Ilona Maher, LRZ and the 'radical' WRU proposal
Rugby Union Weekly
BBC
4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Will cutting two of the four regions save the game in Wales? Ugo chats to Lauren Jenkins about the WRU's radical proposal that has sent shockwaves through the game in Wales. In this bumper pod you will also hear from two of the biggest names in world rugby. Ugo has been chatting to Ilona Maher ahead of the Women's Rugby World Cup opener in Sunderland as she reflects on a remarkable year and tells us about her next career move. And Lauren has been to Bristol to catch up with Louis Rees-Zammitt, who is back after his spell in the NFL. He talks about his ambitions with Wales, life back in Cardiff and why American food wasn't for him.
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| 0:00.0 | This winter, cricket's oldest rivalry is reignited. |
| 0:06.8 | England and Australia do battle to compete for the ashes. |
| 0:14.8 | That is extraordinary. |
| 0:17.1 | Hear live ball by ball commentary-ball commentary on Five Sports Extra |
| 0:21.2 | and get analysis and reaction of every day's play |
| 0:24.6 | with the Test Match Special podcast. |
| 0:26.9 | The Stamps out of the ground. |
| 0:28.5 | Test match special at the ashes. |
| 0:31.3 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:34.7 | Five Lives Rugby Union Weekly. |
| 0:40.1 | Avengers Assemble. |
| 0:41.9 | It's Rugby Union Weekly once again. |
| 0:44.2 | There's a lot going on. |
| 0:45.5 | And we've got a couple of amazing special guests. |
| 0:47.9 | I've got Alona Marr, we've got Lewis Re-Summit. |
| 0:50.6 | And Lauren Jenkins, you're back from Australia. |
| 0:54.3 | We're all back. |
| 0:55.5 | You're back looking refreshed and recovered. |
| 0:58.1 | Well, actually, the one person who's very much not back is Chris Jones. |
| 1:02.9 | So he's often paternity leave and combining that with a digital detox. |
| 1:08.6 | So I'm stepping into his shoes. |
| 1:11.9 | I've gone from being the Jack Morgan correspondent in Oz to the Lewis Lee was Samoth correspondent in the UK. And yeah, |
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