Squidge Rugby

I know you're supposed to caveat with it's not finished or blah blah blah but I bloody love the New St Helens and I can't wait to be back

our silly little podcast doing a proper live show in an actual venue eternally grateful to everyone who supported us

Sadia Kabeya has been England's best player by a country mile. Seeing Sophie de Goede grab her and ragdoll her five metres behind the gainline feels like the game in a nutshell.

OHHHH CANADA

THE GOAT

If Canada could exit and scrummage they'd be unbeatable

If the WRU was a public listed company, its share price would be in the toilet right now and shareholders would be banging on the door asking what the board and exec are going to do about it. The WRU needn't worry, because their shareholders don't appear to care.

lol

If anybody is in Swansea and at a loose end or eager to build on the St Helen's hype tonight, we're doing a live event at Hoogah (just a few minutes walk from St Helen's!) with quizzes, games, and a special guest right from the current Ospreys camp! 7pm tonight!

She's literally too scared to come to Swansea and yet they claim they're the people with the minerals and the conviction to go through with this?

If anyone is in Swansea tomorrow, we've got a perfect way to build up to the first game at the new St Helens...

Hayley Parsons on the WRU: "I am still being contacted daily about a culture of fear, dysfunction and mistrust that presides from this toxic leadership team." I imagine this will make interesting reading for Dame Anne Rafferty. Full post here: lnkd.in/p/e9h_FFZA

This is also broadly my take on the Wales squad

If you will allow me to sport post: The Red Rose had a winning streak spanning 39 straight matches (going all the way back to a World Cup final in 2021). Three weeks ago the semi-professional Canadian team drew with them. This weekend Canada ended England's 41 game unbeaten streak in a thriller.

I just came here to say “only kick if you’re woke” Squidge did it again

For decades, one cliche has dominated every level of coaching. Yet, the modern game begins to show this might be not just outdated, but downright incorrect. We dig into one of the game's defining modern trends... youtu.be/XSODtXjtwy4

What a bloody effort by Exeter man. Incredible performance.

Dupont just set as the back leg in a caterpillar ruck. Might be the only thing in the game I'd never seen in do before, now crossed off.

Warren Gatland losing his mind screaming I TOLD YOU I DIDNT MAKE HIM UP at everybody in Wales as Zack Wimbush scores a hattrick away in Toulouse

Some poor club is gonna have a fantastic season and be over the moon to have a home Round of 16 match and then check the draw and see they've got Toulouse coming fully loaded

That pass by Dupont is insane. We should never take him for granted and treat crazy shit like it's routine simply because he's done things even more impressive.

Four minutes in and Lions v La Rochelle is unbearably emotional. Hard to believe still what's happening.

Upset? Hardly. A brilliant win built on years and years of work of people who put aside politics and just got on with it theprovince.com/sports/rugby...

That said, I will never not cherish a Beauden Barrett masterclass in the year of our lord 2026

Max Jorgensen is having one of those absurdly tough winger days where you can deliver a 9/10 personal performance and it doesn't make a jot of difference on how your team performs

We'll see if his team can deliver, but after ten minutes Jorgo looks like he could be about to have one of those 'Today I am the best winger in the world' games he sometimes has

France with Pauline Bourdon-Sansus can beat a Canada team who just ended England's 41-game unbeaten streak France without Pauline Bourdon-Sansus are shipping point per minute

We just hopped on Zoom to record a short reaction and discussion and accidentally talked about the game in depth for 50 minutes. It's 3:30am and the Bledisloe Cup starts in two hours.

That's probably the biggest emotional high I've ever had as a 'neutral'. I love this Canada team so much. To see them unlock what is surely a new, more open and thrilling era of women's rugby -the sort that could kick it on to the next level- is so wonderful. And on a basic level, what a game.

MAGGIE THATCHER, ANDY GOODE, PRINCE BALD, KIETH STARNER, YOUR GIRLS TOOK ONE HELL OF A BEATING

THEY HAVE DONE IT

I love rugby

Genuinely one of the best games of rugby I have ever watched.

I’ve never seen a prop that conceded probably 5 scrum penalties be a more deserving POTM than DaLeaka Menin. Tons of options on the field. Both teams played some elite high pressure ball. Now how do I go to sleep?

LET’S FUCKING GO CANADA!!!!!

Absolutely lost for words. Eight years of watching the Roses look borderline unbeatable just ended. This is one of the great nights in Canadian rugby history, and a huge moment for the international game.

THE REIGN OF TERROR IS OVER! THE RED ROSES HAVE FINALLY BEEN DEFEATED! WHAT A VICTORY FOR CANADA! WHAT A DAY FOR RUGBY 🏉 Bloody hell what a game!

I do not love being stressed out at 3 am

Daleka Menin is like a player from another dimension. A tighthead prop who is equally effective as a number eight and a fly-half.

Canada being able to use their 9 to clean out and 4 to play scrum-half and it not affecting their play at all is why they're so unbelivable to watch