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the latest episode is here, in which me and @joshgardner.bsky.social attempt to explain rugby matches for the 428th time.
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This is going very well...
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This is going very well...
the latest episode is here, in which me and @joshgardner.bsky.social attempt to explain rugby matches for the 428th time.
www.patreon.com/posts/428-gr...
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428: The Great Highvelt Bake Off | Blood & Mud
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November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
the latest episode is here, in which me and @joshgardner.bsky.social attempt to explain rugby matches for the 428th time.
www.patreon.com/posts/428-gr...
www.patreon.com/posts/428-gr...
Pod with @joshgardner.bsky.social later on, so fill the replies with the #SHITGOOD of the weekend for us.
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Pod with @joshgardner.bsky.social later on, so fill the replies with the #SHITGOOD of the weekend for us.
If someone knocked on Healey's door and told him he'd won the lottery, his first reaction would be to question the calibration of the machine and state that he didn't like the jacket on the bloke that came to tell him.
November 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If someone knocked on Healey's door and told him he'd won the lottery, his first reaction would be to question the calibration of the machine and state that he didn't like the jacket on the bloke that came to tell him.
The fuck was Sualii doing in defence there? Neither blitzing not pushing out, useless.
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The fuck was Sualii doing in defence there? Neither blitzing not pushing out, useless.
Doyle: "Blair Murray had a better day under the high ball, eh Dan?"
<Cue Biggar flailing to support that while VT runs of Murray being beaten to every high ball>
<Cue Biggar flailing to support that while VT runs of Murray being beaten to every high ball>
November 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Doyle: "Blair Murray had a better day under the high ball, eh Dan?"
<Cue Biggar flailing to support that while VT runs of Murray being beaten to every high ball>
<Cue Biggar flailing to support that while VT runs of Murray being beaten to every high ball>
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"You're going backwards"
"Don't worry about it"
Welsh Rugby in 2025 in a nutshell
"Don't worry about it"
Welsh Rugby in 2025 in a nutshell
November 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"You're going backwards"
"Don't worry about it"
Welsh Rugby in 2025 in a nutshell
"Don't worry about it"
Welsh Rugby in 2025 in a nutshell
Honestly, this scoreline and performance looks like pretty much like most Wal v NZ in my memory.
The difference is probably that this is a relatively poor NZ side; but this is not a showing by a side in hopeless freefall from Wales. It looks par for the past 30 years.
The difference is probably that this is a relatively poor NZ side; but this is not a showing by a side in hopeless freefall from Wales. It looks par for the past 30 years.
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Honestly, this scoreline and performance looks like pretty much like most Wal v NZ in my memory.
The difference is probably that this is a relatively poor NZ side; but this is not a showing by a side in hopeless freefall from Wales. It looks par for the past 30 years.
The difference is probably that this is a relatively poor NZ side; but this is not a showing by a side in hopeless freefall from Wales. It looks par for the past 30 years.
Reece evaded that tackle like it was personal public acknowledgement that beating a woman is wrong.
November 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Reece evaded that tackle like it was personal public acknowledgement that beating a woman is wrong.
Why in the blue fuck in Plumtree still out there spraying his klutz effluent everywhere?
November 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Why in the blue fuck in Plumtree still out there spraying his klutz effluent everywhere?
You have to admire the commitment to the bit
Gareth Thomas conceded 2 penalties in that stanza of play. Hes been on 4 minutes.
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
You have to admire the commitment to the bit
The only way this could get worse is if a wife beater scores a try.
Oh...
Oh...
November 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The only way this could get worse is if a wife beater scores a try.
Oh...
Oh...
Ian Tempest with same energy as my Auntie Kath when my bigger cousin Gary would run over me to score a try in backyard RL.
"No! That don't count that. It's a bloody shame, he's only little!"
"No! That don't count that. It's a bloody shame, he's only little!"
November 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Ian Tempest with same energy as my Auntie Kath when my bigger cousin Gary would run over me to score a try in backyard RL.
"No! That don't count that. It's a bloody shame, he's only little!"
"No! That don't count that. It's a bloody shame, he's only little!"
November 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Dylan Thomas "do not go gentle" being used in a pre-match montage. Honestly, it's like they cant even be arsed thinking anymore
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Dylan Thomas "do not go gentle" being used in a pre-match montage. Honestly, it's like they cant even be arsed thinking anymore
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The WRU putting the effort in to design an entire app to turn your phone's torch on rather than just pressing the button that already exists is a wonderful metaphor for Welsh rugbyTBF.
#ROADTOWRUIN DAY TWO
The WRU have released an app which seems to encourage fans to shine torches in the eyes of the NZ players on Saturday. I mean, it COULD work.
The WRU have released an app which seems to encourage fans to shine torches in the eyes of the NZ players on Saturday. I mean, it COULD work.
November 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The WRU putting the effort in to design an entire app to turn your phone's torch on rather than just pressing the button that already exists is a wonderful metaphor for Welsh rugbyTBF.
YES!
Following a suggestion from the always excellent and entertaining home improvement podcast @bloodandmud.bsky.social , we have decided to launch:
"THE ROAD TO WRUIN"
A daily update on the Mad Machinations of the world's stupidest sporting governing body, the Welsh Rugby Union.
DAY ONE.....
"THE ROAD TO WRUIN"
A daily update on the Mad Machinations of the world's stupidest sporting governing body, the Welsh Rugby Union.
DAY ONE.....
November 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
YES!
Is Olly Lawrence injured?
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Is Olly Lawrence injured?
Pod with @joshgardner.bsky.social later this evening. Firearms away with your #SHITGOOD below.
November 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Pod with @joshgardner.bsky.social later this evening. Firearms away with your #SHITGOOD below.
I've done several OTW player ratings pieces. I hate doing them, they are stupid and as Robbie says there's always a poor take in there.
However, one of the things that informs them is the stats so this one re: Cracknell is odd.
However, one of the things that informs them is the stats so this one re: Cracknell is odd.
November 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I've done several OTW player ratings pieces. I hate doing them, they are stupid and as Robbie says there's always a poor take in there.
However, one of the things that informs them is the stats so this one re: Cracknell is odd.
However, one of the things that informs them is the stats so this one re: Cracknell is odd.
"Please govt, prop up our profit model, but also don't dare regulate us or get up in our shit in any other way"
Britain’s biggest housebuilder urges government to support first-time buyers
Britain’s biggest housebuilder urges government to support first-time buyers
Taylor Wimpey chief Jennie Daly calls for revival of help-to-buy equity loan scheme to revive property market
The boss of one of Britain’s biggest housebuilders has urged the government to announce more support for first-time buyers to revive a property market that has cooled in the “very long shadow” of the looming budget.
Jennie Daly, the chief executive of Taylor Wimpey, also warned against an “accumulation of regulation”, arguing that a “perverse outcome” of green measures could be that it becomes unviable to build new homes in poorer areas of the country. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
"Please govt, prop up our profit model, but also don't dare regulate us or get up in our shit in any other way"
Is James O'Connor drunk?
November 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Is James O'Connor drunk?
I'll be here for the rest of the evening if you wish to join..
Ireland v Australia: Autumn Nations Series rugby union – live
Join Lee Calvert for updates as Ireland take on the Wallabies in Dublin
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I'll be here for the rest of the evening if you wish to join..
Clearly, the greatest victory in the history of rugby in Wales.
November 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Clearly, the greatest victory in the history of rugby in Wales.
November 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM