The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast

The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast

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The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast episodes

  • LW 50: Paul Browne
    Our guest this week is former London Welsh Board Director and Youth Chairman, Paul Browne.  Paul is one of our fantastic volunteers at the club who brought all his four children to our Minis and soon got involved in Coaching and inspiring children to play our wonderful game.  He tells us of the odd games he played for the Occies in the back row and how he enjoyed rugby both at Brighton College and Oxford University.  Paul deepened his connection with the club when he became Youth Chairman and made some lifelong friends whilst helping see everyone prosper within those age groups.  He was also involved in assisting Danny Griffiths and Ian Horgan in ensuring that the pro entity was kept separate from the Amateur post the Hollingshead era; which then led to Paul being asked on the main board of Directors as we enjoyed our journey to the Premiership twice.  We hear how proud he is of all his children's sporting prowess and loving seeing Morgan coaching our Youth.
    This podcast series is sponsored by London Welsh Developments LTD. Contact details: 0208 3359123 email - [email protected]
    56 min
  • LW Special 2: Eddie Butler
    In our second special, we catch up with former Wales captain, Pontypool player and BBC Rugby Commentator; Eddie Butler.  Our chat starts with Ed paying his tribute to the passing of our Club President, John Dawes.    We cover his career path to the Commentary chair, we discuss why London Welsh chose not to play Pontypool for many years in the 70's; why Wales perform in the 6 Nations and not in the Autumn and the perception of London Welsh in Wales.
    45 min
  • LW 49: Tom May
    Our guest this week is former England International, Newcastle Falcon legend, Toulon, Northampton and London Welsh captain, Tom May.  Tom has had a glittering playing career, playing over 250 games in the English Premiership and someone who really enjoyed playing for London Welsh at the end of his playing career.  He enjoyed it so much, he then played for the club across both seasons as an amateur player, whilst he was backs coach.  We discuss life post rugby and how he keeps himself sane and how is he assisting other sports professional transition into traditional workplaces.
    This podcast series is sponsored by London Welsh Developments LTD.
    Contact details: 0208 3359123 email - [email protected]
    1 hr 7 min
  • LW 48: Lloyd Davies

    Our guest this week is former club captain and current player, Lloyd Davies.  Lloyd is a product of Monmouth School where he learned to love the game and then went off to Cardiff University to enjoy the social side of rugby and met Morgan Browne and Rhys Howells whilst playing there.  Prior to University, Lloyd went to work in Australia and played for a small town North of Brisbane, where he perfected his side step, ensuring the strong Polynesian players would not be able to tackle him.  Lloyd joined London Welsh in 2013 and is one of the few players perfectly placed to compare pre and post project reset.  He tells us what it meant captaining the club and playing in front of the hundreds of supporters who would attend our games at Old Deer Park.  We hear the about the misery of coping with the run of bad luck he has had with injuries and Lloyd gives us a exclusive to the pod on some personal news.

    This podcast series is sponsored by London Welsh Developments LTD.   

    Contact details: 0208 3359123 email - [email protected]

    1 hr 4 min
  • LW Special 1: Will Greenwood

    Our guest for our first special episode is Rugby World Cup Winner, Will Greenwood MBE.  The Special episodes are an opportunity for us to hear from different voices connected to the game and to understand how they might relate to London Welsh,  Will discusses the return of the Community game and how he and his family get so much out of playing and coaching rugby at Maidenhead RFC.  We discuss the possibility of a London Welsh fixture against them in a couple of seasons and reminisce a bit about Will's playing days.  We discuss the Championship, playing against London Welsh and Wales; plus the challenge of making the game as safe as possible to encourage players young and old to continue playing this wonderful game.  Any feedback is welcome and please let us know who else would you like to hear from in these special episodes.

    38 min
  • LW 47: Kevin Bowring
    Our guest this week is Kevin Bowring.  Kevin came to London Welsh in 1977 after playing with Clive Rees for the Voyagers in an Amsterdam 7's tournament.  267 appearances across 9 seasons, with 3 as club captain, puts him 6th on the all time appearances list.  Kevin loved his time at London Welsh and enjoyed the tours, 7's tournaments and playing in our Centenary season fixtures against Barbarians and Fiji.  He was never capped by Wales, even though many thought he deserved a call up; but he did get selected to play for the Barbarians for a few fixtures.  Kevin is renowned for his Coaching and was heavily involved with Wales age grade for a number of year, before he was chosen to be Head Coach of Wales for 3 seasons, post rugby turning professional in 1995.  On leaving the Wales job, the RFU recruited Kevin to be Head of Elite Coach development, where he was advising all the top Premiership Coaches and England Coaches for 14 years.  He continues to work in coaching and offering his services to many of today's leading rugby coaches.
    This podcast series is sponsored by London Welsh Developments LTD.   
    Contact details: 0208 3359123 email - [email protected]
    1 hr 15 min
  • LW 46: Mike Powell
    Our guest this week is former Club Captain, Mike Powell. Born and bred in South Wales and started his junior rugby journey at Caldicot RFC where he remains now, helping to Coach the senior team. Went off to study at University and whilst at Uni,  played for Pontypool, Walsall, Exeter and captained Wales Students.  Mike signed professionally for Bridgend and then had a season with Celtic Warriors, before he signed for Ospreys and played in their historic victory vs Australia.  Mike signed for London Welsh in 2008 and in four seasons, played in over 100 matches for club and was part of the squad to win promotion to the Premiership.  He signed for Birmingham & Moseley and played for them for three seasons, whilst preparing for life post rugby. 
    This podcast series is sponsored by London Welsh Developments LTD.  
    Contact details: 0208 3359123 email - [email protected]
    1 hr 16 min
  • LW 45: Richard Thomas
    Our guest this week is Richard 'Barrel' Thomas.  Barrel is a product of our Minis and Youth from the late 70's and early 80's; and was usually at Old Deep Park through his childhood as his father Edgar Thomas played for the club and was then heavily involved in Junior rugby and then with all the Senior Men's squads, as a Club Official.   Barrel went on to play Senior Rugby for the club for 12/13 years and over 190 appearances in the first XV and then the same again in the Druids from 1988 -2000.  He has played with many of the characters across this period and been there through relegations and promotions and finished whilst we are at Level 2 in the Allied Dunbar Premiership 2.  Barrel is now seen playing Touch rugby or Coaching the U15's when he is at the club and propping up the bar with his front row mates from the Martini Club.
    This podcast series is sponsored by London Welsh Developments LTD.  
     Contact details: 0208 3359123 email - [email protected]
    1 hr 10 min
  • LW 44: Alex Davies
    Our guest this week is former London Welsh player, Alex Davies.  Alex is from the Wirral and only really got into rugby as a teenager as football was his first love.  He played senior rugby for Birkenhead Park at 17 and then some matches for Sale Jets, but couldn't quite get an Academy contract at Sale. He commenced his degree and also went on his first visit to play rugby in New Zealand where he really fell in love with the country and the game.  He came back and played for Waterloo, when he was then spotted by Plymouth and spent 3 season there, becoming their record points scorer in a season, during his second season.  We get to understand how precarious life is in the Championship with contract negotiations etc, but eventually London Welsh came in for Alex and he joined the Squad that won the Championship under Lyn Jones in 2011. Alex had four great years at London Welsh and takes us through the highs and lows of his time at the club, before he then joined Ealing, Yorkshire Carnegie and then his last pro contract was at Bath RFC.  Alex has always had an eye on the future and commenced his coaching journey whilst he was at London Welsh and explains what he gets out of coaching and where is at on that journey.  This interview is a fascinating insight into life as a pro player in and around the Championship and Alex really opens up about some of the challenges he faced at different clubs.
    This podcast series is sponsored by London Welsh Developments LTD.  
    Contact details: 0208 3359123 email - [email protected]
    1 hr 20 min
  • LW 43: Zoe Jeanes
    Our guest this week is Club Captain, Zoe Jeanes.  She has been with London Welsh Women for over 8 years and takes us through that journey. She took up the sport at University where she signed up at the Freshers' Fair and then took a couple of weeks to decide whether to attend or not  We are glad she did, as that was rugby and London Welsh's gain.  Zoe works in recruitment and informs us of the many transferrable skills there are from rugby into the business environment and how she got involved with the Charity 'Inspiring Girls' as they became a sponsor of the Women's team at the club. Zoe is a great advocate of the environment at London Welsh; is very competitive and is able to channel this to drive the Women's team forward and is a big part of their success across the last two years.
    This podcast series is sponsored by London Welsh Developments LTD.  Contact details: 0208 3359123 email - [email protected]
    1 hr 1 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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