Scrum V

BBC Radio Wales

4.6 (49)
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The latest news, views and interviews from the world of Welsh rugby.

1D AGO

Definitely a blast from the past

Lauren Salter is joined by Alex Cuthbert, Jonathan Davies and James Hook to discuss Nigel Davies returning to the Scarlets, Dan Edwards re-signing for the Ospreys, and they look ahead to this weekend's European fixtures with all four Welsh regions in action.

34 min
4D AGO

EGM latest and European review

Gareth Rhys Owen and Lauren Salter are joined by Alex Cuthbert and Ashton Hewitt to review the weekend's european action and discuss the latest in off-field issues as the WRU respond to club's hoping to force an Extraordinary General Meeting.

36 min
JAN 8

The Warm Up: 'We're all gutted he's going'

Lauren Salter is joined by former Wales internationals Jonathan Davies and Ellis Jenkins as well as Wales and Dragons prop Dillon Lewis who reacts to Aaron Waingwright leaving the region for Leicester Tigers at the end of the season. The team also look back on the festive derbies, look ahead to round three of the Champions and Challenge Cup and give their early picks for Six Nations selection.

42 min
JAN 5

Festive derby debrief and off-field matters

Lauren Salter, Alex Cuthbert and Gareth Griffiths debrief the festive derbies and discuss the latest off-field issues in Welsh rugby.

48 min
12/22/2025

Derby delight for Scarlets and Dragons win back-to-back games

Lauren Salter and former Wales internationals Gareth Delve and Richie Rees reflect on the weekend’s United Rugby Championship results including another win for the Dragons and a derby victory for Scarlets. Dragons climbed off the bottom of the table with a remarkable 48-28 victory over Connacht, ending a 15-month winless streak in the URC. Meanwhile, Scarlets won the first Welsh derby of the festive season after beating Cardiff 21-17 at the Arms Park, but Ospreys suffered a 26-10 defeat at home to Munster, meaning they’ll be bottom of the league at Christmas.

39 min
12/18/2025

The Warm Up: Masterchef finals and Christmas derbies

Joining Lauren Salter on the sofas this week is Celebrity Masterchef finalist and former Lions captain Alun Wyn Jones alongside former Wales internationals Jonathan Davies and Ellis Jenkins to discuss Alun Wyn's cooking skills and to look ahead to the festive derbies in the URC.

33 min
12/15/2025

Wales captains to leave Ospreys

Gareth Rhys Owen and Lauren Salter are joined by ex-Dragons winger Ashton Hewitt and former Wales captain Siwan Lillicrap to discuss the news that Wales captains Jac Morgan and Dewi Lake will leave Ospreys at the end of the season to join Gloucester. The team also reflect on a successful weekend for Welsh sides in Europe with three of the four regions winning their games, including a first victory of the year for Dragons, and they preview the start of the Celtic Challenge this weekend.

46 min
12/11/2025

The Warm Up: 'You can't blame the players'

Lauren Salter is joined by Alex Cuthbert, Jonathan Davies and Sean Holley to discuss the news that Dewi Lake and Jac Morgan are in contention to sign for Gloucester, the future of the Ospreys, European rugby memories and look ahead to this weekend’s round two action.

36 min

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Gareth Rhys Owen

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Nicholas John Robinson

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Jonathan Davies

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Alex Cuthbert

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Thinus Delport

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James Hook

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Jonathan Davies

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Cennydd Davies

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Steve Tandy

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Keep up the good work

07/29/2024

travellingtaffy

Great podcast. Great combination of hosts. As a Welshman who no longer lives in Wales, your team give me the rugby talk that I can no longer get in the pub on the weekend!! Keep it up!!
Learning!

07/04/2021

MTBHappy

Love, love, love the Lions Tour’74 series. I’m learning so much, and it is fascinating. Always love this show anyway. Thank you!
It’s Ok, but ….

03/28/2023

therojay

Lauren and GRO can be a bit pompous and condescending at times. And I have to laugh at the pretentious decision to get rid of the distinctive “Good podcast!” intro. It’s like when Dos Equis got rid of the popular “Most Interesting Man in the World” character because of some nebulous belief among the corporate suits that it was “time for a change.” The company ended up outsmarting itself by failing to come up with anything new that was as good or memorable as that character. Now no one pays much attention at all to Dos Equis or Dos Equis commercials - and if the Scrum V podcast isn’t careful, the same fate may soon await it.
Diolch

03/05/2021

Bevans1985

Must listen to catch up with Welsh rugby. Great to have a touch of home for an expat and love the interviews and all round view of the game. Keep up the top work. Da iawn pawb!