From St Peters to Wales: The Rise of Kane James
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4.6 • 961 Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Gareth Rhys Owen heads to Exeter to sit down with new Wales squad member Kane James. The Exeter Chiefs back row discusses his rapid rise in the game, choosing Wales after representing England at under-20 level, and his ambitions ahead of a potential senior international debut this summer. He also reflects on his rugby journey from St Peters RFC in Cardiff to the prestigious Sedbergh School, before earning his opportunity at Exeter.
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| 0:36.5 | Hello everyone. Welcome to the scrumfy podcast. |
| 0:38.6 | We're on the road. |
| 0:39.6 | We're in Exeter because I'm in the company of Wales's newest squad member, |
| 0:46.4 | Kane James, was looking at me smiling now. |
| 0:49.9 | Got that nervous laugh about you because you just told me this is one of your first ones, |
| 0:53.4 | is it? |
| 0:53.8 | Yeah, I'm not really too experienced with stuff like this, but yeah. |
| 0:57.0 | Do you know what, it gets easier, I think, as you get older, and I guess this is part of being a rugby player, and that's not the bit you signed up for those, is it? |
| 1:08.0 | No, I haven't really done much training on it either. I think our listeners |
| 1:13.2 | would probably appreciate knowing a little bit about you because you're playing an exter, |
| 1:18.2 | you played for England in the 20s, but it's that old cliche, you are pretty Welsh, |
| 1:24.5 | and you? Tell us a little bit. Yeah, so my grandparents from a small |
| 1:29.8 | town in West Wales called Fish Guard. My dad grew up there and I happened to be born in |
| 1:35.5 | Havford West when my parents were staying with my grandparents there. So yeah, I'm pretty Welsh. I grew up in |
| 1:41.3 | Cardiff. We moved to Cardiff shortly after I was born. |
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