Scrum V Rugby

Scrum V Rugby episodes:

• 04.16.2024

  Wales humbled in Cork

  Gareth Rhys Owen and Lauren Jenkins are joined by Alex Cuthbert and Philippa Tuttiett to reflect on a humbling defeat for Wales against Ireland in Cork and Ospreys European exit at Kingsholm. Also - Josh Turnbull joins the podcast to...

  
• 04.09.2024

  Ospreys prepare for quarter-final trip to Gloucester

  Gareth Rhys Owen, Lauren Jenkins and Elinor Snowsill reflect on Ospreys victory over Sale and look ahead to their European Challenge Cup quarter-final trip to Gloucester with Ospreys chief executive Lance Bradley. Elinor also helps preview Wales' trip to Cork...

  
• 04.02.2024

  Ospreys fly the flag for Wales in Europe

  Lauren Jenkins and Nicky Robinson are joined by former Wales international Sioned Harries to review Wales' Women's Six Nations defeat to England, discuss the regions' results and talk Louis Rees-Zammit. We speak with Ospreys head coach Toby Booth before their...

  
• 03.25.2024

  Late kick heartache

  Lauren Jenkins is joined by former Wales internationals Philippa Tuttiett and Siwan Lillicrap to review Wales' Women's Six Nations opening defeat to Scotland. We also discuss the regions' results in the United Rugby Championship.

  
• 03.21.2024

  The Women's Six Nations is here

  Gareth and Lauren head into the Wales camp ahead of the Women's Six Nations and speak to head coach Ioan Cunningham, scrum half Keira Bevan and back row Alisha Butchers ahead of their opening match against Scotland.

  
• 03.19.2024

  Where do we go from here?

  Gareth Rhys Owen, Lauren Jenkins, Nicky Robinson and rugby journalist Steffan Thomas discuss what's next for Welsh rugby and get the thoughts of Dragons chairman David Buttress on the situation.

  
• 03.16.2024

  Rock bottom?

  Gareth Rhys Owen, Lauren Jenkins and James Hook to Wales' 21-24 defeat to Italy, handing them a first Wooden Spoon since 2003.

  
• 03.14.2024

  A legend retires

  Gareth, Lauren and Philippa Tuttiett react to George North hanging up his Wales jersey and look ahead to a crucial Wooden Spoon decider against Italy.

  
• 03.12.2024

  Avoiding the wooden spoon

  Gareth Rhys Owen and Lauren Jenkins are joined by former Wales internationals James Hook and Josh Navidi to review the defeat to France and discuss how Wales will fare against Italy in their final Six Nations match.

  
• 03.07.2024

  New men in the middle

  Lauren Jenkins is joined by Alex Cuthbert, Philippa Tuttiett and Tom Shanklin discuss Warren Gatland's changes for the Wales' Six Nations match against France and react to the Wales squad announced for the Women's Six Nations.

  
• 03.04.2024

  Regional round up and French preparations

  Lauren Jenkins, Nicky Robinson and Alex Cuthbert reflect on the weekend's URC action and look ahead to Wales' Six Nations match against France.

  
• 02.26.2024

  Impressive Ireland and Gatland's game plan

  Gareth and Lauren are joined by former Dragons head coach Bernard Jackman and rugby analyst Sam Larner to assess Wales' performance against Ireland and their Six Nations so far. Wales' 31-7 defeat followed losses to Scotland and England. With France...

  
• 02.22.2024

  Preparing for Dublin

  Gareth Rhys Owen and Nicky Robinson hear from Wales head coach Warren Gatland and speak to rugby writer Alex Bywater ahead of Wales' trip to Dublin to face Ireland in the Six Nations.

  
• 02.20.2024

  Centre partnership

  Gareth Rhys Owen, Lauren Jenkins and Alex Cuthbert are joined by Wales centres George North and Nick Tompkins to look ahead to Wales' trip to Dublin to face Ireland.

  
• 02.13.2024

  Ireland calls

  Gareth Rhys Owen, Lauren Jenkins and Nicky Robinson review Wales' 16-14 defeat to England and the opening rounds of the Six Nations, look ahead to next week's game against Ireland and preview the weekend's United Rugby Championship fixtures. We also hear...

  
• 02.10.2024

  The Twickenham curse continues

  Gareth Rhys Owen, Lauren Jenkins and Richie Rees react to Wales' narrow 16-14 defeat to England at Twickenham.

  
• 02.08.2024

  Gatland makes seven changes to face England

  Gareth, Lauren and Philippa Tuttiett chat to Wales hooker Elliot Dee ahead of the trip to Twickenham against England in the Six Nations.

  
• 02.06.2024

  Who starts against England at Twickenham?

  Gareth Rhys Owen, Lauren Jenkins, Nicky Robinson and James Hook reflect on Saturday's defeat to Scotland and consider Wales' selection dilemmas for England at Twickenham.

  
• 02.06.2024

  Barry John: Paying Homage to the King

  A magician, a poet... a king. Gareth Rhys Owen celebrates the genius of Barry John, the legendary former Wales and British Lions fly-half who died on Sunday aged 79 in the company of former teammates Sir Gareth Edwards and Gerald...

  
• 02.03.2024

  Comeback kids stopped short by Scots

  Gareth, Lauren and James Hook attempt to recover from and react to Wales' thrilling 27-26 defeat to Scotland at the Principality Stadium.

  
• 02.01.2024

  A debut for Winnett against Scotland

  Gareth Rhys Owen, Lauren Jenkins and Alex Cuthbert are at the Vale Hotel for team announcement day ahead of Wales' opening Six Nations match against Scotland on Saturday and Wales wing Rio Dyer joins to look ahead to the game.

  
• 01.30.2024

  The Big Six Nations preview

  How will Wales get on in this year's Six Nations? Who is each nation's key player? Who will be the top try scorer? Will there be a Grand Slam? All the big Six Nations questions asked and answered by Gareth...

  
• 01.22.2024

  2024 Six Nations launch

  Gareth Rhys Owen is in Dublin for the Six Nations launch and catches up with Sarra Elgan, speaks to Wales head coach Warren Gatland and scrum-half Gareth Davies, gets an early look at Scotland in the form of co-captain Rory...

  
• 01.16.2024

  Louis Rees-Zammit leaves rugby for NFL

  Following the shock news that Louis Rees-Zammit will leave rugby with immediate effect, Lauren Jenkins, Nicky Robinson and Cennydd Davies react to the news and ask Warren Gatland about it all at Wales' Six Nations squad announcement.

  
• 01.10.2024

  Hanging out at Harlequins

  Gareth Rhys Owen and Nicky Robinson head to Surrey to speak to the Welsh contingent at Harlequins. Former Wales and Lions prop, now scrum coach Adam Jones recalls a drop goal attempt whilst playing for Cardiff and pays tribute to...

  
• 01.09.2024

  JPR Williams: A Life In Rugby

  Gareth Rhys Owen introduces a celebration of the rugby life of JPR Williams, who has died aged 74. Recorded in 2019 to mark his 70th birthday, this programme hears from those who knew the Wales and Lions full-back best, including...

  
• 01.03.2024

  Derby downpour

  Lauren Jenkins is joined by former Wales internationals Nicky Robinson and Andrew Coombs to discuss Ospreys win against Cardiff at a wet and muddy Brewery Field and Dragons defeating Scarlets and what a ninth defeat in 11 games means for...

  
• 12.26.2023

  Boxing Day delight for Cardiff and Ospreys

  Lauren Jenkins and Alex Cuthbert react to Ospreys victory over the Scarlets in Llanelli while Gareth Rhys Owen, James Hook and Sean Holley discuss Cardiff's nine-try haul in their win over Dragons.

  
• 12.19.2023

  Ioan Lloyd

  Gareth Rhys Owen, Nicky Robinson and James Hook are joined by Scarlets and Wales fly-half Ioan Lloyd. Ioan looks ahead to the Christmas derbies, discusses his idols growing up, including the one and only James Hook and talks about his...

  
• 12.12.2023

  Mixed start for regions in Europe

  Gareth Rhys Owen, Nicky Robinson and Sean Holley discuss the regions' performances in the opening round of European competition.

  
• 12.07.2023

  The final countdown to Europe

  Gareth Rhys Owen and Nicky Robinson visit Jonathan 'Fox' Davies at the Scarlets ahead of this weekend's first European fixtures. They discuss the new format to the tournaments, the rise in social media abuse and Nicky's choice of coat...

  
• 12.06.2023

  More names added to concussion lawsuit

  As more names are released in conjunction with the concussion lawsuit against rugby's governing bodies, Gareth Rhys Owen speaks to former Wales international Alix Popham, journalists Sam Peters and Andy Bull, Dr Izzy Moore and solictor Richard Boardman to detail...

  
• 11.29.2023

  In camp with Ospreys

  Gareth Rhys Owen and Lauren Jenkins spend the day with Ospreys catching up with head coach Toby Booth and podcast regular Alex Cuthbert. They also speak to James Ratti in the treatment room and meet 'The Postman', South African Daniel...

  
• 11.22.2023

  An afternoon with the Stormers & URC round-up

  Gareth, Lauren and Nicky spend an afternoon with the Stormers including interviews with Brok Harris and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu. The team also round-up the latest Welsh rugby news and preview the weekend's URC fixtures.

  
• 11.14.2023

  A damning report into WRU culture

  Gareth and Lauren react to the independent review of the Welsh Rugby Union's culture with interim chief executive Nigel Walker and incoming chief executive Abi Tierney.

  
• 11.07.2023

  A day with Dai and Dragons RFC

  Gareth Rhys Owen and Lauren Jenkins spend the day with Dragons RFC at their Ystrad Mynach training facility. We go behind the scenes with head coach Dai Flanagan, captain Steff Hughes, Wales back-row Aaron Wainwright and prop Lloyd Fairbrother fresh off...

  
• 11.03.2023

  Warren Gatland

  Ahead of Wales v Barbarians, Gareth Rhys Owen speaks to Wales head coach Warren Gatland about Alun Wyn Jones’s legacy in Welsh rugby and Leigh Halfpenny’s final Wales game.

  
• 10.31.2023

  Leigh Halfpenny says goodbye

  Lauren Jenkins and Rhys Patchell catch up with Leigh Halfpenny before his final Wales game against the Barbarians on Saturday. We also hear from Wales forward Georgia Evans ahead of their final WXV1 game against Australia.

  
• 10.24.2023

  The Ox, the Fox and the Butcher

  The Scrum V pod team speak with Stormers head coach John Dobson, Wales flanker Alisha Butchers, Scarlets head coach Dwayne Peel and captain Jonathan Davies. The team review the opening round of the United Rugby Championship, discuss Wales' WXV1 opening...

  
• 10.19.2023

  The URC & WXV1 preview

  Gareth Rhys Owen and Lauren Jenkins preview Wales' WXV1 opener against Canada with back rower Sioned Harries. We also go behind the scenes at Cardiff Rugby ahead of the return of the United Rugby Championship with new head coach Matt...

  
• 10.15.2023

  Scrum V LIVE: Wales go out of the World Cup

  The Scrum V pod team are live in Marseille the morning after Wales' World Cup quarter-final defeat to Argentina. Gareth Rhys Owen is joined by former Wales internationals Josh Navidi, Nicky Robinson and Philippa Tuttiett to assess where things went...

  
• 10.13.2023

  The Big Quarter-Final Preview

  The Scrum V pod team sit down in Marseille to preview a huge weekend at the World Cup. Gareth Rhys Owen is joined by former Wales internationals Josh Navidi and Nicky Robinson, along with S4C reporter Lauren Jenkins. The team...

  
• 10.12.2023

  George North joins the pod as Gatland names his team

  George North sits down with the Scrum V pod team in Toulon as Gatland names his XV for Argentina. Gareth Rhys Owen, Nicky Robinson and Josh Navidi debate the players in - and out - for the quarter-final as we...

  
• 10.11.2023

  Next stop: Marseille

  40 matches later...and we're into the World Cup knockout stages. Wales are down to the final eight. Argentina lie between them and the semi-finals. Gareth Rhys Owen has arrived in Marseille, where he finds two men who saw Argentina beat...

  
• 10.09.2023

  Pumas lie in wait for wounded Wales

  Argentine journalist Frankie Deges shares his insights into the Pumas squad with Gareth Rhys Owen and Nicky Robinson as the countdown begins to the World Cup quarter-final clash in Marseille.

  
• 10.08.2023

  Scrum V LIVE: Wales make it four from four at the World Cup

  We're live in Nantes the morning after Wales' win over Georgia as Warren Gatland's side secure top spot in pool C. Four wins from four have set up a quarter-final in Marseille next weekend - but are injuries to key...

  
• 10.06.2023

  On to Nantes: Wales prepare to take on Georgia

  Gareth, Josh and Nicky are with Wales in Nantes as Warren Gatland's side prepare for their final World Cup pool match against Georgia. A point will be enough for Wales to finish top of the group. And the Scrum pod...

  
• 10.02.2023

  Wales name their team for Georgia

  Gareth Rhys Owen and Nicky Robinson are joined by S4C pitchside reporter Lauren Jenkins to assess the XV named by Warren Gatland to face Georgia on Saturday. Wales need just a point to secure top spot in the group and...

  
• 09.28.2023

  What the stats tell us about Wales

  Gareth Rhys Owen and Nicky Robinson chat to rugby analyst Sam Larner to delve a little deeper into the statistics and data behind Wales' World Cup so far. And what do they tell us about how Wales may fare in...

  
• 09.25.2023

  Kings of Lyon: Wales thrash the Wallabies

  We're live in Lyon the morning after Wales' record-breaking win over Australia. Gareth Rhys Owen is joined by former Wales internationals Josh Navidi, Nicky Robinson and Philippa Tuttiett - along with (a very sad) Australian commentator Sean Maloney. Sit back...