We hear about the player pathway in action in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast, with Ospreys centre Tian Thomas-Wheeler. Swansea coach Hugh Gustafson talks about their 150th season, while we also hear from a special celebration at Pentyrch RFC.

We hear at length from the Welsh Rugby Union’s head of player development John Alder in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast.

We hear from Wales Women on tour in Canada as part of their World Cup build up, in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We also hear from the Dragons in Dublin, and Cardiff, Newport and RGC in the Indigo Premiership.

As the Welsh regions go back into pre-season training, it’s a chance to hear why one of them has a new look in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. Dragons RFC chairman David Buttress explains the new branding for the region, WRU community director Geraint John on the Fit, Fed, Fun campaign. While Wales women’s scrum half Keera Bevan describes their pre-season.

We hear more from inside the brave new world of professional women’s rugby in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We hear about a remarkable 12 months for Kelsey Jones, how Robyn Wilkins continues to balance rugby with work, and how Liliana Podpadec came through the Talent ID system.

We hear at length from Wales Women’s captain Siwan Lillicrap and prop Cerys Hale in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast.

We speak to Wales Women’s Player of the Year Alisha Butchers in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. And ahead of the start of the Commonwealth Games, we’ll hear from WRU head of Sevens Richie Pugh about his role.

Wales teams finish in South Africa with their heads held high, and prepare to start at the Commonwealth Games, in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. Coach Wayne Pivac and captain Dan Biggar assess the tour to South Africa, while Luke Treharne and Sam Cross look forward to the Commonwealth Games Sevens.

Wales create history in South Africa, we look forward to the deciding Test in this week's Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We also hear from Wales U20s at the end of their Summer Series and the Wales Women camp as their World Cup preparations as a professional squad get underway.

Exciting times for Wales Senior Men, Wales Women and Wales U20s in this week’s Welsh Rugby Union Podcast. We hear from coach Wayne Pivac and captain Dan Biggar ahead of the Second Test in South Africa, after coming so close in the first. We hear from Wales U20s after they qualify for the final of the Six Nations Summer Series, and also Wales Women as they announce more full-time contracts ahead of their World Cup.