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Hello! The name's Michael, and I am a Welshie in London. This is mainly a place for me to chat about Rugby! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Only one rule; be POSITIVE(unless it's about the WRU)! Wales tragic, Jersey Appraiser, Super Rugby Pacific STAN.

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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
You know, watching this when you're going through an incredibly difficult time already might have been one of the worst decisions i've made 😂
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Bronwyn Jones @bronwynjones.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
You can see how empty it is in there. I hope the WRU are embarrassed
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Crazy that Razor looks like he'll be sacked. Untouchable with the Crusaders but ABs have looked wobbly. Seems like Jamie Joseph is a favourite to take over. Honestly, they've been muddled but international rugby is not there to be dominated anymore. Too many good teams.
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Swearing caught on ref mic has already happened in the Scarlets-Dragons game. Off to a good start! Also, "Somehow, Farrell returned" made me giggle a lot
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Not rugby but it's a rugby stadium so this counts right??? (Go Auckland FC)
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
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a cartoon of a man wearing a yellow uniform with a star on it
ALT: a cartoon of a man wearing a yellow uniform with a star on it
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
You know, I actually like Auckland. Maybe it's just because I live in London and literally everything is better than the big smoke. I did like the South Island last time I was here, but I love the North too.
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Rest assured, I didn't manage to walk past it. Or the chiefs training top ☠️
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
oh my god since march??? lucky. I got here Christmas Day. Driving to Wellington from Auckland on the 3rd and then heading South on the 6th. Cramming a lot in 3 1/2 weeks!
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Crusaders really flexing the "we won 50% of our competitions" muscle
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
are you doing North Island, South Island or both? And have you toured Eden Park?
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Amazing! I'm so happy to be here 😭
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
they look so good, all of them 😭
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
@eanna-jpg.bsky.social @huwgriffinrugby.bsky.social more temptation than you can shake a stick at. i'm hanging by a thread
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
just another brief intermission to say that new zealand is beyond goergeous and if i still have a shot of a super rugby squad place i'll take it
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
The first of many jersey related victims from this trip to Aotearoa. Next on the list are some provincial shirts if I can get my hands on them!
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
so i'm in new zealand and no wonder these guys are pretty good at rugby everyone is absolutely massive
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Scottish Rugby Blog @scottishrugbyblog.co.uk · 25/12/2025
Happy Christmas Rugby BlueSky!
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
@huwgriffinrugby.bsky.social mate, i've been in new zealand for less than 24 hours and i already bought two jerseys and spied this one hiding in a sports shop that just missed the cut
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
rio dyer nation is BACK
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
I mean this is absolutely one of the harbingers of the apocalypse, right?
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
i love him for many reasons, and one of them is that he backs his pace ALWAYS even when it is absolutely the wrong decision. unironically love that man
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
an accusation as old as time. secretly english andrew forde and his ellis jenkins profile picture
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
2nd most populated area in Cymru, mind you. I know it doesn't translate to more fans and more players but... it's all harrowing.
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Seeing some talk that in the event of cutting down to 3 regions, Ospreys owners will buy Cardiff Rugby from the WRU... Does that mean rugby in Swansea is basically... finished? How would that even work?
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Especially after all the "close talks" with Dave Reddin that DR was banging on about recently
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Heard the rumours Lake was going with Morgan. Can't say you can blame the players with all the uncertainty. Gloucester a good option for a lot of the Welsh players wanting to stay close to home but not have to deal with the WRU's mess.
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Sure is the latest in a long line of damning signs that this won't get better any time soon
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
no, NOW i've cracked it. Ospreys merge with Harlequins, Dragons become Newport Gwent Gloucester Cherry Dragons, Cardiff becomes Cardiff Blues and Scarlets become Cardiff Reds. and wales start every game 70 points down
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
MY ENTIRE LIFE IS A LIE
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
sorry you're right - wales = 95% cardiff and the queue other 5% is diaspora in london how silly of me 😅
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
north wales team incoming 🙂‍↕️
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
sensational work, best I managed was 555th
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
omg this is so tempting. always wanted to visit Guam, too
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
It's been hard to chat rugby and be positive for a while, with Welsh Rugby the way it is right now. Just incredibly painful to be a fan.
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
bullying incompetent failing upwards through connections alone and being smug about it?
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
ugh he's a slime
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
he's probably just happy he has plenty of new ammunition to continue his *alleged* bullying still not over him being hired with that hanging over his head so all I can do is joke about it
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Just where we are now. Gotta accept it and move on and enjoy what we can, because we are proper not good.
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Wales
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Would definitely bring new meaning to "he could step you in a phone box"
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Squidge Rugby @squidgerugby.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Guys Eben Etzebeth could blow the Welsh pack away by sneezing why have you gone 7-1
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Can't believe Wales have somehow stolen that game 😂 Good to grab a win, but oh my god we are going to be absolutely slammed by NZ and the Boks
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
We made the big time, well done everyone!
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
1740 on a Sunday in Cardiff has always been the prime time for a game, it must be said.
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Wales v Japan is the unofficial 3rd test in a 3 match series with the score at 1-1 and World Ranking for the World Cup on the line, talk about a pressure game
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
GOATed skullduggery
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
There's a reason that I've been so inactive and it's because Welsh Rugby has been genuinely depressing me so much recently and there has been no end in sight 😅 50,000 for an autumn international tells me I'm not the only one, unfortunately 😭
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
LinkedIn jumpscare 😂
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Open Rugby @openrugby.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Oh bloody hell. I mean, positive for Wales and fantastic for Sherratt but who do Cardiff turn to in the immediate future? He's been such a figurehead
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