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Mar 31, 2025 • 1h 1min
Wales walloped by rampant Red Roses
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.

Mar 27, 2025 • 44min
The Warm Up: "It's as if we've let a wolf into the garden!"
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.

Mar 26, 2025 • 26min
West Wales derby preview with Taine Plumtree and James Ratti
Gareth Rhys Owen sits down with Scarlets back-row Taine Plumtree and Ospreys back-row James Ratti to preview Saturday's West Wales derby.

Mar 24, 2025 • 32min
“Rome wasn’t built in a day”
Gareth Rhys Owen, Alex Cuthbert and Philippa Tuttiett review Sean Lynn’s first game in charge after Wales lost 24-21 to Scotland in their Women's Six Nations opener. We also review the weekend's URC games where there were wins for Cardiff and Ospreys but defeats for Dragons and Scarlets.
After only three sessions with the team new Wales boss Sean Lynn was “super happy” with the building blocks put in place in his first game in charge but says “Rome wasn’t built in a day.”

Mar 20, 2025 • 42min
The Warm Up: “We’ve all heard him swearing like a sailor”
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.

Mar 20, 2025 • 32min
WRU CEO Abi Tierney
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.

Mar 19, 2025 • 1h 9min
Scrum V Top 5: Jamie Roberts
Former Wales and British & Irish Lions star Jamie Roberts has led a fascinating life. He’s a grand slam winner, a qualified doctor and has even played guitar with the Manic Street Preachers. Now he’s dropping by Mike Bubbins’ bar to reveal his top five centres.

Mar 17, 2025 • 54min
Can the WRU lift the game from rock-bottom?
Former Wales chairman Gareth Davies chats to the pod about the crisis facing the sport in Wales and what the Welsh Rugby Union can do to lift the game from rock-bottom. Alex Cuthbert and Philippa Tuttiett discuss what went so wrong for Wales against England, review Gloucester-Hartpury's Premiership title win and look ahead to the Women's Six Nations.

Mar 15, 2025 • 17min
Where does Welsh rugby go from here?
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.

Mar 14, 2025 • 1h 4min
Scrum V Top 5: Will Carling
Will Carling was one of England’s most successful ever captains, winning three grand slams during the 1990s. Now he’s facing one of his biggest challenges - to select his all-time top five Welsh rugby players.
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