Owain has been writing and editing about rugby since 2004. He has edited matchday programmes for the WRU, publications for the British & Irish Lions and written for the Guinness Pro14. A regular voice on BBC Radio Wales, from 2011 to 2018, he was the editor of Rugby World Magazine. He has been writing for RugbyPass since 2019.
From red cards to a tragic car accident involving a fatality, England World Cup winner Julian White was a rumbustious tighthead wh…
It was no surprise to see Sir Bill Beaumont had been anointed World Rugby chairman for a second term.
Having turned 20th last November, Taine Basham has a hugely promising back row career in front of him… but a now-retired fancy-d…
Now for those of you who know your rugby onions, that, of course, is the birthplace of Wales’ greatest tighthead of the professi…
Despite not being seen in the red of Wales the past 17 months, the blindside hasn’t given up hopes of an international recall de…
Now no one is suggesting such a poisonous reception is awaiting Cory Hill when he next trots out to face the Dragons at Rodney Par…
Gareth Baber until a matter of days ago was planning to guide Fiji to back-to-back Olympic gold medals before Covid-19 brought the…
Rugby has always been inclined to puff out its chest and tell you just how much it’s growing. In a report by Nielsen Sports in 2…
When New Zealand won the 2015 World Cup amidst scenes of unbridled triumph, if you looked around the squad, arms held aloft, six m…
No sporting rivalry will come close to surpassing Tottenham v Arsenal in N17 but bragging rights will be no less vociferous at the…
The shy and retiring Eddie Jones made an interesting point in his post-match missives. He laid out a staunch defence of Wayne Piva…
The odds favour Eddie Jones’ men, so there will be puffed out chests in West car park before kick-off. As for Welsh support, it …
For those of a certain age, there was once a popular American TV series called The Littlest Hobo. It last aired in 1986, coinciden…
It's now two losses on the bounce and a first home defeat for Wales in the Six Nations since 2017, but all hope is not lost.
With a French onslaught guaranteed three rounds into the Six Nations, new Wales coach Wayne Pivac needs all his gumption to stick …
With Les Bleus due in Cardiff next Saturday, their coach has been accused of arrogance but the feeling in his homeland is that at …
With Les Bleus set to face Wales next Saturday in Cardiff, RugbyPass has gathered expert opinion for a two-part series on whether …
Wales came to Dublin with their tails up. Grand Slam winners, World Cup semi-finalists and two wins full of enterprise had given t…
In the post-match wrap-up of Saturday's win against Italy, the Welsh management felt the positives outweighed the negatives.
Bonhomie and heartfelt platitudes have been the order of the day in this Six Nations build-up for Wayne Pivac, but he is about to …
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