Sei Williams
@seiwilliams.bsky.social
Cymro
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
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
"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...
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...
Welsh Rugby: What Went Wroger?
November 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Welsh Rugby: What Went Wroger?
"Remember when the WRU got to the end of the 70s, made no plans for the future and assumed they'd just magic great players out of thin air at will? Then had a 25-year horrorshow?
Well. They did it again."
Well. They did it again."
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"Remember when the WRU got to the end of the 70s, made no plans for the future and assumed they'd just magic great players out of thin air at will? Then had a 25-year horrorshow?
Well. They did it again."
Well. They did it again."
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-...
Paul Thorburn says hi.
(And then goes on to say some dodgy stuff about nationality and rugby's eligibility rules).
(And then goes on to say some dodgy stuff about nationality and rugby's eligibility rules).
October 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Paul Thorburn says hi.
(And then goes on to say some dodgy stuff about nationality and rugby's eligibility rules).
(And then goes on to say some dodgy stuff about nationality and rugby's eligibility rules).
I mean, come on...
October 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I mean, come on...
Rather splendidly, the WRU's press release today contains some hyperlinks to..well, it's not quite clear where, really.
October 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Rather splendidly, the WRU's press release today contains some hyperlinks to..well, it's not quite clear where, really.
I'm going for David Moffett and Former Cambodia Dictator Pol Pot.
October 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I'm going for David Moffett and Former Cambodia Dictator Pol Pot.
Noson hudolus yn Rhoshirwaun tymhestlog neithiwr.
Gruff yn wych, wrth reswm. Sawl can o Dim Probs, wrth gwrs, ac ambell glasur Ffa Coffi a SFA hefyd.
Małgola, No! a Pys Melyn yn wych wrth gefnogi.
Gwerth gyrru trwy'r storm!
Gruff yn wych, wrth reswm. Sawl can o Dim Probs, wrth gwrs, ac ambell glasur Ffa Coffi a SFA hefyd.
Małgola, No! a Pys Melyn yn wych wrth gefnogi.
Gwerth gyrru trwy'r storm!
October 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Noson hudolus yn Rhoshirwaun tymhestlog neithiwr.
Gruff yn wych, wrth reswm. Sawl can o Dim Probs, wrth gwrs, ac ambell glasur Ffa Coffi a SFA hefyd.
Małgola, No! a Pys Melyn yn wych wrth gefnogi.
Gwerth gyrru trwy'r storm!
Gruff yn wych, wrth reswm. Sawl can o Dim Probs, wrth gwrs, ac ambell glasur Ffa Coffi a SFA hefyd.
Małgola, No! a Pys Melyn yn wych wrth gefnogi.
Gwerth gyrru trwy'r storm!
As a for instance, these are from the Sunday Telegraph in May 1989. Neath's cup final win over Llanelli (cup matches counted towards these tables) secured the English-Welsh title for them, but they lost out in the Welsh table to Llanelli.
October 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
As a for instance, these are from the Sunday Telegraph in May 1989. Neath's cup final win over Llanelli (cup matches counted towards these tables) secured the English-Welsh title for them, but they lost out in the Welsh table to Llanelli.
Eleventh season?
September 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Eleventh season?
South African rugby wkipedia are quick off the mark...
September 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
South African rugby wkipedia are quick off the mark...
A double pun whammy!
September 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A double pun whammy!
Changing the narrative on suicide requires systemic change. It's about shifting from a culture of silence and stigma to one of openness, understanding, and support.
Find out more this #WorldSuicidePreventionDay at iasp.info @iaspinfo.bsky.social
Find out more this #WorldSuicidePreventionDay at iasp.info @iaspinfo.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Changing the narrative on suicide requires systemic change. It's about shifting from a culture of silence and stigma to one of openness, understanding, and support.
Find out more this #WorldSuicidePreventionDay at iasp.info @iaspinfo.bsky.social
Find out more this #WorldSuicidePreventionDay at iasp.info @iaspinfo.bsky.social
But you should always - always - take your cue from Terry Griffiths. 6/
September 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
But you should always - always - take your cue from Terry Griffiths. 6/
You could try stopping Mike Rayer. 5/
September 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM
You could try stopping Mike Rayer. 5/
Or the benefits of avoiding an All Black winter.
No, me neither. 4/
No, me neither. 4/
September 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Or the benefits of avoiding an All Black winter.
No, me neither. 4/
No, me neither. 4/
More conversions. 3/
September 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
More conversions. 3/
Or the conversion. 2/
September 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Or the conversion. 2/
Not all rugby programme ads of the 80s went for the "try" gag.
Some went for the tackle. 1/
Some went for the tackle. 1/
September 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Not all rugby programme ads of the 80s went for the "try" gag.
Some went for the tackle. 1/
Some went for the tackle. 1/
I don't know why, but this reminded me of the 'Absolutely' sketch in which Stoneybridge Parish Council made a promotional video in support of their bid to host the Olympics.
"We have...facilities!".
"We have...facilities!".
September 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I don't know why, but this reminded me of the 'Absolutely' sketch in which Stoneybridge Parish Council made a promotional video in support of their bid to host the Olympics.
"We have...facilities!".
"We have...facilities!".
Then a bonkers question which lurches from "yeah, I'd like us to win mun" questions to this: 5/
September 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Then a bonkers question which lurches from "yeah, I'd like us to win mun" questions to this: 5/
How about this massively leading question? 3/
September 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
How about this massively leading question? 3/
The WRU Consultation document is an absolute doozy.
Extremely vague questions, devoid of context, for the most part.
Like this one: 1/
Extremely vague questions, devoid of context, for the most part.
Like this one: 1/
September 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The WRU Consultation document is an absolute doozy.
Extremely vague questions, devoid of context, for the most part.
Like this one: 1/
Extremely vague questions, devoid of context, for the most part.
Like this one: 1/
I absolutely adore this insurance brokers ad from the 1983 Newbridge-Japan programme.
Reduced rates for over-50s! 'Special facilities (?) for breathalyzer 'victims! Special rates for Datsun cars and the NCB!
Peak 80s nostalgia.
Reduced rates for over-50s! 'Special facilities (?) for breathalyzer 'victims! Special rates for Datsun cars and the NCB!
Peak 80s nostalgia.
September 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I absolutely adore this insurance brokers ad from the 1983 Newbridge-Japan programme.
Reduced rates for over-50s! 'Special facilities (?) for breathalyzer 'victims! Special rates for Datsun cars and the NCB!
Peak 80s nostalgia.
Reduced rates for over-50s! 'Special facilities (?) for breathalyzer 'victims! Special rates for Datsun cars and the NCB!
Peak 80s nostalgia.