Wales

'I Just Think the Other Teams Are Better Than Us': Squidge Rugby Defends Shaun Lynn After Wales Women's Third Wooden Spoon

Squidge Rugby breaks down Wales Women's third consecutive Six Nations wooden spoon after a 24-43 loss to Italy in Cardiff, defending head coach Shaun Lynn and naming Italy fly-half Veronica Madia as the campaign's standout playmaker.

Rugby Union · 5/19/2026

Six-Test Super Saturday: Nations Championship 2026 Confirmed To Open July 4 With Six Simultaneous Tests

The 2026 Nations Championship launches on Saturday, 4 July, with six simultaneous Tests across three continents — New Zealand v France, Australia v Ireland, South Africa v England, Japan v Italy, Fiji v Wales and Argentina v Scotland — kicking off the inaugural southern series.

Rugby Union · 5/15/2026

Squidge Rugby Ranks Wales' Fly-Half Stocks: Edwards Edges Costelow as Carwyn Jones Bides His Time

Squidge Rugby and Joe Whitfield work through Wales' fly-half depth chart in 2026, ranking eight contenders behind Steve Tandy's first-choice pair. Dan Edwards edges ahead of Sam Costelow, Jarrod Evans is the trusted bench option, and Scarlets teenager Carwyn Jones is told to be patient.

Rugby Union · 5/10/2026

'Beyond My Wildest Dreams': Erin King on Captaining Ireland Into a Six Nations Belfast Decider

Ireland women's captain Erin King has used a special edition of The Offload from the IRFU's High Performance Centre to set out the leadership group inside her squad and the long arc to a 2029 World Cup. The 22-year-old captain says her Belfast home decider against Wales is the kind of stadium milestone she didn't know was coming when Scott Bemand sat her down mid-rehab to offer her the armband.

Rugby Union · 5/9/2026

'Mad to Rip Into It Again': Hannah O'Connor on Ireland's Women's Six Nations Home Run

Ireland back-row Hannah O'Connor tells the RTÉ Rugby podcast that finishing the Six Nations with two home games against Wales and Scotland is the best possible reset after the Clermont defeat, and weighs in on the Dannah O'Brien-Katrina Finn out-half debate.

Rugby Union · 5/6/2026

Halfpenny Retires: 'It's Always Going to Be Difficult to Walk Away'

Wales and British & Irish Lions full-back Leigh Halfpenny will retire at the end of the 2025-26 season after an 18-year career, with Cardiff Rugby confirming the 101-cap legend will hang up his boots at the club where it all began.

Rugby Union · 5/5/2026

Meg Jones Inspires Red Roses to 62-24 Triple Crown Rout of Wales

Meg Jones produced a star turn as England's Red Roses thrashed Wales 62-24 in Bristol to seal back-to-back Women's Six Nations triple crowns.

Rugby Union · 4/25/2026

'In Kate Williams We Trust': Squidge Rugby on Wales Women's Statement Defeat

Squidge Rugby's deep-dive on Wales women's narrow defeat to France was, for once, a film about optimism rather than autopsy. The hosts argued the gap between the two sides has visibly closed — and that Kate Williams has become the kind of leader Wales have been hunting for years.

Rugby Union · 4/23/2026

'It's Not Talent, It's Exposure': How the WRU Dismantled Its Own National Team

Squidge Rugby's long-form investigation into the collapse of the Wales men's national team lays the blame squarely on the Welsh Rugby Union, mapping out how academy cuts, punishing NatWest loans, executive pay rises and hands-off senior coaching produced a 25-in-28 losing record since the 2023 World Cup.

Rugby Union · 4/14/2026

'Stick With Your On-Field Decision': Nigel Owens Breaks Down the Six Nations TMO Mess

Former Test referee Nigel Owens has delivered his verdict on the Six Nations' two most contested refereeing decisions, arguing that the TMO intervened outside protocol in England's loss to France and that Italy's try against Wales should have stood with a penalty only — while warning that advantage law consistency is becoming rugby's next grey area.

Rugby Union · 3/24/2026