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May 7, 2020 • 27min
S3 E49: Bobby Stridgeon on Ice cream & training hard.
WRU strength and conditioning coach Bobby Stridgeon reveals how Wales' best trainer needs ice cream to reward the squad, and why a Greggs pasty on a match-day is a superstition he won't go without.For more exclusive interviews with the likes of Jamie Roberts, Dan Biggar Billy Vunipola and Rhys Webb, download and listen on BBC Sound
Apr 30, 2020 • 30min
S3 E48: Rhys Webb on life after Toulon and volunteering during lockdown
Rhys Webb speaks exclusively to the Scrum V podcast about how it all ended with Toulon, before joining Bath on a short term deal.Webb will be an Ospreys player again come July, but has been spending his time in lockdown making PPE equipment, and home schooling his three sons.For more exclusive interviews with the likes of Jamie Roberts, Dan Biggar & Billy Vunipola download and listen on BBC Sounds.
Apr 26, 2020 • 29min
S3 E47: Jamie Roberts...100 caps, losing a bet and what's next.
Jamie Roberts talks about accepting he might not play for Wales again, and losing money to former Wales and Lions teammate Martyn Williams.
Apr 23, 2020 • 35min
S3 E46: Billy Vunipola is Welsh...well, sort of.
England's Billy Vunipola lifts the lid on growing up in Wales, wearing the red shirt as a schoolboy...and why big brother Mako still has a Welsh accent.Speaking exclusively to the Scrum V podcast, Billy tells Nicky and Gareth, what Wales new boy Nick Tompkins is really like, and what away trips he's looking forward to with Saracens playing in the RFU Championship next season.
Apr 19, 2020 • 30min
S3 E45: Dan Biggar...on Dan Biggar
Dan Biggar tells Gareth & Nicky that he's eyeing up Neil Jenkins' job with Wales once he's done playing, and how being in lockdown means spending more time with his young family.
Apr 16, 2020 • 17min
S3 E44: How are the players? WRPA Chief Executive Barry Cawte.
WRPA Chief Executive Barry Cawte speaks to Gareth about the future of the game in Wales following the COVID-19 pandemic.Cawte discusses, contracts, welfare and if when he thinks we'll see rugby played again.
Apr 14, 2020 • 25min
S3 E43: Scott Quinnell...lockdown and bad broadband.
Scott Quinnell dispels the Martin Johnson myth on the Lions tour '97...and how gardening during the lockdown is taking its toll, with Gareth and Nicky.
Apr 9, 2020 • 28min
S3 E42: Ed Jackson on his road to recovery
3 years after suffering a career ending neck injury, former Dragons 8 Ed Jackson talks to Gareth Rhys Owen on his recovery.
Apr 1, 2020 • 30min
S3 E41: Lockdown in Dubai with Mike Phillips
Gareth Rhys Owen & Nicky Robinson are joined by ex Wales & Lions scrum-half Mike Phillips from his apartment in Dubai, where like us all he's in lockdown.In this episode he talks about his high profile move from the Blues to the Ospreys, winning titles in France and who he thinks will be the Lions 9 in South Africa next summer.
Mar 27, 2020 • 31min
S3 E40: Staying healthy with Robin Sowden-Taylor
Gareth Rhys Owen and Nicky Robinson are joined by Cardiff Blues' head of strength and conditioning coach, Robin Sowden-Taylor
