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Mentioned in DispatchesEp356 – The London Regt and the RFC – Jon DavyOn this week's Mentioned in Dispatches podcast, John Davy examines the London Regiment’s links with the Royal Flying Corps and RAF during the Great War. Using primary sources, he offers a statistical analysis of the men who joined the RFC via the London Regiment and considers the impact of their loss on their original battalions. This episode was recorded for the London Pride Conference in June 2024.2025-05-1525 min
Lean OnTackling men's mental healthWhat role can a rugby club play in helping its members who might be struggling in silence?We welcome Dr Rob Mitchell, Alex Chalker and Dom Hardman to the pod, alongside London Media RFC's John Osibote and James Knight.All of our guests have some great insights and experience in this area.Links to helpful resources will be posted in the comments.2025-02-1334 minLean OnThe Comeback SpecialFresh off London Media's spectacular turnaround vs Old Johnians, Knighty and Rohan discuss Media's greatest ever comebacks, the unbeaten 2019-20 season and their All-Star 15. 2025-01-3129 minLean OnThe kids are acting upA chat with London Media's youngest (?) player, Big Owen Scott. Life in the front row and thespianism.2024-11-2929 minLean OnThe Max and Corbin ShowWhat's it like to ref the mighty Media, Max's drinks bill, some Benidorm tales ... and with this many people thrown under it, we're gonna need a bigger bus. 2024-11-0628 minLean OnDad pod. And an All-Stars 15.A Sunnick and Arrows double-act, with tour tales from Budapest, Biarritz and Poland, and are you in their Media 'All Stars' 15? Plus Darragh wraps up the 2nd team action. 2024-10-2226 minLean OnA red-faced Darragh ... and Sunnick's got gameThe latest scores, a review of Farnham 3rds vs Media 2nds and Giles gives Darragh a grilling. 2024-10-0821 minLean OnA tale of 2 games (and 2 refs)Reviews of the 1sts vs London Exiles, the 2nds vs Battersea Ironsides, and the dulcet tones of Euan Coull. 2024-09-2516 minLean OnLondon Media vs Law Society ... and so it begins.The first of our league game reviews. Josh Palmer gives us his opinions on the game.
'Aim for the stars and you might reach the moon' , apparently. 2024-09-1009 minLean OnAn Unders vs Overs SpecialThe opening match of our season, the legendary Unders v Overs. Some windy commentary and some boozy chats. 2024-09-0215 minLean OnTwo's CompanyA second team special, during which Giles joins as co-host - and promptly tries to throw Fredi (and Corbin) under the bus. 2024-08-2722 minLean OnThe Josh-SlayerAn interview with the 1st team skipper, Sam Watson, a shout out for Unders and Overs, and some technical challenges. 2024-08-1513 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW Special 5: Chris JonesOur guest in this special is BBC Rugby Union Correspondent, Chris Jones. Chris is a former KCS player and was a guest at London Welsh when both teams played each other in London South 1. We chat about his rugby journey and how he got the role at the BBC. What he learned as a London Society Referee and why he might go back. Chris shares with us his views on the state of the Championship, current form of the Home Nations and what's it like interviewing Eddie Jones. A fascinating conversation from a top journalist who is at the forefront of ou...2022-07-2143 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 74: Ollie SteadmanOur guest this week is former back row player, Ollie Steadman. Ollie has played in the Championship for over a decade and is well placed to give his honest assessment of the league and what could be done to improve its visibility. He joined London Welsh from Newcastle after helping them gain promotion from the Championship to the Premiership as we went the other way. He played a big part in helping London Welsh get promotion to the Premiership under Justin Burnell, but then a few short weeks into that season he was suspended. He is very straight talking and tel...2022-07-131h 09
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 73: Graeme PeacockOur guest this week is former London Welsh captain, Graeme Peacock. He grew up in New Zealand, but was quite a latecomer to rugby, enjoying other sports before got hooked on the sport at 16. He then played locally for his club, before getting involved with the District side and coming up against some very famous All Blacks like Ian Jones and Buck Shelford. He moved to the UK and played a bit with a few clubs, before a chance meeting with Andy Lee and moving to Old Deer Park. Graeme played for the club all the way through the 90's whe...2022-07-0655 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 72: Ian GeorgeOur guest this week is former London Welsh scrum half Ian George. Ian started his senior rugby career with Northampton Saints, but struggled to get a regular starting birth at his favourite position of scrum half as he was behind a current England International and was often playing centre. He moved to Rosslyn Park to further his International aspirations and sat on the bench a few times, but was never capped by England. He captained the Barbarians a few times in his 14 appearances and won a County Final at Twickenham with Middlesex. Ian moved to London Welsh in 1979 and Old Dee...2022-06-291h 03
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 71: Chris RitchieOur guest this week is our former hooker Chris Ritchie. Chris played back row all through his time at Swansea University, where he captained them and the Welsh Universities. He went on to play for Oxford University for one season, before settling down to play for Rosslyn Park whilst earning his keep in Insurance. A couple of years into his senior rugby career, he switched to hooker where he played for the rest of his playing days. Adrian Davies convinced Chris to come across the A316 to London Welsh to play at Level 2 where he became a firm favourite with th...2022-06-221h 12
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 70: Seb JewellOur guest this week is former centre and full back Seb Jewell. Seb has a unique perspective of his time at the club having lived through the joy of a couple of promotions to the Premiership, a B&I Cup win and was there at the end when the club went into liquidation. He talks about his sliding doors moment of how he signed for Harlequins after playing for Richmond Rugby Club and how challenging it was to break into 1st team rugby. He was loaned out to Esher for a couple of seasons to get consistent game time and he...2022-06-151h 20
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 69: AGM Danny GriffithsOur guest this week, is Club Chairman Danny Griffiths. In this interview we discuss the key themes from the AGM. The Board restructure, the end of the 5 year plan and what comes next. Where are we financially with the club and what does the club require to prosper at Level 5 with the increase in travel costs and ensuring we have a club that can compete at this level. New membership packages and what will happen on match days.
The big shout for volunteers for the club to enable us to move forward in delivering a great Community Club. Vacant roles are...2022-06-0851 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 68 : Alex GoodeOur guest this week, is Saracens and England International player Alex Goode. Alex played a few games for London Welsh in 2008 to help us avoid relegation and to ensure he was game ready for the U20 World Cup. We discuss the run in that Saracens have in the Premiership and the hope that they can get to another final at Twickenham. Alex was successful at many sports, but was only picked up by the Saracens Academy after he had played for England U18's; and what a career he has had; 5 Premiership titles, 3 European Cups and 2019 European Player of the Year...2022-06-0149 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 67: Andy BlackOur guest this week is current Performance squad player, Andy Black. Andy joined London Welsh by chance at the beginning of the season when the club were in London North West 3. Our supporters immediately took to him as he played a variety of position from No 8, to front row during that season. We here about his upbringing in North Devon and about representing his county and playing for Exeter Chiefs Academy. HIs home club was Barnstaple and he played for them all the way through his senior school. Andy loves playing for London Welsh, enjoys the engagement with our supporters, has a...2022-05-2546 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 66: Aled ThomasOur guest this week is Aled Thomas. Aled came to London Welsh in 2007 after a few years at Newport Gwent Dragons. Still a young lad at 22 and wanting regular rugby at 10 for a club that was going places; and he chose right in London Welsh as this was their first season as a professional squad. During his first season at the club, he also went on to win the World 7's in Dubai with another club stalwart in Lee Beech. Three seasons for the club and he was offered a contract to go back to Scarlets to play Pro 12 which he t...2022-05-181h 01
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 65 : Bleddyn PhillipsOur guest this week is former Chairman Bleddyn Phillips. He takes us through how he was invited to join the Board when he hosted a St David's Day Dinner in Moscow! Once on the Board, he was made Chairman immediately and helped the Board make some big decisions in the Spring of 2012 as we were aiming for Promotion to the Premiership. Bleddyn takes us through what he is doing in retirement to keep himself busy with his work with the Scarlets and Swansea University. We hear about how he met his wife and all the glamorous locations he has worked aro...2022-05-1155 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 64: Sam MahoneyOur guest this week, is current squad member and prop superstar Sam Mahoney. Sam has played prop since his early days at Colchester RFC when he joined them at U11. We get to learn about his journey in rugby and why he took a gap year to wait for the love of his life to join him at University and when he made the transition from Colts rugby to Senior rugby for Clacton. At University he bonded with a fellow student and became best mates with Tom Baldwin, which you hear quite a bit about their rugby journey, through Uni to L...2021-11-171h 04
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 63: Terwyn WilliamsOur guest in this weeks' episode is Terwyn Williams, Life member of London Welsh. London Welsh has been a second home for Terwyn for over 50 years, from when he landed in London in 1970 and where he has made so many life long friends. We hear about where in West Wales he was brought up and started to play rugby and then where he went to College. He didn't go straight into education, but found his way to his real passion of teaching History, Geography and Games across three schools in West London for over 30 years. His passion for sport shines thr...2021-11-031h 21
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 62: Nathan TrevettOur guest this week is Nathan Trevett. In this episode we get to understand Nathan's journey from Youth rugby to Senior pro player in South Wales. He played senior rugby at 18 years and 4 days for Cardiff RFC and played for them and Glamorgan Wanderers, before getting his chance at Cardiff Blues as injury cover whilst some of the players were at the World Cup. Cardiff kept Nathan on for another season, so he got some game time in the Pro 12, before Justin Burnell signed him for London Welsh, were he stayed for 3.5 years. When London Welsh were expelled from the Cham...2021-10-2057 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 61 : Julian DaviesOur guest this week is former London Welsh prop and captain Julian Davies. This Barry boy came to London Welsh in 1980 and played for the club for over 12 seasons. He had to bide his time and literally fight his way into the first team by demonstrating his scrummaging prowess in those legendary Thursday night training sessions. He led the club on many occasion, appointed for a couple of seasons as club captain, but also took over the reigns when others got injured. We discuss his captaining style, the many club tours that happened during the 1980's and the friendships that last...2021-09-291h 17
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 60: Back home at ODPIn this episode we hear from the many characters from around the club who enable match days's at London Welsh. Saturday 18th March was the first league fixture for the Men's 1st XV since Feb 2020 and everyone was excited for the match. We hear from the following at the club
Pre Match
Michael Talbot - Operations Director
Natalie Smith - Women's Captain
Pete Lowe - Director and Team Manager
Terweyn Williams - Life Member
Rocky Hudson - Druids Coach
Joe Jones - Chair of LWRFC Choir
Matt Mcclymont - Owner of School House London
Crone Du Rand - Head Coach of...2021-09-2229 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 59: Nick HeathOur guest this week is Rugby Commentator and Content Producer, Nick Heath. Whilst London Welsh were in the Premiership, Nick was the club's stadium announcer and VIP match day host. Nick moved from London Welsh to announce at Harlequins when his Commentating career took off. He currently works for Talksport, Channel 4, England rugby and commentator on International rugby, Premier 15's and The Premiership. During lockdown Nick had no work as a freelance journalist and found interesting ways to publicise his craft an his social media following increased substantially and led to some interesting new working opportunities for him. Nick loved his ti...2021-09-1553 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 58: Josh McNallyOur guest this week, is current Bath RFC and England International Josh McNally. Josh was recently capped by England during their Summer matches with USA & Canada after displaying some great form during the last Premiership season. He grew up in Hereford and always wanted to serve in the forces and didn't really think about having a career in rugby. His journey started with the Colts at Luctonians and then he moved to the Royal Air Force, where his rugby developed over a couple of years and he went on to represent them, as well as playing for Henley Hawks. It was...2021-09-1252 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 57: 2021/22 Season PreviewIn this weeks' episode we hear from many people across the club as excitement builds towards the start of the season. Our Director of Rugby, Cai Griffiths takes us through his thoughts on pre season; the matches the squad have played, plus what he expects over the first few months. There are a couple of interviews with players post the Cardiff match and this is something we will look to continue to do throughout the season; where we hope to get use to using the different microphone!!! We catch up with Head coach of the Women's team, Michael Griffiths, who in...2021-09-011h 01
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 56: Jonathan ShanklandOur guest this week is Director and Head of Men's Rugby, Jonathan Shankland. Jon came to London Welsh after playing National League rugby in the Midlands and fell in love with the club. He has played for the club from 2011 until the end of our first season in the Herts and Middlesex league, where he decided to retire and play for the Vets. He has made life long friends at the club and decided to put his efforts into post his playing career into managing the Men's teams across the club. He takes us through what that involves on a week...2021-08-2554 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 55: Rhodri DawesOur guest this week is Rhodri Dawes. Having watched his dad play for London Welsh and then move away from London, Rhodri began his rugby journey in the Midlands. He then moved to Herts and played some rugby for school and then made his senior rugby debut with Hertford in the National League and then went on to Shelford Rugby Club and played for them for a couple of seasons. He came to London Welsh in the second year of project reset and played for two seasons for the club accumulating quite a lot of points for the club and of...2021-08-181h 03
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 54: Michael DawesOur guest this week is Michael Dawes. Michael is one third of the London Welsh Dawes dynasty, with his Dad, John Dawes playing, captaining and Coaching the London Welsh sides through the 60's to 90's; and then his son, Rhodri playing for the club across the last three seasons. Michael talks about his days playing for the Minis and Youth throughout the 80's and 90's and recollects some of the great tours they went on. He made his 1st XV debut in 1990 and played for the club for over 10 years, with many ups and down for him and the club th...2021-08-111h 03
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 53: John TaylorOur guest this week is Club President, John Taylor. John was born and bred in Watford, with Welsh parents and played rugby at Watford Grammar School and Fullerians during his Youth. A skilled centre in his day who met Gerald Davies at Loughborough and was convinced by his coaches to switch to a backrow forward; where his rugby journey took off. John takes us through is glittering playing career with London Welsh, Wales and the Lions and gives us his perspective on his tour to South Africa and his experience with Apartheid and how his objections with this regime, cos...2021-08-041h 32
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastSeason 2 TrailerLondon Welsh Rugby Club Podcast Season 2 - Trailer.
In this series we continue to catch up with the many characters who are connected with the club. The podcasts will be less regular this season, but will include some match days news as well as interviews with our main guest. The podcast series is hosted by Club Director, Gareth Vaughan Jones.2021-07-2601 min
Exile Nation - The Official London Irish PodcastEp 6: Lovejoy ChawatamaAfter a short break we return with Episode 6 of Exile Nation, the official London Irish podcast, bringing you all the thoughts and feelings of prop Lovejoy Chawatama!We caught up with Lovejoy to talk us through his hobbies away from the rugby pitch, including his Backyard Chef treats, coaching back at his first club - Beckenham RFC - and winning the infamous Zimbabwe Sports Personality of the Year award!Lovejoy also speaks in detail about walking out in front of the returning Exile Nation at the Exeter Chiefs fixture and how important it is to...2021-06-0120 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW Special 4: Siwan LillicrapOur guest in this special episode is current Wales captain, Siwan Lillicrap. She take us through balancing life working as Head Coach at Swansea University, with playing rugby for Bristol Bears and Wales. We chat about the recent 6 Nations campaign and the likely build up to the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand in Oct 2022 and what their target should be. We get to understand Siwan's rugby journey to getting capped by Wales and that she couldn't play rugby until she was 17; when she joined Waunarlwydd RFC. Siwan also chat about the recent strategic partnership between London Welsh and Swansea Univ...2021-05-2838 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW Special 3: Luke PearceOur special guest this week is Top International and RFU Referee Luke Pearce. Luke takes us through his refereeing journey from when he started in Devon aged 16, promoted to the National Panel by the age of 21 and a Premiership referee at the age of 24. We chat about some of the challenges of refereeing during Covid times and look back at the times he has refereed London Welsh in National 1 and the Championship. We discuss that match vs Saracens in the Premiership and how he reacted after the game and what has changed during his 10 years officiating in the top league...2021-05-1450 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 52.1: Lyn Jones - The London Welsh yearsIn this episode, Lyn Jones takes us through his decision to come to London Welsh and those magical two seasons' the club had winning the Championship in 2012 and playing in the Premiership the following season. We get to understand what was required to be successful in the Championship and the key matches in his first season in charge. The success in the play offs and then the tactics at Bedford in the Semi Final; which meant we had a shot at glory in the final vs Cornish Pirates; with Lyn putting some calls back to ODP to ensure it was s...2021-05-0547 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 52: Lyn Jones - The early yearsOur guest this week is former Director of Rugby, Lyn Jones.
In this episode we get to hear about Lyn's journey in rugby up until his time with London Welsh. Where did he develop his love of the game and then playing for Neath in the 80's with Brian Thomas as Head Coach. We chat about his move to Llanelli, the trophies he won and getting capped by Wales. We understand a bit about Lyn the business man and the transition to player coach at Treorchy RFC. Lyn went to coach Neath RFC in the mid 90's, just as rugby turned...2021-05-051h 09
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 51: Matt CorkerOur guest this week is former Club captain Matt Corker. Matt is 10th on the all time appearance list, but first on the all time league appearances for the club in his 9 year association with London Welsh. Matt's rugby prowess came to light only when he went to University in Bath to study Chemistry and went on to play for English Universities; which is where he got noticed by Wasps. Wasps signed him after he graduated, but he found the path to the first team very challenging with many internationals and Lions in their squad, despite him wining young player of...2021-04-281h 16
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 50: Paul BrowneOur 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...2021-04-2155 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW Special 2: Eddie ButlerIn 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.2021-04-1744 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 49: Tom MayOur 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.
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The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 48: Lloyd DaviesOur 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 per...2021-04-071h 03
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW Special 1: Will GreenwoodOur 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 Wels...2021-04-0237 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 47: Kevin BowringOur 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 Coach...2021-03-311h 14
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 46: Mike PowellOur 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...2021-03-241h 15
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 45: Richard ThomasOur 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 acro...2021-03-171h 09
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 44: Alex DaviesOur 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 sea...2021-03-101h 19
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 43: Zoe JeanesOur 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 s...2021-03-031h 00
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 42: Rob AckermanOur guest this week is former London Welsh, Wales and British & Irish Lions Centre, Rob Ackerman. Born in Ebbw Vale from great rugby stock, he went to Christ College in Brecon before following in his fathers' footsteps and playing for Newport RFC. Within a year of making his senior debut he was capped by Wales for the centenary test vs New Zealand at the Arms Park as a raw 19 year old up against some greats of the game. In the Summer of 1982, Rob decided to move to London Welsh as he was studying at St Mary's in Teddington and had a...2021-02-2453 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 41: Elis StainesOur guest this week is current player Elis Staines. Elis is a graduate of Llandovery College in West Wales and managed to finish his education both academic and rugby in New Zealand. Back in the UK Elis came to University in London and found his way to London Welsh just as our first season got under way with Sonny Parker as our DoR. Since then, Elis has loved the environment at the club and made many connections and has found some good role models at the club who are like a second family to him in London. You sometime forget how...2021-02-1757 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 40: Danny WilsonOur guest this week is Danny Wilson. Danny gave up playing rugby after a degenerative back condition in his early 20's meant he had to retire; which meant he focussed on a coaching pathway. Employed the the WRU to grow the game with schools and clubs; he then went to work for Cardiff Blues academy. He got his big break when London Welsh offered him the forward job in 2008 to work with Martin Jones and the rest is history. He has worked for three of the Pro 14 regions and coached Wales U20's at two World Cups, including one final and...2021-02-101h 03
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 39: Colin CharvisOur guest this week is Colin Charvis. Colin commenced his senior rugby career at London Welsh whilst he was studying in London and stayed for four years having played in the Occies, 3rds, 2nds and over 80 appearances for the first XV. His club career took him from Swansea, to Tarbes (France D2), Newcastle and Newport Gwent Dragons. Colin will be remembered for his try scoring ability for Wales, with over 90 caps, 3 Rugby World Cups, Captaining Wales, plus a few appearances on the Lions tour of 2001 in Australia. Post rugby, Colin has kept himself busy with setting up his flooring company, lea...2021-02-031h 14
Goldy’s Rugby podcastsGeorge SkivingtonGeorge attended Wimbledon College until sixteen years of age, moving to The John Fisher School, Purley, for his Sixth Form. He represented Surrey county and regional squads at second row before being asked to join the England U18 tour of New Zealand.
George was part of the Saracens academy, but moved to Wasps RFC post school where he spent seven very successful years, winning both the Premiership and European Cup. During this time period George represented and Captained England Saxons. Following Wasps, George moved clubs to Leicester Tigers RFC for two seasons, before finishing his playing career...2021-01-2739 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 38: Ed JacksonOur guest this week is former London Welsh back row forward, Ed Jackson. Ed played for London Welsh for only two seasons, but what a two years they were for the club. Promotion from the play offs in the Championship to a season in the Premiership with Lyn Jones as our DoR. Ed went on to have a successful playing career with Wasps and Newport Gwent Dragons after leaving London Welsh, but he then suffered an horrific injury when diving into the shallow end of a swimming pool in April 2017. Having undergone an operation to repair a fracture of his C6/C...2021-01-271h 02
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 37: Clive GriffithsOur guest this week, is former London Welsh Director of Rugby, Clive Griffiths. Clive played Rugby Union for Llanelli whilst completing his A levels and then post University, combined teaching with playing for them. He was a full back and had to wait his time behind JPR Williams to get his cap for Wales, when he made his debut vs England. He then signed for St Helens and played Rugby League for 9 years for them and Warrington and he then got capped for Wales in Rugby League to be a dual code International. Once he had retired from playing, Clive com...2021-01-201h 32
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 36: Dylan PughOur guest this week is Dylan Pugh. Dylan came to London Welsh from Neath RFC after a couple of successful years being coached by Lyn Jones; playing with many who went on to represent Wales and the Lions with distinction. His pathway to Neath wasn't typical as he was part of the Bath academy when Bath were in the pomp, but only played a couple of matches at senior level before he was snapped up by Neath. He sees London Welsh as his club as he was with us for over 6 years, playing under Adrian Davies for most of it an...2021-01-1359 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 35: Chris LillyOur guest this week, is Club Captain Chris Lilly. Before Joining Welsh, Chris had a rich rugby background, playing through the various Leinster age groups - A Schools, u18 etc. and got a rugby scholarship to UCD (University College Dublin). Chris then earned a place in the Leinster sub Academy for 2 years and started for the Leinster u20s during their winning interprovincial campaign. To top all of this Chris was called up to u20 Irish squad but was unfortunately not successful in gaining a place in the 6Nations/Junior Word Cup. On leaving Ireland we had the great fo...2021-01-061h 09
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 34: Will TaylorThis weeks' guest is Will Taylor, Strength and Conditioning Coach at London Welsh RFC. Will arrived at London Welsh in 2017 after Sonny Parker had got in touch with him to be part of the Coaching group with Cai and him, to take the club on a journey back up the leagues. Will was working in a restaurant, but this moment was pivotal to Will's life as this provided the opportunity for him to open up his own business, which is the gym, Barch Richmond in the Summer of 2018. Pre London Welsh, Will had played for two Welsh regions, Ospreys and Sca...2020-12-301h 01
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 33.1 Christmas Special 2020.In this weeks' episode we have our Christmas special, where we catch up with a number of guests to see how they are, how the club is fairing and how they will be spending Christmas. We have an episode available on Spotify only due to music rights.
Joint Club President - John Taylor
Life Member - Terwyn Williams
Club Chaplain - Paul Hill
Chairman - Danny Griffiths
Director of Womens' and Girls Rugby - Ruth Barton
Director of Mens Rugby - Cai Griffiths
Chair of Supporters Club - Rhiannon Williams
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The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 32: Seb ScotneyOur guest this week, is Honorary Vice President Seb Scotney. Seb has been volunteering at the club for over 30 years and has inspired hundreds of players who have been coached by him in our Little Wizards (under 6's). A language graduate from Oxford University, who went on to have a successful career in the City, but found his Sunday home as he lived around the corner from Old Deer Park. A passion for Music led him to create his own Jazz newsletter and he would play his Saxaphone at the Minis Christmas Party. I'm not sure many clubs the length and b...2020-12-1652 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 31: Greg BatemanThis weeks' guest is former London Welsh front row player, Greg Bateman. Greg arrived at Old Deer Park in 2011 giving up a full time job and moving from Dorking RFC to have a crack at being a full time professional rugby player with Welsh. During that time he converted to hooker and played two years for the club, before a move to Exeter Chiefs to continue playing in the Premiership. Whilst only there for two years, Greg enjoyed the environment, bud didn't play as often as he liked, so he made the move to Welford Road to play for Lei...2020-12-091h 04
Stourport RFCHigh Performance Part 2 - Australia to NorfolkOn episode 5 of the guest sessions host David Howard is rejoined by guest Joe Cousens. We discuss his playing time in Australia & the experience as a whole, his time playing for Cambridge in National 2 and the last hurrah in what is essentially London 4 (Eastern Counties 1)2020-12-0742 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 30: Rebecca RoweThis weeks' guest is former London Welsh and Wales International player, Rebecca Rowe. Rebecca has represented her country at three different sports and holds a World Record at another. Rebecca enjoyed five successful seasons at the club before she went on to play for Wales and then back to Harlequins in the Tyrrell Premiership at the Elite end of Womens' rugby. A very impressive track record at the top of Women's sport; but that isn't enough for her as she embarks on her biggest challenge yet in attempting to cross the Antarctic with an all female firefighting crew in 2023. They are...2020-12-0254 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 29: Greg SherwoodThis weeks' guest is Master of Wine and club patron, Greg Sherwood. The whole ethos of this podcast series is to bring interesting characters we have connected to our club to a wider audience. Greg coaches his son in the Minis on a Sunday morning and is a regular at our club lunches and sponsored Rhodri Dawes last season. You hear about his upbringing in South Africa and then he takes us through taking his interest in wine more seriously and what it takes to complete his Master of Wine and to be one of only 5 South Africans to be aw...2020-11-251h 00
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 28: Rowland PhillipsThis weeks' guest is former dual code International, Wales Women Head Coach and London Welsh player and coach Rowland Phillips. Rowland commenced his rugby journey in St David's and became a Neath RFC legend playing for them in the mid to late 80's before he took the decision to move to Rugby League. Clive Griffiths brought Rowland back to Union at London Welsh where we turned professional for the 1997 season in National 1. Rowland stayed two seasons, before he played out the rest of his career as Player Coach for Neath RFC. He had a glory period as Head Coach for Nea...2020-11-181h 20
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 27: Careers Hub SpecialThis week our guests are all from the London Welsh Careers Hub. Co-Leaders, Pete Leyborne and Haydn Parry and Player Representatives, Emily Alland and Rhys Tudur Davies. Its imperative that all our Supporters are aware of our Career Hubs and they should think to themselves, how could they assist the Hub. The Hub is a unique initiative which draws upon the experience and expertise of the whole London Welsh Community from players, supporters, patrons to sponsors. All share the united goal of helping build a stronger future for our players so that they can achieve the same level of co...2020-11-111h 02
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 26: Kelvin BryonThis weeks' guest is former benefactor, President, Chairman and current Life Member; Kelvin Bryon. Kelvin joined London Welsh as President in 1994 and remained actively involved with the club until 2016 when his wife's ill health meant he had to step away from London Welsh. Kelvin's investment, meant that the club went from Level 5 to the Premiership in 15 years and was always there to ensure that London Welsh were solvent when many a potential other investor fell by the wayside. This is the first interview Kelvin has given since the Premiership days and he is very honest about RFU funding, professionalism, EPQ c...2020-11-041h 29
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 25: Dewi DragonThis weeks' guest is club mascot, Dewi Dragon. This is the first time we hear the voice of Dewi and learn about his history. We understand what the challenges are of being a mascot and if there is a rivalry between other mascots in rugby and beyond. We really get to understand the character of Dewi and what he finds so inspiring in being associated with London Welsh.
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The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 24: Joe JonesThis weeks guests is Robert Martyn Jones, who is known to all of us as Joe. A stalwart for nearly 50 years, player, volunteer, Supporters Club Committee, founder of the London Welsh RFC Choir, supporter and Club Hon Vice President; he tells us what being part of the London Welsh family really means to him and the many friendships and amazing experiences he had had being part of this wonderful club.
Everyone knows Joe, but you will certainly get to know him better, by listening to this episode.
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The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 23: Tom BaldwinOur guest this week is Tom Baldwin. Tom joined the club at the onset of project reset and was awarded his 50th cap at the recent end of season awards. Our towering Second row takes us trough his rugby journey from Gwent to University in London and to the hallowed turf of Old Deer Park. He speaks highly of the environment that the coaches have created and the pride he has in playing for the club.
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The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 22: Adrian DaviesThis 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 firs...2020-10-071h 29
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 21: Simon StatonOur 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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The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 20: Paul SampsonThis 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 scor...2020-09-231h 09
JOUEZ & JUGS1. The Pro OneBack with the first edition second season of the Jouez & Jugs podcast, Director of Rugby Joe Winpenny takes the host's seat and is joined by Bath player and Olympic 7s medalist Ruaridh McConnochie and London Irish forward Lovejoy Chawatama for a chat about all things in the University Sector, pro game and insights with experiences they have picked up along the way2020-09-1848 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW:19 Rhianon WilliamsThis 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 amb...2020-09-1443 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW:18 Gwyn WilliamsIn 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 commu...2020-09-091h 13
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 17: Rhys HowellsThis 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...2020-08-3158 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 16: AGM - The Directors CutIn 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 Director2020-08-2854 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 15 : Pete LoweIn 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 doe...2020-08-2558 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 14 Steven ShinglerLondon 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.2020-08-1754 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 13 Gordon RossThis 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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The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 12 Ruth Barton & Paula CooperLondon Welsh Chair of Women's rugby, Paula Cooper and Club Director, Ruth Barton; tell us about their rugby journey and how they landed at London Welsh.. Both have been with London Welsh Women for over 15 years and takes us through the good times and all the people they have met along the way. They can't bear to hang up their boots , especially as they are enjoying the environment at the club and have such good camaraderie with the squad . They take us through their disappointment over finishing 4th last season and the joy of launching London Welsh's first ever girls te...2020-08-0359 min
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 11: Lovejoy ChawatamaLovejoy only played for London Welsh for half a season; but made a big impression with our Supporters. We catch up with him to discuss his rugby journey and to understand what life is like at London Irish.2020-07-2743 minThe London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW10: Referees Piers Skinner and Neil WhartonEpisode 10 is with LW members and London society referees Piers Skinner and Neil Wharton2020-07-2058 minThe London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastLW 9 End of Season Awards SpecialThis is a bonus episode from the end of season awards session at ODP, where Gareth chats to all the winners from the day, including a longer chat with Director of Rugby Cai Griffiths about the season ahead. Enjoy!
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Attacking Scrum - Wales Rugby Podcast for Welsh Rugby fansThe Re-Birth of London WelshIn this special episode Ged and Dan head to Old Deer Park, home of London Welsh RFC for their first home game of the season. After a tumultuous couple of years we catch up with some of the figures who've helped to keep the club alive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2017-09-2129 min