It says here that the Ospreys will play somewhere around 10 development games next year. I think this is a great idea. Maybe the first string team should do that too! Perhaps they should play 14 or 15 development games. Maybe this would enable them to develop the ability to hold […]

!!!!!Grand Slam!!!!!
I’ll say no more.
Link: 6 Nations
Link: WRU
Link: BBC Sport

There I was all set with my Friday night favs, fish & chips and a cold Guinness in hand. I’d been looking forward to kicking back after a rough week and enjoying the Scarlets/Glasgow game. After all, I’ve been a week without rygbi now and with the next Six Nations scheduled for next week, […]

My very first Six Nations competition in Wales. I am blown away. There is so much excitement here you can feel it in the air and the first question you’re asked is “Where are you watching the game tomorrow?”
Of course we all know who I’ll be supporting. Best yet, I’ll get to […]

Well, the Ospreys lived up to their ability last night against Gloucester. And I must say, fatherhood seems to agree with Gavin Henson as I think he’s played better since his daughter was born than he has for a couple of years now. Well done Gavin!
(On a side note, whilst researching facts for this […]

Admittedly, I’m a foreigner in Wales myself and so I’m probably not in a position to criticise, but I’m also a die-hard Welsh rugby fan. To my mind there is no other nation with the calliper of players that consistently come out of Wales. And to be quite frank, with the next Six […]

After a brilliant game - well brilliant in the second half anyway - icWales has printed a story with the results of a study that was done on today’s Ospreys/Blues game.
They report that a ‘team of sports scientists’ wanted to find out just how much energy was expended by the players on the pitch and […]

And here I thought he was being such a good boy. He seemed a changed man since becoming a Dad! He was right back on his game in top form and then he behaves like a juvenile delinquent on the train?
And my question for the night? If he didn’t do it, why […]

All right so they won. And they played well. They are a world class team or are they? If they’re such great players, why in the hell do they feel the need to play such nasty rugby?
Rugby is a rough sport, no doubt about that. But there is no excuse for […]

I’m sure you’ve all heard by this time that one of Welsh Rugby’s great players, Ray Gravell, has passed on. He died yesterday (Wednesday) after coming down ill whilst in Spain.
Like everyone else who follows rugby, I want to express how much he’ll be missed and, on behalf of all of us at ForumWales, […]

In view of all the negativity surrounding the Welsh squad of late it’s lovely to see something positive going down on the Welsh rugby front.
James Hook has been awarded the Rugby Writers Association Player of the Season award. An award well deserved by a sensational player.
Llongyfarchiadau i ti, James! […]

Well, I hope you all noticed that I refrained from commenting on the perfectly horrible rugby match this past weekend. Although I must say that after reading Gareth Jenkins’ pre-game comments I didn’t hold out much hope. I mean what can you expect when the coach says “IF we can……”
Perhaps things will be […]