The London Welsh Rugby Club Podcast
By London Welsh RFC
The London Welsh Rugby Club PodcastJan 20, 2021
LW 94: Dai Williams
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LW 93: Mike Denbee
LW 92: Matt Vines
LW 91: James Gay-Rees
LW 90: Morlais Evans
LW 89: Ben Whitehouse
LW 88: Mike Phillips
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LW 87: Dan George
LW 86: Andrew Evans
LW 85: Rohan Pixley
Our guest this week is our Aussie flanker Rohan. Born and bred in Sydney, playing touch rugby with his brothers and lots of club rugby in the suburbs before he got to make senior appearances. He gave up rugby for a few years post an ACL injury and moved to the UK . Will Taylor encouraged him to play touch at the club and the rest is history. A very popular player with the members and someone who clearly loves being part of this Community club. Enjoy
LW 84: Nigel Rees
Our guest this week is Nigel. Nigel came to London Welsh in 1979 and either played or coached at the club for over 19 years. He takes us through his journey, plus all the tours the club went on during his time there. Nigel had offers to go and play elsewhere; but this was the only club for him. We hear about the escapades the 'Martini Club' get up to and what lifelong friendships he has made during his time here. Nigel chats about his time at Llandovery College and what a hot bed of talent it was and still is. A true gent, who has been chair of the Voyagers since 2006 and has plenty of stories to entertain you. Enjoy.
LW 83: Sam Canning-Birtles
LW 82: Rob Lewis
LW 81: Adam Nixon
LW 80: James Roberts and Inside the Camp with Osian
LW: 79 Rugby World Cup Qtr Finals & Inside the Camp
LW 78: Ollie Hoskins - Rugby World Cup Special
LW 77: LLoyd Williams - Rugby World Cup Special
LW 76: Adrian Davies Rugby World Cup Preview
LW 75: Cai Griffiths 23/24 Season Preview
LW Special 5: Chris Jones
LW 74: Ollie Steadman
LW 73: Graeme Peacock
LW 72: Ian George
LW 71: Chris Ritchie
LW 70: Seb Jewell
LW 69: AGM Danny Griffiths
LW 68 : Alex Goode
LW 67: Andy Black
LW 66: Aled Thomas
LW 65 : Bleddyn Phillips
LW 64: Sam Mahoney
LW 63: Terwyn Williams
LW 62: Nathan Trevett
LW 61 : Julian Davies
LW 60: Back home at ODP
LW 59: Nick Heath
LW 58: Josh McNally
LW 57: 2021/22 Season Preview
LW 56: Jonathan Shankland
LW 55: Rhodri Dawes
LW 54: Michael Dawes
LW 53: John Taylor
Our 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, cost him a place in the famous Barbarians match of 1973. John speaks about the recent passing of two London Welsh stalwarts and great friends, John Dawes and Dr Ken Thomas; and what his relationship with them meant to him and the contribution they both made to London Welsh. We also chat about John's successful post playing career in commentating and journalism as he shares his thoughts on the ups and downs of being involved with London Welsh through the decades.
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.
LW Special 4: Siwan Lillicrap
LW Special 3: Luke Pearce
Our 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. Luke takes us through refereeing France vs Wales and how he works with his team on match days and how much he enjoys refereeing at the Community game level. Enjoy.
LW 52.1: Lyn Jones - The London Welsh years
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LW 52: Lyn Jones - The early years
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 professional and explains the challenges this had for many clubs. Lyn was well placed to take us through the transition to regional rugby and his role leading the Ospreys to Magners League success and how Wales benefitted from a strong Ospreys as Warren Gatland took the reigns. This episode finishes with Lyn taking us through his time teaching at a school in Abu Dhabi.
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LW 51: Matt Corker
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LW 50: Paul Browne
This podcast series is sponsored by London Welsh Developments LTD. Contact details: 0208 3359123 email - info@lwdltd.co.uk