The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast

The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast

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  • LW 22: Adrian Davies
    This weeks guest, is former Director of Coaching at London Welsh; Adrian Davies.  Adrian was a talented sportsman who can turn his hand to many sports and represented Wales at age grade Football and Rugby.  As an 18 year old, he played a season at Neath RFC with other former London Welsh stalwarts, Rowland Phillips and Lyn Jones before he went to Cambridge University.  A four time Cambridge blue, who played at a packed out Twickenham when both sides were stacked with Internationals.  He then spent 6 years at Cardiff RFC, combining rugby and working life; before he was one of the first ever professional players in the UK and signed for Richmond RFC. Three eventful seasons at Richmond and that was his playing career over and Adrian went into Coaching, with a few months coaching Esher RFC, before he was offered the role at London Welsh. Five years coaching the club in Tier 2 and you can quite clearly hear the pride and passion Adrian has for the club and the array of fantastic characters he inspired each week to turn out for London Welsh. 
    This episode is jam packed with plenty of stories from his rugby career including his Welsh International experience and his thoughts on Professional rugby.  The club are lucky that Adrian is still involved inspiring the next generation of players in our U15's and U16's on Sunday mornings' and still attends our matches at Old Deer Park to catch up with the crew. Adrian is back where it all began and is working as a Surveyor;  as a Director of Client Care for Paragon Building Consultancy Ltd.
    Grab a cuppa and sit down to enjoy time this bumper episode with a great chap who has played a big part in our history.
    This podcast series is sponsored by London Welsh Developments LTD.
    Contact details:
    0208 3359123
    1 hr 30 min
  • LW 21: Simon Staton

    Our guest this week is Minis Chairman and current Vets player, Simon Staton.  Simon was brought up in Bridgend, played Youth rugby and then went to play at Loughborough University.  When he moved to London, the focus was on his career; but eventually he was convinced to come and play for London Welsh and had a few seasons playing for the Occies.  Simon introduced his family to London Welsh Minis and he hasn't looked back, making a big contribution to the club as a Coach and Minis Chairman.


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    This podcast series is sponsored by London Welsh Developments LTD.

    Contact details:

    0208 3359123

    51 min
  • LW 20: Paul Sampson

    This weeks' guest is ex England International 15's & 7's player, Paul Sampson.  Paul was England U18 sprint champion; beating Dwain Chambers who later went on to represent Great Britain at the Olympics.  Paul chose Rugby Union and has been inducted in the Wasps Hall of Fame for playing over 100 times for the club and being their Premiership Top Try Scorer in one season.  Paul played 5 seasons for London Welsh at the end of his career, loving the atmosphere and the support at Old Deer Park; playing over 100 matches for the club.  He is our all time top League try scorer and has many fond memories of his time at the club.


    Please subscribe, like and follow this podcast and any reviews on Apple podcasts are more than welcome.


    This podcast series is sponsored by London Welsh Developments LTD.

    Contact details:

    0208 3359123

    1 hr 10 min
  • LW:19 Rhianon Williams

    This weeks' guest is Rhianon Williams who has just been appointed Chair of the Supporters Club.  She hails from Bridgend has been an active member of the Supporters Club for 14 years and is relishing the prospect of taking the helm.  We get to understand her journey to ODP and her love for organising the Coach trips to away games and the infamous International away days to City Hall.  We get to understand what the Supporters Club aims are and possible areas where they can improve. Rhianon is quite clear what she needs to do and has set herself an ambitious target to grow membership to the Supporters Club.  It's only £10 to join the Supporters club and all proceeds go to help the club.

    All details on the Supporters Club membership can be found on the main club website or click on this link 

    https://www.londonwelshrfc.com/a/official-supporters-club-57842.html



    44 min
  • LW:18 Gwyn Williams

    In this episode we catch up with former Chairman of London Welsh, Gwyn Williams.  Gwyn came to London and eventually found ODP a second home for his family.  From taking his son Griff to Little Wizards with Seb Scotney, getting involved with Coaching his year group and then stepping up to become Minis Chairman.  Gwyn was then convinced to be Amateur Chairman, when the 1st XV was in Herts & Middlesex 2.  For three years, that role was challenging enough and then the pro club in the Championship lost their funding and Gwyn stepped up to be Chair of the whole  community club.  Gwyn was instrumental in Project Reset and got Sonny Parker on board to commence our 5 year plan.  The role was all consuming and with the Club in a good place, Gwyn stepped aside and took up another volunteer role, this time with Old Deer Park Partnership. We also hear the immense pride he has in watching his son play for the club and his opinions on the player pathway for Youth rugby.  Sit down, grab a cuppa; this is one not to be missed.

    1 hr 14 min
  • LW 17: Rhys Howells

    This weeks guest is Rhys Howells.  Rhys was convinced to join London Welsh by his University mates, Lloyd Davies and Morgan Browne who were already playing for the club.  Rhys had a successful School and University background, playing for Wellington School in the Daily Mail Cup, and representing them at the Rosslyn Park 7's.  This led to Rhys playing for the Welsh Exiles; which gave him the opportunity to play for the Dragons at age grade as well as  Wales U16's & U18's.   He then played for Cardiff University and was then a bit of a rugby nomad until he came to London Welsh, where he has had a lot of success and played some of his best rugby.  


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    59 min
  • LW 16: AGM - The Directors Cut
    In this weeks' episode we hear from Directors about the key points they were getting across at the AGM
    Danny Griffiths - Chairman
    Haydn Parry - Vice Chair
    Michael Talbot - Operations Director
    Ruth Barton - Director of Women's and Girls Rugby
    Jonathan Shankland - Head of Mens Rugby
    Tim Boag - Commercial Director
    55 min
  • LW 15 : Pete Lowe
    In this weeks' episode we talk to Club Legend from both the Pro era and Amateurs', Pete Lowe.  Pete first came to London Welsh in the mid 90's and got involved with helping the Supporters Club.  Since Adrian Davies' time, he has been employed by the club to look after the Kit and in more recent times, been  a volunteer team manager, working with Cai Griffiths. He has been with London Welsh home and away for all those years and absolutely loves being involved with live sport as you can tell in this interview, when you find out what he does in his day job.
    As always, if you are able to write a review on Apple, that would be appreciated.
    Come on you Welsh
    59 min
  • LW 14 Steven Shingler
    London Welsh backs Coach and current Ealing Trailfinders player, Steven Shingler takes us through his rugby journey, from Hendy RFC to Ealing.  He has played at the top level for a number years in the Pro 14, the English Premiership and Championship and a brief stint in D2 in France.  He could not have got closer to an International cap if he tried, with both Scotland and Wales vying for his services at some point.  You find out how much he enjoys the environment at London Welsh and eludes to how he might fancy playing for the club in the future.
    55 min
  • LW 13 Gordon Ross

    This week we hear former London Welsh outside half and Old Deer park favourite, Gordon Ross as he begins his new Coaching role at Newport Gwent Dragons.  He tell us about his rugby journey from his time in School, then Edinburgh and the pathway to being an International for Scotland.  He explains why he moved down South to Leeds and the journey from there, which took in clubs like; Castres, Saracens and then his 6 year spell at London Welsh, where he also commenced his coaching career, working with Justin Burnell.

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    57 min

About The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast

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This podcast aims to give you the latest news from London Welsh RFC with interviews from the coaches, former and current players; and some of the officials from the club. During the season we will…

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