John Meredith's Blog

Remember when you fell in love? Or when you had your first baby? When every quiet moment you had, something popped into your mind. Not all consuming or conflicting. Not so much that you could not work or do what needed to be done. But there, nonetheless, in the background until your mind fell fallow, [...]

The understatement of the week comes from Wales Under 20s coach Richard Webster. Wales, in case you didn’t know, were utterly destroyed by the All Blacks 92-0 last Tuesday. Reported on the BBC website, Webster utters “The boys were understandably deflated immediately after the final whistle”. Wow. Really?! He then continues “we never really got [...]

…they have the little matter of seeing off Llanelli at Sardis Road on Thursday evening. Which is a total waste of time. The Welsh Rugby Union decided to introduce playoffs into the Premier Division to maintain some semblance of competition at the end if the season. Funny thing is that the top of the table [...]

It comes to something when you need to tune into BBC Bristol to get live coverage of a Ponty game… Today Pontypridd face off against Bristol in the Semi-final of the British and Irish Cup. The only Welsh team in the competition left, Ponty also are the only Welsh team capable of winning a cross [...]

So you can no longer make Cornish Pasties outside of Cornwall. Good. I’m not a fan… Now onto being parochial about Welsh things. 1. Cannot make daffodils outside of Wales. 2. Welsh cakes are only to be made in Wales to a traditional recipe….no JAM! 3. Rugby failure at a professional level is exclusively a [...]

At last! The pinnacle of rugby achievement…Wales are the IRB World Champions. Is this a dream? No. Wishful thinking? No. We haven’t hit WRC2011 yet. No. Wales have just won the IRB Sevens World Cup. I know one know about it. I was shocked when I read an erroneous report on the BBC based on [...]

Well, it’s about time but Wales finally overcame their demons to claim a southern hemisphere scalp for the first time under Warren Gatland’s reign by beating Australia 21:18 at the Millennium Stadium. And it was a good match, although my heart could not take any more drama. I don’t mind Wales losing as long as [...]

Wales new rugby strip is an odd yellow colour. Odd.

The results of a national survey into Welsh Rugby perceptions have been published. The Western Mail carries the story in a thinly veiled explanation that Regional Rugby has been very good for the National Team, but I think they have missed the point. Undeniably, there has been an attitude switch in Wales in favour of [...]

There is something beguiling about watching the Argentine team on the rugby pitch. They have something that is so lacking in all of the other big teams in the upper echelons of world rugby. The likes of the home nations are devoid of one simple thing: Passion. Passion for during a game as if it [...]