Sei Williams
@seiwilliams.bsky.social
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Awdur / Author 'Welsh Rugby: What Went Wrong' a 'Deffro'r Ddraig: Rygbi Cymru 1995-2024'
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Blog: gwladrugby.cymru
Awdur / Author 'Welsh Rugby: What Went Wrong' a 'Deffro'r Ddraig: Rygbi Cymru 1995-2024'
Mas nawr / Out now ar https://www.ylolfa.com/authors/46720593/seimon-williams
https://amzn.eu/d/eh1qFdl
Blog: gwladrugby.cymru
Reposted by Sei Williams
Dw i wrth fy modd i weld fy llyfr newydd yn un o Lyfrau’r Mis y Cyngor Llyfrau!
I am really proud to see the 🏴 version of my book 'Wonderful Welsh Sporting Heroes'/ 'Arwyr Chwaraeon Cymru' get named by the Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru (Book Council of Wales) as a 'Book of the Month'. 📚 @ylolfa.bsky.social
I am really proud to see the 🏴 version of my book 'Wonderful Welsh Sporting Heroes'/ 'Arwyr Chwaraeon Cymru' get named by the Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru (Book Council of Wales) as a 'Book of the Month'. 📚 @ylolfa.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Dw i wrth fy modd i weld fy llyfr newydd yn un o Lyfrau’r Mis y Cyngor Llyfrau!
I am really proud to see the 🏴 version of my book 'Wonderful Welsh Sporting Heroes'/ 'Arwyr Chwaraeon Cymru' get named by the Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru (Book Council of Wales) as a 'Book of the Month'. 📚 @ylolfa.bsky.social
I am really proud to see the 🏴 version of my book 'Wonderful Welsh Sporting Heroes'/ 'Arwyr Chwaraeon Cymru' get named by the Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru (Book Council of Wales) as a 'Book of the Month'. 📚 @ylolfa.bsky.social
So, having increased its spending on various Board members and senior management by 40% last year, the WRU finds ever more inventory to spend on itself.
This time for a job which looks not dissimilar to that of a Director of Rugby, which it already has.
This time for a job which looks not dissimilar to that of a Director of Rugby, which it already has.
December 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
So, having increased its spending on various Board members and senior management by 40% last year, the WRU finds ever more inventory to spend on itself.
This time for a job which looks not dissimilar to that of a Director of Rugby, which it already has.
This time for a job which looks not dissimilar to that of a Director of Rugby, which it already has.
"Wales cannot match anyone of consequence right now. We have fallen out of the category of rugby nation and into the realm of rugby participant—present, but not competitive; involved, but not threatening".
Nathaniel Hale for Gwladrugby.
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Nathaniel Hale for Gwladrugby.
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Too Much Gold to Those Too Green
Wales’ problem is deeper and more existential. It is not that Wales cannot match South Africa. It is that Wales cannot match anyone of consequence right now.
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November 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"Wales cannot match anyone of consequence right now. We have fallen out of the category of rugby nation and into the realm of rugby participant—present, but not competitive; involved, but not threatening".
Nathaniel Hale for Gwladrugby.
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Nathaniel Hale for Gwladrugby.
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Quite a bad day for the WRU, all things considered.
November 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Quite a bad day for the WRU, all things considered.
Quite the day for teams not scoring any points.
November 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Quite the day for teams not scoring any points.
Ffaberluss work by Max Douglas.
He's had a terrific game.
He's had a terrific game.
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Ffaberluss work by Max Douglas.
He's had a terrific game.
He's had a terrific game.
Quite discombobulating to see the Scarlets absolutely dominating a game in the air.
This isn't The Welsh Way [TM].
This isn't The Welsh Way [TM].
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Quite discombobulating to see the Scarlets absolutely dominating a game in the air.
This isn't The Welsh Way [TM].
This isn't The Welsh Way [TM].
Reckon there'll be a profitable line in "Justice 4 Eben" armbands next time South Africa take the field.
Only for the one game, because he'll doubtless get a four match ban reduced to three for saying sorry reduced to two for attending Non-Gouging School reduced to one for bringing nice biscuits.
Only for the one game, because he'll doubtless get a four match ban reduced to three for saying sorry reduced to two for attending Non-Gouging School reduced to one for bringing nice biscuits.
November 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Reckon there'll be a profitable line in "Justice 4 Eben" armbands next time South Africa take the field.
Only for the one game, because he'll doubtless get a four match ban reduced to three for saying sorry reduced to two for attending Non-Gouging School reduced to one for bringing nice biscuits.
Only for the one game, because he'll doubtless get a four match ban reduced to three for saying sorry reduced to two for attending Non-Gouging School reduced to one for bringing nice biscuits.
"In isolation, one might chalk it off as just one of those things. But this is becoming part of a pattern of Union behaviour which suggests a lack of care for the game, and a lack of respect for those who contribute".
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Are you having fun yet?
Just before 7pm last night, a day and a half before Sunday morning’s WRU Annual General Meeting (AGM), the Union’s annual report was released to its constituent clubs. You may think that is unreaso…
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November 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"In isolation, one might chalk it off as just one of those things. But this is becoming part of a pattern of Union behaviour which suggests a lack of care for the game, and a lack of respect for those who contribute".
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
There is absolutely nothing to beat sport commentators totally losing their shit when their team - impartiality can do one - do something outrageous.
Glorious.
Glorious.
The BBC Scotland commentary for Kenny McLean’s halfway line goal is glorious. Stuff of dreams. 🔥
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
November 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
There is absolutely nothing to beat sport commentators totally losing their shit when their team - impartiality can do one - do something outrageous.
Glorious.
Glorious.
On the drive down today, I didn't really believe BBC Wales' Feast of Football panel when they insisted that Wales would soon click and give somebody a hiding.
But, my word, that was something else.
But, my word, that was something else.
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
On the drive down today, I didn't really believe BBC Wales' Feast of Football panel when they insisted that Wales would soon click and give somebody a hiding.
But, my word, that was something else.
But, my word, that was something else.
Reposted by Sei Williams
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The full S4C Byd ar Bedwar interview with WRU hatchet man Dave Reddin is on YouTube. It’s all in english.
The full S4C Byd ar Bedwar interview with WRU hatchet man Dave Reddin is on YouTube. It’s all in english.
What next for Welsh rugby? | Interview with Dave Reddin, WRU Director of Rugby and Elite Performance
YouTube video by S4C
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November 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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The full S4C Byd ar Bedwar interview with WRU hatchet man Dave Reddin is on YouTube. It’s all in english.
The full S4C Byd ar Bedwar interview with WRU hatchet man Dave Reddin is on YouTube. It’s all in english.
I mean, if the WRU Executive can't even persuade the Dragons to sit in the same room as them for more than 10 minutes at a time, I dread to think what sort of welcome they're getting out west.
November 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I mean, if the WRU Executive can't even persuade the Dragons to sit in the same room as them for more than 10 minutes at a time, I dread to think what sort of welcome they're getting out west.
On the latest WRU ruse to make the new franchise holders take back the debt it has just taken away from some of them, pay the Union £1m for the privilege of running a rugby club without any say on any of the rugby, and then hand over 50% of any profits.
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I am altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it further.
One almost has to stand and applaud the sheer brass neck of the WRU in its brazen attempts to pass off this constant jack-knifing
gwladrugby.wordpress.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
On the latest WRU ruse to make the new franchise holders take back the debt it has just taken away from some of them, pay the Union £1m for the privilege of running a rugby club without any say on any of the rugby, and then hand over 50% of any profits.
gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/i...
gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/i...
"If their ambition is to portray the WRU as cartoon baddies, they could scarcely make it any more obvious if they took to parading up and down Westgate Street every day in front of an orchestra belting out the Imperial March". gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/i...
I am altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it further.
One almost has to stand and applaud the sheer brass neck of the WRU in its brazen attempts to pass off this constant jack-knifing
gwladrugby.wordpress.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"If their ambition is to portray the WRU as cartoon baddies, they could scarcely make it any more obvious if they took to parading up and down Westgate Street every day in front of an orchestra belting out the Imperial March". gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/i...
"The normalisation of decline, the quiet acceptance of humiliation, and the patronising insistence that there were “positives” to take from a 52-point loss. Really? "
Nathaniel Hale for Gwladrugby.
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Nathaniel Hale for Gwladrugby.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"The normalisation of decline, the quiet acceptance of humiliation, and the patronising insistence that there were “positives” to take from a 52-point loss. Really? "
Nathaniel Hale for Gwladrugby.
gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/t...
Nathaniel Hale for Gwladrugby.
gwladrugby.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/t...
Ooh, look!
It's only @squidgerugby.bsky.social displaying "Welsh Rugby: What Went Wrong?" while discussing the latest shenanigans.
Joyously, two years after publication, things are only going wronger.
Buy it, and drive yourselves into an impotent rage, here:
www.amazon.co.uk/Welsh-Rugby-...
It's only @squidgerugby.bsky.social displaying "Welsh Rugby: What Went Wrong?" while discussing the latest shenanigans.
Joyously, two years after publication, things are only going wronger.
Buy it, and drive yourselves into an impotent rage, here:
www.amazon.co.uk/Welsh-Rugby-...
November 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Ooh, look!
It's only @squidgerugby.bsky.social displaying "Welsh Rugby: What Went Wrong?" while discussing the latest shenanigans.
Joyously, two years after publication, things are only going wronger.
Buy it, and drive yourselves into an impotent rage, here:
www.amazon.co.uk/Welsh-Rugby-...
It's only @squidgerugby.bsky.social displaying "Welsh Rugby: What Went Wrong?" while discussing the latest shenanigans.
Joyously, two years after publication, things are only going wronger.
Buy it, and drive yourselves into an impotent rage, here:
www.amazon.co.uk/Welsh-Rugby-...
An interesting read on the confusion within the WRU's proposals - there's some good in them, but the whole is let down by a lack of understanding of and empathy for Welsh rugby. And for Wales.
A long read on the WRU’s terrible PR work, how the plans for the professional game lack any feel for Welsh rugby, and how we as Cardiff supporters can play a major role in trying to salvage a successful future for the club. cardiffrugbylife.wales/2025/11/02/s...
Supporters hold the keys at Cardiff
There may eventually come a time in Welsh rugby when there’s not constant off-field wranglings, arguments, threats and general chaos, and what will we do with ourselves… it won’t …
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November 2, 2025 at 10:35 AM
An interesting read on the confusion within the WRU's proposals - there's some good in them, but the whole is let down by a lack of understanding of and empathy for Welsh rugby. And for Wales.
"James Lowe puts his foot down".
a man is riding a mobility scooter down a sidewalk
ALT: a man is riding a mobility scooter down a sidewalk
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November 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
"James Lowe puts his foot down".
It's quite difficult to roll away when Ryan has just flopped all over the Irish carrier and NZ tackler from waaay in front.
November 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
It's quite difficult to roll away when Ryan has just flopped all over the Irish carrier and NZ tackler from waaay in front.
"You could argue that Tadhg Beirne took action to *stop* it being a head on head".
By turning his shoulder into his head, Craig?
By turning his shoulder into his head, Craig?
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"You could argue that Tadhg Beirne took action to *stop* it being a head on head".
By turning his shoulder into his head, Craig?
By turning his shoulder into his head, Craig?
A thrilling game.
an older man in a tuxedo and bow tie is sitting at a table with glasses of water .
ALT: an older man in a tuxedo and bow tie is sitting at a table with glasses of water .
media.tenor.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A thrilling game.
Hang on. It isn't 77 minutes at 14, is it? It's 20, surely?
November 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Hang on. It isn't 77 minutes at 14, is it? It's 20, surely?