead of next Thursday's official announcement, the four select a squad of 37 players consisting of 21 forwards and 16 backs... but how many Welshmen will make the cut?
Gareth Rhys Owen and Lauren Jenkins head to the Principality Stadium for a sit down with new Welsh Rugby Union director of rugby Dave Reddin and WRU chief executive Abi Tierney. Reddin speaks about his vision for the game in Wales and the immediate tasks he faces which includes helping to appoint a permanent head coach for the Wales men's team to replace Warren Gatland.
Lauren Jenkins is joined by Claire Thomas, Alex Cuthbert and Jonathan Davies as they look ahead to Wales' final match against Italy in the Women's Six Nations, and preview this weekend's URC round 16 fixtures.
Lauren Jenkins is joined by Alex Cuthbert and Siwan Lillicrap to discuss Steve Tandy as the current Scotland defence coach emerges as the Welsh Rugby Union's target for the vacant Wales head coach position. They also review Wales' 40-14 defeat to Ireland in round four of the Women's Six Nations and a high-scoring Judgement Day with wins for Cardiff and Scarlets.
Lauren Jenkins, Ellis Jenkins and Jonathan Davies are joined by the recently retired Ollie Griffiths to reflect on his career, discuss his health issues that led to him giving up the game at 29. The team also preview a busy weekend of action as Judgement Day looms for the four Welsh sides and Wales face Ireland in the Women's Six Nations.
Lauren Jenkins is joined by Alex Cuthbert and Phillippa Tuttiett to reflect of defeats for Ospreys against Lyon in Europe and for Wales against France in the Women's Six Nations.
Lauren Jenkins, Scott Baldwin, Ellis Jenkins & Richie Rees reflect on another busy week in Welsh rugby, including the news that the Welsh Rugby Union has taken control of Cardiff Rugby.
Gareth Rhys Owen and Lauren Jenkins react to the breaking news that Cardiff Rugby are set to go into administration with the Welsh Rugby Union in line to take over the capital city side. BBC Wales business correspondent Huw Thomas as well as former Chief Executive of Sport Wales and longtime Cardiff fan Dr Huw Jones discuss the ramifications for the world-famous club.
Lauren Jenkins is joined by three former Wales internationals Richie Rees, Alex Cuthbert and Jonathan Davies to preview a weekend of knockout European rugby, and recall memorable experiences of competing in Europe.
Ever dreamed of sailing through pristine blue waters, discovering ancient cultures, and exploring hidden island gems only accessible by cruise? In this episode of The Vacay Podcast, host Sophie Jackson is joined by travel expert Lauren Jenkins from Mobile Travel Agents to take you on a luxurious Melanesia cruise through the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia. We’ll uncover why a cruise is the best way to explore these remote destinations, and how to immerse yourself in the rich traditions of local island communities. Plus, what it’s like to sail in style with Ponant’s all-inclusive luxury experience. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Gareth Rhys Owen and Lauren Jenkins are joined by former Wales captains Ellis Jenkins and Siwan Lillicrap to reflect on Wales' 67-12 defeat to England and the weekend's URC games. Sean Lynn's side conceded 11 tries against the Women's Six Nations holders in front of a record crowd of over 21,000 fans. Elsewhere, Scarlets came back from 17-0 down to beat west Wales rivals Ospreys, Cardiff conceded a late penalty to lose away to Benetton and Dragons suffered another defeat after losing to Edinburgh.
Lauren Jenkins is joined by Philippa Tuttiett, Ellis Jenkins and Dai Flanagan to look ahead to Wales v England in round two of the Women's Six Nations and a west Wales derby in the URC as Scarlets host Ospreys.
Lauren Jenkins is joined by Philippa Tuttiett, Claire Thomas and Ellis Jenkins to preview Wales' first game against Scotland in the Women's Six Nations and look ahead to this weekend's URC action.
Welsh Rugby Union Chief Executive Abi Tierney sits down with Lauren Jenkins to reflect on another winless Six Nations campaign and discuss what's next for Welsh rugby. Wales are currently on the worst run of results in their 143-year history having lost their last 17 Test matches. We hear about the WRU's plans to appoint a new director of rugby and head coach, the commitment to keeping four regions and the personal abuse Tierney has received since taking on the role.
Gareth Rhys Owen and Lauren Jenkins are joined by former Wales internationals Gwyn Jones and James Hook to react to Wales' humbling by England in Cardiff.
Lauren Jenkins is joined by Tom Shanklin, Jamie Roberts and Jonathan Davies to preview Wales' final Six Nations match against England in Cardiff. Can Wales end their 16-match losing streak and spoil England's hopes of winning the Six Nations title?
Gareth Rhys Owen, Lauren Jenkins and former Wales captain Ellis Jenkins, reflect on Wales' defeat in Scotland and assess the chances of bringing their wretched run of defeats to an end with victory over England on Saturday. Wales centre Joe Roberts also joins top pod to look back at his 70 minutes on the wing at Murrayfield.
Lauren Jenkins is joined by Elinor Snowsill, Gwyn Jones and Cennydd Davies to react to Wales' 35-29 defeat to Scotland.
Lauren Jenkins is joined by former Wales internationals Jamie Roberts, Alex Cuthbert and James Hook to discuss Wales' team selection ahead of their game in Murrayfield in the penultimate round of the Six Nations, and recall famous encounters against Scotland.
Lauren Jenkins is joined by three former Wales captains – Alun Wyn Jones, Ellis Jenkins and Jonathan Davies to discuss what makes a good coach, who had the greatest influence on their careers and just who the WRU should be considering as Warren Gatland's successor as Wales Head Coach.
Lauren Jenkins and Gareth Griffiths are joined by Wales wing Alex Cuthbert at the Vale to reflect on Saturday's narrow 27-18 Six Nations defeat to Ireland. We hear from Wales back Blair Murray and also preview the weekend's URC games.
Gareth Rhys Owen and Lauren Jenkins are joined by former Wales internationals Richie Rees and Scott Williams to discuss Wales' performance in a 27-18 defeat to Ireland in Cardiff.
Lauren Jenkins is joined by Alex Cuthbert, Jonathan Davies and Tom Shanklin as they look ahead to Wales' first home game against Ireland in this year's Six Nations. They'll be discussing Matt Sherratt's first team selection as Wales interim head coach and reminiscing on their memories of playing Ireland.
Gareth Rhys Owen, Lauren Jenkins and former Wales scrum-half Richie Rees assess Matt Sherratt's chances of making an immediate impact as the interim coach prepares his side to face Ireland in Cardiff on Saturday while Wales flanker James Botham joins to discuss how Sherratt's appointment is going down with the players. There's also a review of the weekend's URC action which included defeats for all four Welsh regions.
Lauren Jenkins is joined by Jonathan 'Jiffy' Davies, Alex Cuthbert and Jonathan 'Fox' Davies as they react to Warren Gatland's departure as Wales head coach.
Gareth Rhys Owen, Lauren Jenkins and former Wales internationals Gwyn Jones and James Hook assess what went wrong for Wales in their 22-15 Six Nations defeat to Italy and ask where head coach Warren Gatland goes from here.
As Wales prepare to play Italy this weekend, Lauren Jenkins is joined by Jonathan Davies, James Hook and Ellis Jenkins - three former internationals who know what it's like to face the Italians. Whilst two of the three guests boast 100% records against the Azzurri, one is forced to recall the infamous defeat in Rome back in 2007.
Lauren Jenkins and BBC Sport Wales rugby writer Gareth Griffiths head to Nice to catch up with the Wales team as they prepare to face Italy in Rome on Saturday. Wales prop Henry Thomas gives the lowdown from inside the camp while former Wales scrum-half Richie Rees gives his analysis of what went wrong in the record 43-0 defeat to France and what can be done to turn things around at the Stadio Olimpico.
Gareth Rhys Owen, Lauren Jenkins, James Hook and Josh Navidi look back at Wales' chastening 43-0 defeat by France at the Stade de France. They look at where it went so wrong for Wales and question whether they can react in Italy next weekend.
Lauren Jenkins is joined by Jamie Roberts, Alun Wyn Jones and Tom Shanklin as they look ahead to Wales' first game against France in this year's Six Nations. They'll be discussing Warren Gatland's team selection and reminiscing on their memories of playing Les Bleus.
Gareth Rhys Owen, Lauren Jenkins and Cennydd Davies are at The Vale as Warren Gatland announces his team for Friday's Six Nations opener in France. We hear from the Welsh head coach and AFP reporter Illtud Dafydd joins us to discuss the French team. Wales are boosted by the return of British and Irish Lions duo Josh Adams and Liam Williams. Wing Adams has not featured for Wales since the 2024 Six Nations, while full-back Williams' most recent international appearance was on last summer's tour of Australia. Dafydd Jenkins, who captained the side in last year's Six Nations, returns at lock, while Evan Lloyd and Henry Thomas are given their first Wales starts in the front row. Full details are available on the BBC Sport website.
Gareth Rhys Owen, Lauren Jenkins and Alex Cuthbert preview the Six Nations and Wales' trip to France on Friday. They hear from Wales scrummaging legend Adam Jones - part of Warren Gatland's coaching setup for the Six Nations - and Scarlets in-form wing Tom Rogers. They also discuss the weekend's United Rugby Championship action which included impressive wins for Ospreys and Scarlets.
Lauren Jenkins is joined by Ellis Jenkins, Ken Owens and Alex Cuthbert for a special Six Nations question and answer edition. They'll be answering your questions and looking ahead to Wales' first game against France next week.
Gareth Rhys Owen and Lauren Jenkins speak with new Wales women head coach Sean Lynn and the Welsh Rugby Union's Head of Women's rugby Belinda Moore.Former Wales wing Alex Cuthbert also joins the pod to review the weekend's European action and assess Ospreys, Scarlets and Cardiff's Challenge Cup knockout hopes.
Former Wales lock Lou Reed joins Lauren Jenkins, Jonathan Davies and Ellis Jenkins to reveal his new life as Tyson Fury's minder, and to dissect Warren Gatland's selection for the Six Nations.
Gareth Rhys Owen, Lauren Jenkins and James Hook are joined by Wales head coach Warren Gatland who explains his selections after naming his Six Nations squad.
Comedian Mike Bubbins makes his Scrum V, The Warm Up debut alongside Lauren Jenkins, Jonathan Davies and Alex Cuthbert to preview his upcoming series of Scrum V Top 5 and to discuss next week's Six Nations squad announcement.
Lauren Jenkins is joined by Alex Cuthbert, Siwan Lillicrap and BBC rugby writer Matt Lloyd who look ahead to a rugby feast in 2025 and put their prediction skills to the test.
Gareth Rhys Owen, Lauren Jenkins and Alex Cuthbert are joined post match by Ospreys Chief Executive Lance Bradley after their dramatic late derby victory over Scarlets.
Lauren Jenkins is joined by Tom Shanklin, Alex Cuthbert and Grand Slam winner Rob Evans to discuss his time playing for Miami in the MLR, as well as look ahead to the festive derbies.
Gareth Rhys Owen, Lauren Jenkins and Alex Cuthbert look back on the weekend's European rugby action. While Ospreys were well beaten, there were wins for Dragons, Scarlets and Cardiff.
Lauren Jenkins is joined by Jamie Roberts, Ellis Jenkins and Tom Shanklin for a special question and answer edition of The Warm Up.
Lauren Jenkins, Gareth Rhys Owen and Alex Cuthbert look back at the weekend's European action which included a Challenge Cup win for Ospreys while there were narrow defeats for Dragons, Scarlets and Cardiff.
With the return of European rugby this weekend, Lauren Jenkins is joined by former Cardiff trio Alex Cuthbert, Ellis Jenkins and Nick Williams to reminisce about their 2018 Challenge Cup final victory over Gloucester in Bilbao.
Lauren Jenkins is joined by former Wales scrum-half Richie Rees to look back on Cardiff's derby win over Dragons, Scarlets narrow defeat in Glasgow and Ospreys disappointing loss in Zebre.
Lauren Jenkins is joined by Scrum V rugby writer Gareth Griffiths and former Wales wing Alex Cuthbert to discuss the fallout from Wales' abject autumn campaign.
Gareth Rhys Owen and Lauren Jenkins are joined by former internationals Gwyn Jones, James Hook and Ken Owens to react to Wales' 45-12 defeat to South Africa and discuss Warren Gatland's future. Wales end the year with a record twelfth successive defeat and without a win in a calendar year for the first time since 1937.
Lauren Jenkins is joined by World Cup winner Francois Louw as well as two former Wales captains Ellis Jenkins and Ken Owens to discuss another busy week in Welsh rugby and preview the final game of the autumn campaign against the Springboks.
Gareth Rhys Owen and Lauren Jenkins are joined by former Wales fly-halves James Hook and Elinor Snowsill to react to Wales' 52-20 loss to Australia and discuss Warren Gatland's future after an 11th straight defeat.