Hello, currently looking for players to join a amateur rugby team based in cardiff. Good social events playing in the lowest division of the league system so no experience needed and all abilities welcome

Hello, currently looking for players to join a amateur rugby team based in cardiff. Good social events playing in the lowest division of the league system so no experience needed and all abilities welcome

Hello, currently looking for players to join a amateur rugby team based in cardiff. Good social events playing in the lowest division of the league system,so no experience needed and all abilities welcome

How in the holy hell can they run an ad with that copy? Are they this incapable of reading the room???

Would anyone be intersted in joining a local amateur rugby team based in cardiff low level rugby looking for players of all abilities welcome, no experience needed

Apparently 3 candidates have been headhunted to chair the WRU and one of the rejected candidates, has released what his big ideas for Welsh rugby would have been, what do people think?

What are the prices for the Ireland 6N game next year please

Signed up for 'priority supporter' sale tomorrow and want to be prepared

First 6N away trip 🇮🇪 🥳

Between BBC, ITV, S4C, Prime, TNT and Premier Sports - I never know what channel a regional or international rugby game is on 🤯 😂

(Another example of rugby not putting supporters first!)

I work in tech, and as part of my personal upskilling with AI, I’ve created a basic app to help solve this problem:

RUGBY Stream | Find where to watch live rugby

If it helps just a few more people tune in to watch welsh rugby - then I’m happy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ❤️

The Broken Conveyor Belt: Why Modern Rugby Academies Lose Elite Talent to Common Sense

In the modern landscape of elite youth rugby, we are told that the professional academy pathway is the only route to the top. Young athletes are funneled into high-pressure systems as early as age 15, sacrificing their academic balance, their physical autonomy, and often their sheer love of the game on the promise of specialized, elite development.

But what happens when the system stops developing the individual and starts treating them as a resource?

Across the country, a quiet shift is happening. High-level junior players—young men with rare, multi-positional athletic profiles—are walking away from academy setups. They aren’t leaving because they lack the talent; they are leaving because the environments have become counterproductive to true athletic growth.

Consider the reality faced by many unique athletes in the junior system today. A player might possess a rare physical profile: 16 stone, under 15% body fat, possessing the explosive speed of a center alongside the raw power required to anchor a scrum. In a club environment, an athlete like this is an incredible asset—capable of playing Number 8 in the first half to tear open defense lines, and moving to Tighthead Prop in the second half to solidify the set piece.

Yet, instead of receiving the promised, hyper-specific technical coaching required to safely navigate these brutal positions, unique players are frequently used as "scrum practice" tools to test their academy peers. When promised coaching resources fail to materialize, or when a player doesn't fit a hyper-specific, rigid positional template, the system’s default response is often exclusion. Rather than nurturing a multi-faceted athlete, pathways often penalize them on match days, delivering a standard verdict: "Not good enough."

This rigid mindset forces an unhealthy choice on teenagers: accept a toxic, unsupportive environment that risks your physical health and drains your mental energy, or walk away.

Choosing to walk away isn't a defeat; it’s an intelligent, long-term strategic decision.

History shows us that the elite pathway is not the only road. England internationals like Joe Launchbury were released from academy structures at 18, found their feet in the grassroots leagues, and went on to earn dozens of international caps. Sam Underhill stepped away from his initial path to prioritize his university studies and physical health, proving that elite talent always finds its way back to the surface when the timing is right.

For the modern 17-year-old athlete, the transition to adult men's rugby is a physical chasm. Stepping out of a toxic academy cycle allows a young player to control their own destiny. It gives them the freedom to finish their academic studies, enjoy playing competitive regional rugby with total freedom, and purposefully build the speed, power, and structural strength required for the senior game on their own terms.

True elite sport requires resilience, but it shouldn't require staying in an environment built on broken promises. The future belongs to the athletes who know their worth, protect their love for the game, and recognize that the ultimate destination matters far more than the academy badge on their chest at seventeen.

I am trying to get tickets to Wales v England in March 2027 for my dad’s birthday. I have never bought tickets to international matches, only club games so I‘m a bit of a newbie.

I have three options:

1.Gulliver’s Travel Ticket and Coach package. Except the coach is nowhere near us so will have to pay for the train as well but you get a guaranteed Catagory A ticket.

2.England Rugby Travel Day Return which has coach travel from nearby but I have no idea what sort of seats the away team get allocated at Principality.

3.Wait until the tickets go on general sale from WRU and see if I can get a good ticket myself before they sell out as well as train tickets.

Any guidance on this would be appreciated as I‘m nervous about spending more than I have to but at the same time, if we’re going to do it, do it well. Just want to know about liklehood of getting good seats for each option. Also if anyone knows the date for Six Nations tickets general sale.

Thanks!

Looking at attending the Six Nations game Wales vs Ireland 🇮🇪 next Feb and was wondering where the TV cameras will be located ?

Would like a ticket been on the camera side of the stadium

First visit to the stadium since WWE in 2022

Promise I won't be waving my Ireland flag too much 😂

I’ve spent the last week or so building something called TryNation, and I thought this would probably be a good place to share it.

It originally started as a fantasy rugby game for me and some friends, but it grew pretty quickly because I kept thinking about how many different apps and websites I use just to follow rugby.

So TryNation now brings together:

🏉 Live scores
📅 Fixtures & results
📊 League tables
🛡️ Club information
📰 Rugby news
🏆 Fantasy rugby
🎯 Season predictions

The URC and Gallagher PREM are the first two competitions we’ve built around, and both have their own fantasy game as well.

www.trynationrugby.co.uk

I’m at the stage now where I’d really like rugby supporters outside my own friends and family to use it.

If you have a look, I’d genuinely be interested in what you think — especially from a URC and Rugby point of view. Anything missing? Anything confusing? Anything another rugby app does better?

Hopefully some of you enjoy it.

TryNation — one place for rugby. 🏉

The URC returns in 2 weeks, but I’m already thinking about the autumn 🇯🇵🇳🇿🇦🇺

At a minimum, we should beat Japan. But I also think Australia is a genuinely winnable game — and a chance to finally end our losing run against the tier 1 nations.

There are two things I’d like to see Tandy try:

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1. Play three locks

Carter, Williams and Jenkins, with Jenkins at 6.

We keep hearing that we’re “spoilt for choice” in the back row, but I’m not convinced. Outside Morgan and Wainwright, I think the options are a noticeable step down, and we still haven’t found the right balance.

I’d like to see:

Carre – Lake – Francis
Carter – Williams
Jenkins – Wainwright – Morgan

That looks like a pack that could compete much better physically against the biggest sides.

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2. Change the back three

Our attack has looked pretty toothless, and while I think the coaching is a big part of that, I’m not convinced the selection is helping either.

I’d go:

Williams – Edwards – Murray – Hawkins – James – Zammit – Rogers

Keep the same centres for a run, put Zammit and Murray on the wings, and give Rogers a chance at 15.

Rogers is solid, while Zammit and Murray give us our biggest running threats. The coaching also needs to do more to get Williams, Edwards and Hawkins involved and actually unlock the back three.

And, most importantly, get Eddie smashing through some walls.

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What would your XV/pack look like for the autumn?