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GJPowell

10 days

A final goodbye, with a big turnout, this morning to exactly the type of lifelong volunteer - from player scouting for Pross to manning his gate at a home ground - that has always been the lifeblood of rugby clubs across Wales. RIP Gwyll.

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4 years

More moral fibre than the rest of her teammates combined and more balls than the entirety of the @premierleague player pool in the face of Marxist extremism and intimidation...?

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35 years later, and still the most extraordinary drop goal I have seen. Straight off front lineout ball...

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6 years

Pooler in the 1980s. Hard running and crisp passing, not just scrummaging, mauling, rucking and kick chasing.

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3 years

Whatever happens going forwards, @afneil at his very best and THE way to launch a new (non-rolling) news channel in the UK's 2021 troubled legacy media landscape 👍

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This is @afneil . Welcome To GB News

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@TheVietGwent

3 years

@GReschenthaler Hebrew rather than Latin, but the rest - including your sentiment - all stands.

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@TheVietGwent

4 years

@stillgray @stclairashley More keyboard than actual warrior, me thinks 👀

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@TheVietGwent

5 years

The Pontypool Front Row on duty for Monmouthshire/Gwent 👇

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

2 years

(1) "The joys" of communism. (2) What message has just been sent to the entire CCP, let alone to Taipei...?

Rita Panahi

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2 years

Watch Xi as his predecessor Hu Jintao is dragged away…China is already wiping references to him from the web.

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@TheVietGwent

4 years

@MickD_wis @RealJamesWoods I am - also - depressingly old enough to remember this. Didn't the Dukakis team subsequently leak to the press that their Democrat rival was also plagiarising speeches from politicians as diverse as RFK to UK Labour leader Neil Kinnock and that killed off Biden's 1988 campaign?

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

3 years

Precisely 👇

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@TheVietGwent

4 years

@PaulEmbery We thought this was meant to be comedy, not the cultural/media establishment preparing us for the nonsense of 2020 in all seriousness 👍

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

4 months

I am not suggesting that Pontypool forwards liked to play hard, but they did have a tendency in that era to play rugby with a surgeon positioned at the ready at full-back for club and country...! 😉🤣🤣

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1 year

1977 Bobby Windsor calls on Dr. JPR Williams to help Terry Cobner Parc des Princes, 5 February 1977

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

4 years

@LewDai @premierleague For standing for her national anthem? Or for refusing to kneel to an anti-Semitic, anti-capitalist, anti-police and anti-family culturally Marxist organisation during her national anthem?

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@TheVietGwent

4 years

Born on this day in 1960...the Pooler legend that is @dbish09 ...

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@TheVietGwent

3 years

@JackPosobiec General Mi Li

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@TheVietGwent

3 years

RIP Pross...

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@TheVietGwent

4 years

@alfordScott @premierleague How many of the kneeling EPL footballers in the UK, with their obscene salaries, genuine agree with BLM and believe that capitalism should be abolished and they should earn in line with the rest of society? However vehemently they may oppose any form of racism!

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@TheVietGwent

5 years

@nicholaswatt Sir Humphrey would approve...

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@TheVietGwent

4 years

Staff Jones of @pontypoolrfc scoring on his Welsh Test debut against Scotland at Murrayfield in 1983.

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

8 months

@DouglasKMurray @SuellaBraverman 1. What will be the actual consequences, if any, for that "rogue element in Whitehall"...? 2. Otherwise they will just retain their taxpayer-funded positions and move on to their next political hit job...?

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

2 years

@geraij73 @MarkSteynOnline There must be a small army of 'wokey' activists devoted full-time to complaining to Ofcom about his 8pm programme...?! 😉🤣🙈👀

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@TheVietGwent

3 years

@Iromg @OctopusEnergy How do people like @g__j get themselves into such a hideous mess to the detriment of their company and shareholders...? We're talking about an Ofcom-regulated mainstream linear TV news channel across the UK, not a YouTube channel by ex-BNP members 🙄

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@TheVietGwent

4 years

One of my favourite photos from the glorious 1987-88 Pooler season. Graham Price, @dbish09 & Steve "Junna" Jones...

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4 years

@treflesg @VictoriaPeckham 👌

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@TheVietGwent

5 years

@GreggMac11 @c_reinach Jaco Reinach had real gas. He had to slow down to cut inside the NZ Cavaliers full back and the flat out backtracking wing still couldn't bring him down in Pretoria!

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@TheVietGwent

3 years

@deGourlay @BethRigby How could she ask that question with a straight face...?

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

3 months

A fitting send-off at the Brewery Field this afternoon for the home club president and the all round legend that was Dr "JPR"...

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

3 years

Happy Birthday to former Pontypool, Wales & British Lions loose head prop Stephen Thomas "Staff" Jones.

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

7 years

Nearly 30 years on from the 1989 British Lions tour of Australia, and this still cracks me up...

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

4 months

David Bishop in action during his Man of the Match performance for Pontypool RFC in their 18-6 win over Swansea RFC in the 1983 WRU "Schweppes" Cup final 👇

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

6 years

For those of you (about 100k so far) that viewed my tweet of the legendary @dbish09 drop goal for @pontypoolrfc against @bridgendravens in 1983 Cup semi, this was the earlier 2nd half long range effort from his half-back partner, Mike Goldsworthy, throwing down the gauntlet... 😉

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@TheVietGwent

3 years

@JackPosobiec "Alexa, show me someone who is nowadays even more unpopular than when he used to dress up as a Nazi?" That should be a question that can't be answered. Alas...😟👀

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@TheVietGwent

2 years

@DominicFarrell @stellacreasy On days like this, with many UK politicians hysterical that US women are losing a 49 year old constitutional right that has never existed in the UK, over a non-issue in UK politics because it was dealt with via the democratic process in 1967, they can remember what "a woman" is?

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4 years

@btsportrugby Probably @dbish09

GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

6 years

35 years later, and still the most extraordinary drop goal I have seen. Straight off front lineout ball...

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@TheVietGwent

4 months

1. In an era when the term is ridiculously over used, a true “legend” who revolutionised full-back play in the 1970s. 2. Will his record of winning all 14 - 11 senior & 3 age grade - matches played for Wales against England ever be surpassed…? RIP

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Bridgend Ravens are devastated to announce the passing of JPR Williams. One of Bridgend's most decorated players and an icon of World rugby, JPR served the club most recently as Club President. Our thoughts are with JPR's family and friends at this sad time 💙 🔵⚪

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@TheVietGwent

2 years

@georgegalloway Do 99.99% of the UK population have any idea how perilously close we are to a miscalculation on either side that sends this into a nuclear holocaust? Putin can't domestically afford to lose, Biden has the mid-terms looming & Johnson needs to distract all from his domestic woes?

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

4 years

@DarrenPlymouth Don't say Orwell did not warn us...

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

6 years

Here we go again! 9 days to The Wern... As I was "reprimanded" by a few last time for not including a vintage @dbish09 match hat-trick for @pontypoolrfc , I start this time with............a vintage Bish match hat-trick! At the South Wales Police in 1988. #PoolerInTheirPomp

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

5 years

Lots of great memories of WRU Cup matches against Swansea, including those four titanic clashes in the 1980s and the great upset in 2002! @dbish09 at his finest, from the Pontypool Park mudbath in 1988 ⬇️

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@TheVietGwent

6 years

2 days to The Wern... I am not saying that God is a Pooler fan, but he does seem to keep sending snow to postpone the Cup tie and prevent this nostalgia from ever ending... This morning's vintage Pooler interview is with @dbish09 after a match against Brian Thomas's Neath.

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

4 years

@AliBunkallSKY Jailed for 40 months, 13 months ago...🙄

Teenager Sudesh Amman jailed for online terror videos

Sudesh Amman posted an al-Qaeda magazine in a family WhatsApp group used by his younger siblings.

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

4 years

1970s attitudes to player and spectator safety during inclement weather conditions...

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

5 years

After another terrible day for Welsh non-Test pro rugby, just another after so many such bad days since 1995 given the unfitness for purpose of successive structures, a reminder of what @brianmoore666 wrote in Dec 2013. We'll remain the village idiots of rugby, without reform.

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

5 years

Bobby 'The Duke' Windsor scoring for Wales against the Wallabies in Cardiff. I think JJ Williams wanted the pass and the glory...😉😂😂😂

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@TheVietGwent

6 years

A great critical tackle by @dbish09 on Ray Giles in Pooler's 9-6 WRU Cup quarter-final win over Cardiff at the Arms Park in 1987-88.

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

10 months

@DrChrisParry Wasn't the "highlight" of her time as German defence minister the inability to send a single operational submarine to sea (before she was 'promoted' to the EU in the time honoured way of a member state getting rid of a domestic political failure)...?

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

3 years

Remind me, what was his supposed reason for leaving the Scarlets and Welsh regional rugby...?

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3 years

A new venture 🇯🇵 Former Wales lock Jake Ball has signed to play for Japanese side NEC Green Rockets Tokatsu 👉

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@TheVietGwent

3 years

An interesting discussion between @andrewdoyle_com & @ZubyMusic . "The ego thing I can more readily understand. But when people are buying into a delusion, a sort of mass delusion, that's more frightening because you can't walk them out of that with ease.."

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

3 years

@Robo85 @afneil @spectator Do you think it's a compliment...??! 🤔👀

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@TheVietGwent

7 years

The macabre pre-Christmas tales of Sardis Road and Cardiff Arms Park – how do we begin to…

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@TheVietGwent

3 years

The Ray Prosser "Pooler" glory years of the mid-1980s...

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

5 years

(1) Does the WRU Premiership, finally in a 30 match season long double round robin format, look like a league that needs to lose 4 teams (only Neath are off the pace?)? (2) Does the WRU Championship look like a league that needs to keep Pontypool and relegate 4 competitive teams?

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

3 years

@KonstantinKisin Or, as one of their least favourite British Empire era Prime Ministers put it...

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

6 years

5 days to The Wern (weather permitting!)... Tonight's vintage Pooler match clip is the @keith_orrell quadruple in the 47-13 demolition of Llanelli at Pontypool Park in 1987-88. #PoolerInTheirPomp

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

3 years

@PaulLan84750417 @PaulEmbery @TaiwoOwatemi Has any Tory PM been as lucky as Johnson in terms of the unelectable state of the opposition? At least the left could point to the split between Labour & the SDP/Liberal Alliance in the 1980s when now we're looking at Tory rule - if not necessarily Johnson rule - into the 2030s?

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

6 years

7 days to The Wern... The WRU Cup semi-final against Bridgend in 1983, but tonight's clip is a vintage planned Pooler lineout move used regularly. "Junna" Jones throws long, Butler taps back to Perky/Pricey on the peel and @dbish09 supports to score the try. #PoolerInTheirPomp

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

4 years

@andrewlawrence (1) How does Thomas Sowell describe the problem? (2) Much of the UK higher education sector has been turned into a Ponzi scheme to suppress unemployment? (3) When was the last time you heard a senior UK politician say there was a problem requiring universities input & expertise?

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

8 years

Great to see a decent crowd and great club atmosphere in the @principalityprm - @pontypriddrfc v @rfcmerthyr ...

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

4 years

@Phillip_Blond It's surprising that so many people fail to see this point...?

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

3 years

@grandoldmemes General Mi Li

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

2 years

Why was Eddie Butler's time as Pooler captain 1982-85 so successful, even relative to the rest of the Ray Prosser 1969-87 era...? He was the brain directing the brawn...? Terry Cobner was an intelligent captain, but he never had a @dbish09 to control the game from scrum-half...?

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

6 years

The big day, Pooler at The Wern. It's been nostalgic fun for me, a trip down memory lane, but no more video clips. Today belongs to the current players and coaches, the custodians of the badge, jersey and tradition. Hope they relish being the underdogs, with nothing to lose!

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6 years

RIP Robin Williams, the boot behind Pooler's 1974-75 Welsh Championship winning side...

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GJPowell

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4 years

@Kenny_Sowellfan @brithume Orwell intended it as a warning, not as a template/guide! 😉😂😂

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19 days

@JuliaHB1 This, being modern Britain, will rapidly end-up with the taxpayer footing a huge damages bill without the culprits paying any personal price…?

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1 year

Windsor to Faulkner...

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6 years

8 days to The Wern... Posting my vintage Pooler match clip earlier than usual today, as I will be up in Ebbw Vale tonight watching the region, but what other try could it be given the Welsh team's opponent tomorrow? Cardiff. 1975. Windsor to Faulkner... #PoolerInTheirPomp

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@MartinDaubney @JuliaHB1 @benandjerrys Lesson 61 from 2020: whenever a corporation starts acting woke, alarm bells should already be ringing about the overall competence of their senior management team and the likely future direction of their share price...? 🤔

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6 years

2 days to The Wern (weather permitting!)... Tonight's vintage Pooler clip ahead of @rfcmerthyr & @pontypoolrfc is the second of two long range penalties by @dbish09 against Swansea in the 3rd round of the WRU Cup in 1987-88. And the famous celebration! #PoolerInTheirPomp

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3 years

Happy 60th Birthday, @dbish09 !

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GJPowell

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5 years

Went through much of my father's rugby memorabilia whilst tidying up his attic at the weekend. A real treasure trove...

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

6 years

A lighthearted interview with Pooler's veteran full back Dr Peter Lewis, pressed into emergency scrum-half duty following a @dbish09 injury, after @bridgendravens v @pontypoolrfc in 1985. In the days before pro game spin doctors and closely controlled media relations.

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

6 years

8 days to The Wern... Posting my vintage Pooler match clip earlier than usual today, as I will be up in Ebbw Vale tonight watching the region, but what other try could it be given the Welsh team's opponent tomorrow? Cardiff. 1975. Windsor to Faulkner... #PoolerInTheirPomp

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6 years

As Pooler embark on a pivotal 150th anniversary season, the campaign to return to the top flight of Welsh club rugby below the professional regions, Pooler in their pomp. A 3 tour Lions prop legend, the voice of Welsh rugby, and the calm angelic face of it (that's you @dbish09 !).

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@TheVietGwent

4 years

The clubhouse at @Ynysybwl_RFC remains a treasure trove for @PontypoolRFC fans...

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4 years

@wallaceme @coopuk @afneil The real problem is that we're creating a society where rogue employees don't even realise they are being rogue? I bet she genuinely thought there was nothing fundamentally wrong with what she wrote, and that's what is really frightening?

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4 years

Proper January rugby under the floodlights at Pontypool Park. @PontypoolRFC v @CarmQuinsRFC

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3 years

@ExInfanteer @ArchRose90 It's just a corporate game now, isn't it...? 👍

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@TheVietGwent

6 years

6 days to The Wern... This morning's vintage non-match Pooler footage is the pre-match Haka from the All Blacks on their undefeated 1989 tour of Wales and Ireland. The days when tourists played a number of the leading top flight clubs. Look at that crowd! #PoolerInTheirPomp

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@TheVietGwent

5 years

The finest coup de grâce I think I have ever seen on a rugby field, from Pontypool's 1983 WRU Cup semi-final win over Bridgend. I have never seen it done before or since - intercepted opposition front lineout ball and a scrum-half drop goal (from @dbish09 )!

GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

6 years

35 years later, and still the most extraordinary drop goal I have seen. Straight off front lineout ball...

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7 years

Is there a finer autumnal Welsh rugby natural amphitheatre than Pontypool Park...?

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@TheVietGwent

7 years

Reflections on the semi-pro/lower pro tiers 2016-17 Welsh domestic season

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@TheVietGwent

6 years

I, as a neutral, thought @joynevilleref was excellent at Sardis Road. Ebbw Vale captain - "do I call you sir or ref?" #21stcenturyproblems

Robert Davies

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6 years

A great afternoon at one of rugby's best clubs and watching Joy Neville make history in Wales reffing Pontypridd v Ebbw Vale.

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GJPowell

@TheVietGwent

3 years

@runewarrior @AP Obama was still the US President when the Australians originally agreed to buy the French SSKs...👀👀👀

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@TheVietGwent

6 years

1987-88. The visit of Glamorgan Wanderers to Pontypool Park. A bit of heads up rugby, scanning, playing what is in front of you. The vision and a well executed kick by @dbish09 , the try scored by @seanyhans .

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@TheVietGwent

4 years

@GenevieveRobert @jamesmatesitv Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister just ages better and better...

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@TheVietGwent

2 years

A great photo which I don't think I've seen before. Glenn Webbe in full flight for Bridgend RFC in their 12-9 win over the 1981 Wallabies.

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@TheVietGwent

5 years

There were three titanic Pontypool v Bridgend WRU Cup matches in the early 1980s, with Pooler emerging 2-1. Anyone remember Bleddyn Taylor scoring for Pooler in the semi-final at the Talbot Athletic ground in 1983...?

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@TheVietGwent

6 years

7 days to The Wern... With Terry Cobner and Graham Price having scored tries on their Welsh Test debut, even Staff Jones doing so against Scotland in 1983, there was a sense of inevitability when @dbish09 was finally awarded his cap against Australia in 1984... #PoolerInTheirPomp

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@TheVietGwent

4 years

@EvieNorman @highfivedave I am not sure many in the metropolitan MSM bubble would even get that joke, such is their lack of self awareness...?

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@TheVietGwent

6 years

10 days to the Wern... Where else can I start recollecting Pooler's Test duty, than with current @pontypoolrfc club president Graham Price scoring his try upon Test debut in Paris in 1975...? #PoolerInTheirPomp

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@TheVietGwent

5 years

@AmberRuddHR @DavidGauke @Jeremy_Hunt @BorisJohnson I suspect you're under far greater threat of deselection than him 👌

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@TheVietGwent

6 years

It's the Pro14's fault...

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@TheVietGwent

7 years

(33) The lessons of the innovative Rhondda Schools Rugby programme - how might Welsh rugby do bet… via @TheVietGwent

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@TheVietGwent

4 years

A big thank you to all my new followers over the last 48 hours. Nearly 2,000 - wow! Now, how do I retain you when I predominantly tweet about flawed Welsh rugby structures?! 😂😂😂

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@TheVietGwent

7 years

Will Welsh rugby’s leadership leave their comfort zones in 2017 and try and save the…

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@TheVietGwent

6 years

2 days until @rfcmerthyr at The Wern (weather permitting)... This morning's vintage Pooler interview is with @dbish09 following Pooler's 3rd Round 29-18 WRU Cup win over Swansea at Pontypool Park in 1987-88. #PoolerInTheirPomp

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