“Things are changing. Two years ago people were telling me I was horrendous, they wished something happened to my kids because I’d ruined their kid’s dreams - that I was trying to destroy rugby. We’re not at all, we’re trying to make it safer.” Steve Thompson, Progressive Rugby

A 60 second explainer ⏱️ on why England shouldn’t select Maro Itoje against New Zealand. Match limits need to be respected, not broken when it suits. It’s not about next week, month or year, it’s about the long term brain health of players post career 🧠 #protecttheplayers

Fantastic day of Rugby at the Red Kites Female Rugby Hub Festival. Lots of Tags, Tackles & Tries! Well done girls 👏🏻 #ArrowsArmy #ArrowsFamily #RugbyGirls 🏹🏉❤️🤍

Croesype West Monmouth PE Ysgol Gymraeg Gwynllyw Cwmbran High PE Dept St Albans PE Please share with your rugby stars of the future 🏹🏉❤️🤍

💬 "It's always a special place in my heart" New Forward and Backs Coaches, Ceri Jones and Gareth Wyatt, share their memories of their time at the club and what it means to be back. #COTP #YmlaenCasnewydd

The brain is precious. A control centre for everything including memory and emotion. It defines who we are. Players’ brains must be protected. ✅Fewer games ✅Less contact training ✅Protected rest periods ✅More robust GRTP

Tickets for the opening match and Final of the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup went on sale one hour ago at this link- tickets.rugbyworldcup.com I'm just letting you all know because the official Rugby World Cup social media channels here haven't mentioned it.

Good to see some evidence the lower tackle height appears to be reducing concussion incidence.

3️⃣7️⃣ new full-time professional contracts for our players 👏 📰 Read more by clicking below! #HerStory | #EiHanesHi

🏉W+G Hubs🏉 Great to observe Arrows Rugby training this past Wednesday. Seeing some dedicated girls and coaches braving the wet and cold was awesome. If you know of any girls wanting to be part of these fantastic Hubs, please get in touch via the contact below. #womeninrugby

We are recruiting players for all ages groups. No experience necessary - just bring your enthusiasm! Training in Pontypool & Blaenavon. Get in touch for more information 🏹🏉 #ArrowsArmy #rugbygirls #WRUgirls #dragonsgirls #HerStory #thefutureisbright

𝙇1 𝙍𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚 Huge Well Done to Erin and Keira qualifying as L1 referees today! Looking forward to seeing you both referee games in the upcoming #GirlsInRugbyWeek Festivals!🤩 #RefereeLevel1 | #RefereeEducation 🫡

It’s time for Labour to remember its roots and reinstate the right to peaceful protest. Thanks to Chris Packham for the narration Location: HMP Wormwood Scrubs

As per usual support for the 20 minute 🟥 revolves around the argument that many incidents are ‘accidental’ not malicious. That’s correct. But whole point of the increased sanction was to change behaviours and mitigate the risk of concussion. Feels like a backwards step.

🚨𝙂𝙄𝙍𝙇𝙎 𝙎𝙆𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙎 𝘿𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙇𝙊𝙋𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏 𝘾𝘼𝙈𝙋 This Year Dragons Region Skills Development Centres will be run as a One-Day Camp Our first Camp is ⤵️ 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙮 28𝙩𝙝 𝙊𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧 CSE Ystrad Mynach Sign Up Below👇🏼 (U12, U14, U16 & U18) forms.gle/ZfsJaT7SYgxdbA…

Great to pop across to Arrows Rugby yesterday, some fantastic session being ran by the coaches. Brilliant to see numbers starting to rise. Bev and the team are doing a great job! Also, thanks to Bev and the team for allowing me to sit in on the meeting; big plans ahead!

Proud of these 9 girls from year 10/11 representing Cwmbran High School / Ysgol Uwchradd Cwmbran today the fourth day of #GirlsInRugbyWeek. Fantastic week for the school 36 girls out playing rugby, scoring some great tries, great tackling and team spirit. Thanks to Jake Allen for sorting out a great week!

W&G Hubs 💡Spotlight - The Arrows Any girls in the Torfaen area looking to get into rugby please Visit Arrows Rugby Providing opportunities for girls from U8 to U16s! #ArrowsArmy 🔴⚪️ ✨️Addysg Gorfforol Gwynllyw ✨️ St Albans PE West Monmouth PE Cwmbran High PE Dept AbersychanSport Croesype

A really special day today going back to school with Melanie Bramwell-Popham to launch our Head for Change pilot education programme ‘Brainsafe’ 🧠 to 300 brilliant year 9 pupils Big thank you to everyone at Bassaleg School for being pioneers for brain health in sport 🙏❤️🏉🧠🎓