Robert Rees
@Rreesrugby
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Former Senior Editor of Last Word on Rugby• Words in The Rugby Paper, Telegraph, Glos Live, RugbyPass • WRU accredited • Open for commissions
Joined May 2014
Final regular podcast of the season. 💥 Cracking final.Tale of the tape .🏆 @NewportRFC cap 150th in style.Supporters make the day .
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The Springboks have taken a combined men/women team photo ahead of their clashes with New Zealand. I like this vibe.
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Lewis Hamilton up for #SPOTY19. But, have you noticed that great F1 drivers are named after Scottish cities? . Lewis HAMILTON.STIRLING Moss.Eddie IRVINE . And of course, Ayr Town Centre.
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BREAKING: Netflix have confirmed they'll be doing a documentary on the 2023 Six Nations, set to air next year.
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I'm sorry, but how is Matthew Carley being consistent there?. Yellow card straight away at one end, 4 pens at the other and nothing but a warning. Fiji burned by officiating there.
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Devastating news tonight as we hear of the passing of Scotland legend Doddie Weir. A hero for his charity work in the face of his cruel illness and a great ambassador for MND and rugby. RIP Doddie.
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Should Wales lose to Ireland at home in a fortnight's time, they would have lost 15 in a row. Richie Mccaw lost just 15 times in 148 caps. Dismal times to be a Welsh fan.
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Days between Alun Wyn Jones' birth and senior debut: 6792. Days between his senior debut and (current) last game: 7146. 🤯🤯
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What a debut this young man made 👏 . 1️⃣3️⃣ Carries.6️⃣9️⃣ Metres Made.2️⃣ Clean Breaks.6️⃣ Defenders Beaten.1️⃣ Offload.💯% Tackle Rate. 1 veryyyyyy close (probably) game winning try. Ellis Mee ladies and gents 💥
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To all those that don’t watch regular rugby, but enjoyed the World Cup, get out and watch your local club/region/province. Enjoyable rugby all year round 👍. The internationals have to come from somewhere!. #RWC2019 #RWCFinal #ENGvRSA #LoveClubRugby.
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To all those that don’t watch regular rugby, but enjoyed the Autumn internationals, get out and watch your local club/region/province. Enjoyable rugby all year round 👍.
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Ball firmly dropped here. Shame to see rugby on such a vile, bigoted, targeting platform.
Enjoyed chatting rugby and what’s going on in the game with @Nigel_Farage on @GBNEWS tonight! #TalkingPints.
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Wales just made 247 tackles. • N Tompkins 15 made/6 missed.• D. Biggar 13/3.• G. Thomas 23/3.• T. Francis 11/0.• W. Rowlands 27/0.• A. Beard 11/0.• A. Wainwright 17/1.• J. Morgan 21/5.• T. Faletau 11/0.• E. Dee 13/1 .• D. Lewis 10/1.• D. Jenkins 13/1
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A cool drawing, was shared by Sale supporters who can't see the AJ Bell 🤣. Love the addition of domestic grounds.
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Daf Jenkins - 28 tackles.Jac Morgan - 25.Taulupe Faletau - 19.Ben Thomas - 17.Elliot Dee - 14.Gareth Thomas - 14.Tommy Reffell - 14. No Scottish player went above 13 (Gray, Fagerson, Dempsey). Wales made 244 tackles 🤯. #SCOvWAL.
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BREAKING: BBC reporting that a letter calling on Steve Phillips & the WRU board to resign has been approved and endorsed by all four of Wales' professional sides.
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Lots of comments (mostly on Facebook) saying head guards should be mandatory for rugby player's following the Ryan Jones story. Let's get this clear. HEAD GUARDS DO NOT PREVENT BRAIN INJURIES. The brain rattles around still, they only help cut down on cuts & improve confidence.
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Seen a lot of names thrown into the ring for Wales coaching jobs. Personally, finances allowing, I'd want. Scott Roberston - Head Coach.Ronan O'Gara - Backs Coach .Adam Jones - Forwards Coach . 🏴🏴🏴.
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Wayne Pivac stating Wales will be happy with a 1/4 final is such a sad statement of how far we've dropped away. Stephen Jones' attack and Pivac in trouble.
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Jonah Lomu would have been 44 today. He’ll be fondly remembered by those in Wales from his time here. As well as New Zealander’s and other folk from around the world. He made an impact and changed rugby forever!
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Liam Williams adding a Gallagher Premiership title to his Champions Cup, Triple Crown, Six Nations Championship and Grand Slam. Just one left. .
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Not been a bad career (so far) for Warren Gatland. He’s transformed Wales from a laughing stock rugby nation to trophy winners and RWC contenders. Wales fans should treasure his time in Cardiff and remember him for what he brought and not what he didn’t do, which isn’t much!
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It's Lions Announcement Day!. Or as us Welsh like to know it. Thursday.
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To all those that don’t watch regular rugby, but enjoyed the Six Nations, get out and watch your local club/region/province. Enjoyable rugby all year round 👍. #GuinnessSixNations.
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I'd probably go with Tommy Reffell as my Welsh Player of the Tour.
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Fair to say Wales aren't winning games up front, but the Ben Thomas at 10 experiment isn't working. Gatland has options. Jarrod Evans Gareth Anscombe, Callum Sheedy all available.
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Great news for Wasps and England that Jack Willis hasn't ruptured his ACL.
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In the 35 phases in the build up to the Cory Hill try, FOURTEEN Wales players were involved in carrying. Smith 5.Owens 4.Lewis 2.Hill 4.AWJ 3.Navidi 2.Tipuric 1.Moriarty 5.Biggar 1.Adams 1.Parkes 1.J Davies 1.North 4.Williams 1. Only Gareth Davies didn’t carry. #WALvENG.
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Anscombe, Lydiate and AWJ all leaving the Ospreys. Halfpenny leaving the Scarlets. Navidi calling it a day. Rob Evans, Moriarty leaving Dragons. Really does feel like an end of an era in Welsh rugby.
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12 Welsh players being told they'll be taking a £220,000 pay cut if they sign current offer of the table is scandalous!. Not even a reasonable or calculated drop that.
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Cam Winnett is already a great player, but he's going to one of the premiere fullbacks in World Rugby. #IREvWAL.
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Nick Tompkins had such a good game, Fiji moved Semi Radradra to the wing to avoid him. North the same outside him. Best game they've had together in a Wales shirt. #WAL.
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I feel for Ben Thomas. A fabulous midfielder at Cardiff, put in a struggling Welsh squad at fly half. He'll likely get the hook & lose any international career over mismanagement. I'd love to have seen him have his shot in the 12 jersey, but I feel that ship may have sailed.
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Another big surprise from the Farrell hearing is that the panel decided the incident held NO effect on the match. #glawsfamily
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Turns out the head injury received by Will Hurrell in Bristol’s game against Leicester was actually a minor stroke. An infarction of the artery on the left temporal lobe. Wishing Will a very speedy recovery! . #GallagherPrem.
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Give Dan Edwards the fly half jersey against Ireland. A massive test, but he's playing well and we need a change at 10. Fortnight to work him towards it now.
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In a remarkable turn of form, Bath have gone from 13th to 1st in a matter of just a few months!
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Not enough people have seen @lloydylew's try saving tackle for @NewportRFC last night. Unbelieve speed 🏃♂️ 💥
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To all those that don’t watch regular rugby, but enjoyed the Six Nations, get out and watch your local club/Region. Enjoyable rugby all year round 👍.
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Wales - 10 points.Fiji - 6 points.Australia - 6 points. What a pool we have on our hands!. Wales v Australia is absolutely massive. Fiji will want 9 points minimum from their last 2 games.
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Dan Edwards has just won the @ospreys a HUGE victory against Ulster with the last kick of the game.
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WRU changing the college finals to Ystrad Mynach from the Principality Stadium is a massive blow for the young lads who've worked so hard to play in their national stadium. Have approached the WRU for comment, but appears groundwork is the reason why.
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.@EnglandRugby have confirmed there will be a celebration pre-England v Wales in memory of JPR, Barry John and Mike Weston.
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Wales need to start Dee and Assiratti next week up front. Grady into midfield with Tompkins. Ioan Lloyd and Tomos Williams ad the half back pairing. #WALvSCO #GuinnessSixNations 🏴🏴.
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You've got Razor, O'Gara and Gatland all in the country. WRU, please, speak to them!. I'd look at Adam Jones too.
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Teams to beat the All Blacks. 🇦🇺 - 44 (defeats).🇿🇦 - 36.🇫🇷 - 12.🏴 - 8.🦁 - 7.🏴 - 3.🇮🇪 - 2.World XV - 1.🇦🇷 - 1. #statcave.
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Those with early-onset dementia would certainly disagree. Waking up and fearing you've forgotten your kids. Steve Thompson can't remember winning the RWC!.
How soft is rugby 🙄.
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England have requested the roof remain open for the game on Saturday.
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72,968 fans watched #WALvNZL in Cardiff. It doesn't matter if they don't know who some of the players are, or if they wear a daffodil hat. It doesn't matter if they don't support a club or region, or go to any games at all. They're the ones paying to support the game.
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BREAKING:. Wales vs England is ON. 60 cap rule down to 25.
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Wales have the best red zone efficiency of any side at the #RWC2023. They have made the most tackles (253). Most turnovers (11). Will Rowlands with 4 of those. Rowlands also tops the tackle charts with 27 (0 missed).
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Georgian Head Coach Levan Maisashvili is currently on a ventilator in South Africa. Not good news and really hope he pulls through.
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Let's be honest. Anything less than 6 games for Farrell is a shambles.
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Dmitry Arhip's message. Harrowing stuff. "In autumn, we were promised a start in (contract) negotiations. it's been very difficult to focus on games and training and how we provide for our families."
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This would have put him tied 31st across all positions in the combine this year and tied 15th in the WR group.
Rees-Zammit with a lightning fast 40m time of 4.44 seconds at the NFL IPP pro day 😮💨⚡️ .
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The Welsh Rugby Union has donated the unused matchday food to the homeless.
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Lions schedule 🗓. 26 June: v Japan [Edinburgh]. 3 July: v Stormers.7 July: v South Africa Invitational.10 July: v Sharks.14 July: v South Africa 'A'.17 July: v Bulls. 24 July: v Springboks – Johannesburg. 31 July: v Springboks – Cape Town. 7 August: v Springboks – Johannesburg.
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BREAKING:. @LouisReesZammit is enlisting as a wide receiver or running back in the @NFL IPP. Fellow rugby player Harry Mallinder goes as kicker/punter.
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Vodafone have become the new Wales front shirt sponsor. Are you a fan?. Yes 😍.No 😡
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Morgan Morse will have a senior cap by the end of the year.
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Disappointing to see Channel 5 won't be getting any highlights programme for the Gallagher Premiership. FTA coverage always adds to the exposure, just see Match of the Day. Superb analysis from Flats & Mark too. CVC's push to expand the game won't be helped by moves like this.
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Raynal has been absolutely shocking at the breakdown. Completely inconsistent.
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Thought Grady and Hawkins were superb today, had a great game together and individually. Wingers did well. Faletau impressed after a difficult tournament. Still need more dynamism from front 5.
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The crucial angle that wasn't looked at during the TMO appearance for Keenan's try.
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Good news for Gloucester, Exeter, Saracens & Leicester fans. Realistically, barring injuries, Louis Rees-Zammit, Christ Tshiunza, Daf Jenkins, Nick Tompkins, and Tommy Reffell could all re-sign with no risk of international career being over at the time.
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BREAKING: @RFCMerthyr announce the signing of former Worcester and Wales centre, Ashley Beck.
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Liam Williams set to sign for the Steelers in Japan. The exodus of Welsh talent is well and truly underway. The average wage decrease for professional players will be 20%!!!.
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🚨NEW WORLD RECORD 🚨 . Thor breaks the deadlift record, lifting 501 kg.
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Awful decision to send Steward off. Absolutely shocking. Ticks boxes for a yellow, but nothing more.
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Still can't believe Owen Farrell has got out of ANY ban. Unbelievable and proves how unworthy the citing systems are and how unseriously rugby takes the head injuries. Clear head shot, entry was 6 weeks, no tackle school mitigation and it's been recinded.
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🚨 HUGE NEWS 🚨 . The Welsh Rugby Union has agreed a structure with the Wales Women playing squad with 12-month contracts offered to some 25 female international players.
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Another day and another drubbing. We MUST give Georgia a chance. How many beatings must England take before we look at relegation?. 😉.
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When you only have the Clive Woodward & Jonny Wilkinson commentary option.
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In a week where players were told by board that £4.8m was being spent on areas such as corporate hospitality (which is less than 2 years old), 12 welsh/regional players are facing 90% wage cuts. Priorities wrong again.
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Highest paid WRU director is £359,000.
PRB Chair Malcolm Wall said: “The cold facts are that the WRU and clubs have been paying salaries that their businesses cannot afford.". Says the average salary of a Welsh rugby player in the new framework will be £100k. More to come on @ITVWales at 6pm.
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Big statement from Joe Hawkins on why he chose to move, stating he's gone for the security it gives him and that the contract he was under meant he was underpaid as an international.
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Llandovery go pretty much 100m vs RGC with offload mania. 🔥 🏉
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I think Wayne Pivac is an excellent club level coach, but test rugby is a tier too far.
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There's only one man who can step in to save the UK and become the next PM.
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Still can't believe the WRU have laid out that the regions can be fined if they let a Welsh 38 squad player go. Absolutely scandalous.
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Ieuan Evans accused the regions in their meeting of opportunism in their criticism. His first meeting with the professional clubs and he says that. .
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BREAKING: World Rugby announce that you can no longer score a try at the base of the post. It was impossible to defend at times and makes sense to alter the law.
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