Where Next for Welsh Rugby?

Scrum V

BBC

Sports, Rugby

4.6 • 927 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Gareth Rhys Owen, Lauren Jenkins and BBC Rugby writer Gareth Griffiths evaluate a way forward for the professional game in Wales with the Welsh Rugby Union still in dispute with Ospreys and Scarlets over funding. WalesOnline Rugby Correspondent Steffan Thomas discusses exactly how the direction of Welsh rugby will be shaped this summer while Welsh Rugby Players Association chairman Ashton Hewitt speaks about uncertainties facing the players.

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0:00.0	No, but Tom, he says to me, what are you wearing?
0:04.2	He's like, you look ridiculous.
0:05.6	His invite said yoga party.
0:07.5	You were spot on, bro.
0:08.4	No, no, no.
0:09.1	His text auto-corrected.
0:11.0	So what was it meant to say then?
0:12.4	Toga party.
0:13.8	What?
0:14.2	Oh no.
0:14.6	So they all came as Romans.
0:16.4	Well, I never thought of it like that.
0:18.5	You About? Join me, Roman Kemp, and me, Tom Gremlin, for our weekly catch-up, otherwise known as a podcast.
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0:29.8	It's one of those existential questions, Lauren.
0:35.4	We're next for Welsh rugby.
0:36.8	We're going to try and answer it over the next hour as we have done many a time this season grow you're predicting an hour because in my running order I said 30 minutes
0:46.6	let's go with 30 minutes that sounds much more digestible the room was booked for an hour and after.
0:55.5	I think we can do an hour.
0:58.0	My ambition is 30 minutes because punchy is always good.
1:01.0	That's Lauren Jenkins.
1:02.4	I'm Gareth Rees-Oen.
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