Following update kindly supplied by the WRU
CONTENTS
1. Chairman’s comment
2. COVID-19 Club Guides & Webinars
3. Rugby law change
4. Financial advice
- Welsh Government Fund
- Small charity support in Wales
- Bounce Back Loan
5. Referees
6. News from Welsh rugby
- Siwan knows what she wants
- Tunbull turns coach
- Daf and Dico show
- Seeing Rainbows
- RGC and up
- Prodigy Manon grounded for now but keeping busy
7. Fundraising continues…
- Pentyrch to Toronto for Tom
- District F steps up
- Top ten for Kidwelly
- Ewe heard it hear first
8. Message of support for Welsh Rugby from HRH Duke of Cambridge
1. Chairman’s comment
Our stated ambition at the start of this crisis was to bring all of our clubs with us and to meet everyone again on the other side.
We intend to be able to count the same number of clubs out, when the season starts once again, as we counted in at the beginning of March when the decision was taken to suspend play indefinitely based on government advice and we are progressing well.
Through our Covid-19 working group, which has been set up to look at both the performance and the community side of our game, we are creating a set of guidelines, based on, linked to and moving alongside government guidelines.
Our guidelines will cover all aspects of prospective return to play from safety and hygiene to player practice, supporter integration and club-house management.
We hope member clubs will have noticed, we have ramped up our communication practices, writing in detail twice a week, but also asking our regional managers to make as much direct contact as possible, as these are the relationships that will be vital to our future sustainability.
We have also now received responses from over 200 clubs to a survey which specifically targets sustainability during the current crisis.
This information is vitally important to us as we continue to formulate plans to return to rugby. The information we have received from our clubs will help us to ensure that they emerge with us intact into a post-lockdown world when the time is right and that they emerge ready to return to positions at the heart of communities throughout Wales.
There is more information to come about this survey and its relationship to potential further funding, but suffice to say this kind of information gathering and our collective response will continue to pay dividends in the long term and presents us with a huge opportunity to create a financially stable club environment for the future.
All the decisions we are taking on funding are geared towards, support, maintenance and survival of our member clubs.
We issued a payment to our clubs of £1,000 each in March from a hardship fund designed to help combat the effects of the current crisis, this was on top of specific funding to clubs which had been affected be the recent flooding issues after Storm Dennis, and our regular quarterly audit payment to clubs was made as normal at the end of April.
Given these payments and external support from Welsh Government, the Survey indicates that the majority of our clubs will continue to be sustainable for a minimum of six months.
This is excellent news given the current situation, but we know that this would not be the case if this support wasn’t available and we are concerned that some clubs may still be falling through the cracks in terms of accessing Welsh Government funding.
While our clubs have been widely impacted by Storm Dennis and the Covid-19 Pandemic, for some their financial situation cannot be fully on account of these situations.
Some clubs have reported just one or two months of reserves available to them in April 2020 and this suggests a club living beyond its means.
I don’t make this point to criticise individuals or even specific clubs, but to point to the opportunity for us all to work together to ensure financial models throughout our game are sustainable and fit for purpose.
We will do this together, just as we will emerge from this current situation as one. We are the Welsh Rugby Union, a union of clubs, and we are here for you just as you are here for us.
Yours in rugby,
Gareth Davies
WRU chairman
2. COVID-19 Club Guides & Webinars
Following a review of the Club Impact Surveys received to date, as mentioned above, the suggestions provided by clubs will be used to host a series of webinars in the coming weeks.
In order for us to provide the most appropriate support, please could you complete and submit the short from:https://app.doopoll.co/poll/jthrG2Q7CsT45Ch88
3. Rugby law change
The World Rugby Council has announced that, with immediate effect, it will no longer be possible to score a try by grounding the ball against the post protector unless the ball is touching the goal-line. At its meeting today, the World Rugby Council approved a minor amendment to Law 8.2 relating to scoring against the base of the post.
The minor amendment to Law 8.2 was approved by the World Rugby Council during its special meeting held via teleconference today and follows a recommendation by the international federation's Rugby Committee and specialist Laws Review Group.
With defending players currently legally obliged to stay behind the goal-line and post-protector shape and size increasing for welfare reasons, it is increasingly difficult for teams to legally defend this area.
In some extreme cases, post protectors have been lifted or moved by defending teams, leaving the posts exposed and therefore increasing the risk of injury.
The amended law will now read: The post protector is no longer an extension of the goal-line and therefore Law 8.2 (a) will read: A try is scored when the attacking player a) is first to ground the ball in the opponents’ in-goal.
More: www.world.rugby/news/569171
4. Financial advice
WELSH GOVERNMENT FUND
Whilst the Economic Resilience Fund has been paused, to give Welsh Government the opportunity to consider what further support businesses, charities and social enterprises need, it has not yet been suspended and it is hoped that it will relaunch in the near future.
It is recommended that clubs continue to monitor the Business Wales website for further updates:businesswales.gov.wales/
SMALL CHARITY SUPPORT IN WALES
The Welsh Government has announced a £10,000 business support grant for small charities within the retail, leisure and hospitality sector. The new £26 million package will support an additional 2,600 properties with a rateable value of £12,000 or below. This includes sports premises
and community centres.
We are awaiting details on eligibility and how to apply for the Fund so, again please monitor the Business Wales website on this.
BOUNCE BACK LOAN
The Bounce Back Loan Scheme has been designed to enable businesses to access finance more quickly during the coronavirus outbreak.
The scheme supports a business to borrow between £2,000 and up to 25% of its turnover, with the maximum loan available of £50,000, repaid over a six year period.
The Government will cover the interest payments for the first 12 months of the loan and the applicant can also arrange to pay the balance earlier than the six year term, without incurring a fee charge.
Further details: www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-a-coronavirus-bounce-back-loan
Also FAQs: www.british-business-bank.co.uk/ourpartners/coronavirus-business-interruption-loan-schemes/bounce-back-loans/faqs-for-small-businesses/
Clubs with specific queries relating to finance or any other topic should contact the WRU Helpdesk clubdevelopment@wru.wales
5. Referees
If you haven’t already tuned in, please take this opportunity to hear at length from Wales national performance referee manager Paul Adams on this week’s WRU podcast.
So what effect is this lockdown having on referees, some were due to be travelling the world this summer from international series to the Olympics. Paul discusses the effect on current referees and future development.
https://www.wru.wales/audio/welsh-rugby-union-podcast-19-2020/
6. News from Welsh rugby
SIWAN KNOWS WHAT SHE WANTS
Wales Women captain Siwan Lillicrap is determined to make the most of the ‘lockdown’ period.
“Our eyes are on the prize,” says the 34-times capped backrow.
“We’re just 15 months out from the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand so it’s vital we keep focussed and try to make gains during this time.
“It can be tough training on your own but we have weekly programmes to follow, we’ve got nutritional support and we’ve used the time to learn and develop our understanding of what we do so it’s been good from that point of view.
“It would be easy to sit back at the moment but if we do, others will make those gains on us. That provides an added motivation to help complete some savage sessions at times.”
“It’s important to stay on top of training as well as other commitments such as work and family.”
Like many families, Siwan’s family has been affected by Coronavirus.
“My mother and her partner, an NHS worker, had to completely isolate for two weeks after he fell ill. Luckily he’s made a full recovery but I stepped in to help care for my grandparents,”
“It’s been nice seeing them more often when taking up meals and supplies and have a chat through the window or door. I also set them up on Facetime so the whole family can stay in touch.”
More: www.wru.wales/2020/05/siwan-eyes-on-the-prize-and-keep-talking/
JOSH TURNS COACH
Josh Turnbull will be combining his playing duties at Cardiff Blues with coaching the forwards at Welsh Premiership club Carmarthen Quins next season.
The Welsh international back row man is taking over as forwards coach following the decision by Emyr Phillips to step down as head coach after two seasons in charge at Carmarthen Park.
Turnbull is no newcomer to coaching having worked at Welsh Championship club Newcastle Emlyn, where he began his career, last season.
He will join new head coach Craig Evans in the Quins’ coaching line-up for the 2020-21 campaign.
More here: community.wru.wales/2020/05/11/turnbull-set-for-quins-coaching-role/
THE DAF AND DICO SHOW
Pontypridd stalwarts Dafydd Lockyer and Chris Dicomidis will continue to add their wealth of experience to the Sardis Road squad next season after signing on for another 12 months of action in the Indigo Group Premiership.
Between them the two former Wales U21 caps have played 739 games for Ponty between them over the past 16 seasons.
Lockyer will be 35 next month, while Cypriot international Dicomidis will reach the same landmark in September.
More: community.wru.wales/2020/05/08/daf-and-dico-sign-up-for-more-at-sardis-road/
SEEING RAINBOWS
Staying with Ponty, the club have been working hard behind the scenes at the ‘house of pain’ to launch a new kit in readiness and hope for the 2020/21 campaign - and they have possibly captured the mood of the nation.
In light of the superb work being carried out by our Welsh NHS services, the club has produced a limited-edition kit in tribute to the NHS which will be used for the entire season.
The new jersey is an iconic Pontypridd RFC design which is instantly recognised throughout the rugby community from the club’s epic Welsh Cup victory over Neath in 1996, but the kit has a distinct NHS rainbow theme to reflect support for all front-line health workers.
Following the kit launch there will be ongoing support for the Health Service as the club has chosen the Welsh NHS and specifically Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, as its charity for the 2020/21 season.
Find out more and see the kit for yourself here:www.ponty.net/ponty-launch-rainbow-kit-in-support-of-nhs/
RGC AND UP
Former RGC back row man Sean Lonsdale pledged his long-term future to Gallagher Premiership leaders Exeter Chiefs this week and the 22-year-old Welsh qualified player is part of a squad that already boasts Welsh internationals in Tomas Francis and Alex Cuthbert, as well as former Dragons full back Phil Dollman.
Lonsdale has made 31 appearances for the Chiefs since joining from the north Wales side in 2018, but the Manchester-born forward is one of a number of players who have graduated from RGC and earned professional contracts.
James Lang left Colwyn Bay to join Harlequins and went on to play for Scotland, while another outside half, Jacob Botica, is currently at the Dragons.
Ospreys back row stalwart Olly Cracknell also cut his teeth at RGC, as did Wales U20 prop Sam Wainwright, who joined European champions Saracens this season.
Read more here:community.wru.wales/2020/05/11/ex-gog-lonsdale-signs-on-long-term-at-exeter/
PRODIGY MANON GROUNDED FOR NOW BUT KEEPING BUSY
The future looks bright for 19-year-old Manon Johnes from Cardiff, but she’s already achieved plenty for someone so young.
Not only did she win her first cap at 17 in the victory against South Africa in late 2018, but she now has an undergraduate degree in Geography at Oxford University to look forward to.
International recognition as a teenager and enrolment at the most prestigious university in the world were meant to be bookends to a gap year spent travelling, but it hasn’t quite worked out that way.
“The travelling won’t be happening any more due to the lockdown, but I’m keeping myself busy,” says the prodigious openside.
And that she has, working as an assistant teacher at Ysgol Gwaelod y Garth on the outskirts of the city. Keeping the children of key workers entertained has been fun, she says.
It all started for here as the only girl on the team at CRICC, the junior section of Cardiff Quins, whom she would also go on to represent.
Read more here:
https://www.wru.wales/article/holistic-approach-working-well-for-young-star-manon/
7. Fundraising continues…
PENTYRCH TO TORONTO FOR TOM
Senior players at Pentyrch RFC were due to fly to Toronto on 27 May for their rugby tour.
As this has been cancelled, due to the pandemic, they decided to encourage all age groups in the club to cycle the distance between Pentyrch and Toronto (3,428 miles) in aid of one of the clubs favourite charities, the Tom Maynard Trust.
The cycle ride was to be finished within a week and this was achieved, with £1791.00 raised so far.
A distance of 4,264 miles was covered, 836 miles more than required, which is a quarter of the return journey. Thoughts are now focused on possibly finishing the trip home. Not to be outdone, club resident, Huw Llywelyn Davies, also took part in the 2.6 challenge when he cycled just over 26 miles to raise funds for Velindre Hospital. At present he has received donations totaling £3,786.
DISTRICT F STEPS UP
It is the Noah's Ark Children's Hospital in Cardiff who benefit during these difficult times from the activities of the West Wales Rugby Union, who have donated a £1,000 to this great cause.
Life member of the WWRU and District F secretary Dennis Jones has also informed us of a further donation of £500 from the District to the Intensive Care Units of Prince Phillip Hospital Llanelli, Glangwili Hospital Carmarthen and Morriston Hospital Swansea, further evidence of what our rugby community continues to do to try to help our fantastic NHS.
TOP TEN FOR KIDWELLY
Best of luck to the players and ex-players of Kidwelly rugby club who are undertaking a ten marathon challenge starting this Saturday 16th May.
Money is being raised for Hywel Dda NHS Trust as 260 miles are to be clocked up around the rugby pitches at Kidwelly, with social distancing during the challenge obviously top of the agenda.
EWE HEARD IT HEAR FIRST
A story first brought to you by the WRU Status Update, in the 29/04/20 issue, has really captured the imagination of the national media, achieving pervasive coverage and even featuring on Good Morning Britain a few days ago.
Brecon rugby club has really ‘raised the baa!’, securing over £8,500 for NHS Wales and has now set a new target of £10,000 whilst they invite sponsors to ‘name the ewe’ – choosing from a flock of sheep now living at Parc de Pugh.
We thought we’d take the story full circle and sent WRU TV and everyone’s favourite friend of the community game, Phil Steele, to Brecon round things up, see the video – with a cameo appearance from Andy Powell - here: twitter.com/i/status/1259867560079773697
And its not too late to fill in a sponsorship form here:www.breconrfc.co.uk/web/newsitem.aspx?n=2a090a58-8de8-427d-abce-fa3f0df0f2b2
8. Finally, please find below a message of support from HRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge which arrived this week:
‘I am writing to pass on my support and thanks to all of the staff and players at the Welsh Rugby Union.
There is no doubt the last few weeks have been anxious and unsettling, as games and tournaments are cancelled and you each face additional pressures trying to juggle personal and professional lives.
However, I am aware of the wonderful spirit that runs through the Welsh Rugby community, and encourage everyone to continue to take the time to support each other in the way that you have been.
I hope it won’t be too long before you can be back in action but in the meantime, this comes with my very best wishes for good health to you all and your families over the coming weeks.’
Mf…
DIWEDDARIAD STATWS URC 13 05 2020
CYNNWYS
Sylwadau’r Cadeirydd
COVID-19 Arweiniad Clybiau & Webinarau
Newid rheol rygbi
Cyngor cyllidol
Dyfarnwyr
Newyddion Rygbi Cymreig
Cefnogaeth Codi Arian
Neges o gefnogaeth gan EUB Dug Caergrawnt
SYLWADAU’R CADEIRYDD
Ein huchelgais dywededig ar ddechrau’r creisis hwn oedd dod a’n holl glybiau gyda ni ag i gyfarfod pawb eto ar yr ochr arall.
Bwriadwn gyfrif yr un nifer o glybiau allan, pan fydd y tymor yn ail-ddechrau unwaith eto, ag y bu inni gyfrif i mewn ar ddiwedd Mawrth – pa bryd y cymerwyd y penderfyniad i ohirio chwarae am gyfnod amhenodol ar sail cyngor y llywodraeth – ac rydym yn datblygu’n dda.
Trwy ein grŵp gwaith Covid-19, osodwyd i fyny er mwyn edrych ar yr ochr berfformio a’r ochr gymunedol o’m gȇm, rydym yn creu set o bwyntiau o arweiniad, yn seiliedig ar, gyda linc i, ac yn symud yn gyfochrog ȃ phwyntiau arweiniaid y llywodraeth.
Bydd ein harweiniad yn gorchuddio holl agweddau o’r dychweliad i chwarae a ddisgwylir – o ddiogelwch a hylendid hyd at arferion chwaraewyr, cyfuno cefnogwyr a rheolaeth clybiau.
Gobeithiwn fod y clybiau sy’n aelodau wedi sylwi ein bod wedi cynyddu’n arferion cyfathrebu, wrth ysgrifennu mewn manylder ddwywaith yr wythnos, ond, yn ogystal, yn gofyn i’n rheolwyr rhanbarthol i geisio cael cymaint ȃ phosibl o gyswllt uniongyrchol, gan mai dyma’r math o berthynas a fydd yn hollol angenrheidiol i’n cynaldwyedd i’r dyfodol.
Yr ydym hefyd erbyn hyn wedi derbyn ymatebion gan dros 200 o glybiau i arolwg sy’n targedu cynaladwyedd yn uniongyrchol, yn ystod y creisis cyfredol.
Mae’r wybodaeth yma’n hollbwysig inni fel y parhawn i lunio cynlluniau i ddychwelyd i rygbi. Cynorthwya’r wybodaeth yr ydym wedi ei dderbyn gan ein clybiau inni sicrhau eu bod yn dod allan gyda ni, yn gyfan, i fyd ôl y cload mawr, pan fo’r amser yn gywir, a’u bod yn dod allan yn barod i ddychwelyd i safleoedd yng nghalonnau cymunedau drwy Gymru gyfan.
Mae ychwaneg o wybodaeth i ddod am yr arolwg yma a’i botensial ar gyfer cyllid pellach, ond, digon yw dywedyd fod y math hyn o gasglu gwybodaeth a’n hymateb cyfunol yn siwr o barhau i fod o fudd yn y tymor hir ag yn rhoi cyfleon anferth inni greu clwb sydd gydag amgylchedd sefydlog yn ariannol i’r dyfodol.
Ym Mawrth, bu inni drosglwyddo taliad o £1,000 yr un i bob clwb allan o gronfa caledi a gynlluniwyd i gynorthwyo ymladd yn erbyn effeithiau’r creisis presennol. Roedd hyn yn ychwanegol at gyllido penodol i glybiau a effeithiwyd gan faterion llifogydd Storm Dennis, a’n taliad awdit chwarterol rheolaidd i glybiau a wnaethpwyd ar ddiwedd Ebrill fel sy’n arferol.
O wybod am y taliadau hyn ac am y gefnogaeth allanol gan Lywodraeth Cymru, awgryma’r arolwg y bydd y mwyafrif o’n clybiau’n parhau i fod yn gynaliadwy am leiafswm o chwe mis.
Mae hyn yn newyddion ardderchog o wybod am y sefyllfa gyfredol, ond, rydym yn gwybod mai nid dyma fyddai’r achos os na fuasai’r gefnogaeth hyn ar gael, ac rydym hefyd yn pryderu fod rhai clybiau’n parhau hwyrach i syrthio drwy’r craciau yn nhermau cael mynediad at gyllido gan Lywodraeth Cymru.
Tra’r effeithiwyd yn fawr ar nifer o glybiau gan Storm Dennis a’r Pandemig, Covid-19, i rai, nid yw eu sefyllfa ariannol yn codi’n gyfangwbl o’r sefyllfaoedd hyn.
Adroddodd rhai clybiau mai digon o arian wrth gefn ar gyfer mis neu ddau oedd ar gael iddynt yn Ebrill 2020 ac awgryma hyn glwb sy’n byw uwchben yr hyn sydd ganddo.
Ni wnaf y pwynt hwn i feirniadu unigolion na, hyd yn oed, glybiau neilltuol, ond, er mwyn i bwyntio’r cyfle inni oll weithio gyda’n gilydd er sicrhau fod ein modelau ariannol drwy’n gȇm yn rhai cynaliwadwy ac yn addas i’r pwrpas.
Gwnawn hyn gyda’n gilydd, yn union fel y byddwn yn dod allan o’r sefyllfa bresennol fel un. Ni yw Undeb Rygbi Cymru, undeb o glybiau, ac rydym yma i chwi fel yr ydych chwi yma i ni.
Yr eiddoch mewn rygbi,
Gareth Davies
Cadeirydd URC
COVID-19: Arweiniad Clybiau & Webinarau
Yn dilyn adolygiad o’r Arolwg Effaith Clybiau a dderbyniwyd hyd yn hyn, fel ag y crybwyllwyd uchod, defnyddir yr awgrymiadau a ddarparwyd gan glybiau i gynnal cyfres o webinarau’n ystod yr ywthnosau nesaf.
Fel y gallwn ddarparu’r gefnogaeth mwyaf addas, os gwelwch yn dda, a fedrwch gwblhau ac anfon yr un fer o: https://app.doopoll.co/poll/jthrG2Q7CsT45Ch88
Newid rheol rygbi
Cyhoeddodd Cyngor Rygbi’r Byd na fydd yn bosibl o hyn ymlaen gan ddechrau’n syth, i sgorio cais drwy dirio’r bȇl yn erbyn gwarchodwr postyn onibai fod y bȇl yn cyffwrdd y llinell gôl. Yn ei gyfarfod heddiw, cefnogodd Cyngor Rygbi’r Byd addasiad bychan i Reol 8.2 sy’n berthnasol i sgorio’n erbyn gwaelod postyn.
Cefnogwyd yr addasiad bychan i Reol 8.2 gan Gyngor Rygbi’r Byd yn ystod ei gyfarfod arbennig a gynhaliwyd drwy gynhadledd-tele heddiw ac yn dilyn argymhelliad gan Bwyllgor Rygbi’r ffederasiwn rhyngwladol a’r Grŵp Adolygu Rheolau arbenigol.
Gyda chwaraewyr amddiffynol ar hyn o bryd, yn gyfreithiol, yn gorfod aros y tu ôl i’r linell gôl, a chyda siap a maint gwarchodwyr pyst yn cynyddu am resymau llȇs, mae’n fwyfwy anodd i dimau amddiffyn yr ardal yma’n gyfreithlon.
Mewn rhai achosion eithafol, codwyd, neu symudwyd gwarchodwyr pyst gan dimau sy’n amddiffyn, gan adael y pyst yn agored a heb warchodaeth, ac felly, yn cynyddu’r siawns o anaf.
Bydd y rheol yn awry n darllen fel hyn: Ni fydd y gwarchodwr post bellach yn ymestyniad o’r linell gôl ac felly, bydd Rheol 8.2 (a) y darllen: Sgorir cais pan fydd y chwaraewr sy’n ymosod a) y cyntaf i dirio’r bȇl tu ôl i linell gôl y gwrthwynebwyr.
Mwy: www.world.rugby/news/569171
Cyngor cyllidol
CRONFA LLYWODRAETH CYMRU
Tra y seibiwyd y Gronfa Gwytnwch Economaidd, er mwyn rhoi cyfle i Lywodraeth Cymru i ystyried pa gymorth pellach sydd gan fusnesau, elusennau a mentrau cymdeithasol eu hangen, nis gwaharddwyd eto a gobeithir y bydd yn cael ei hail-lawnsio’n y dyfodol agos.
Argymhellir fod clybiau’n parhau i fonitro safwe Busnesau Cymru am ddiweddariadau pellach: businesswales.gov.wales/
CEFNOGAETH YNG NGHYMRU I ELUSENNAU BYCHAN
Cyhoeddodd Llywodraeth Cymru gymorthdal cefnogaeth busnes o £10,000 ar gyfer elusennau bychan o mewn y sector adwerthu, hamdden a lletygarwch. Bydd y pecyn newydd gwerth £26 miliwn yn cefnogi 2,600 eiddo ychwanegol gyda gwerth trethiannol o £12,000 neu lai. Cynnwys hyn leoliadau chwaraeon a chanolfannau cymunedol.
Yr ydym yn disgwyl am fanylion ar gymhwysedd a sut i ymgeisio am y Gronfa ac felly, eto, os gwelwch yn dda, bydd angen monitro’r safwe Busnesau Cymru am hyn.
BENTHYCIAD BOWNSIO’N ÔL
Cynlluniwyd y Cynllun Benthyciad Bownsio’n Ôl er mwyn galluogi busnesau i gael mynediad at gyllid yn gyflymach yn ystod lledaeniad yr haint coronafeirws.
Cefnoga’r cynllun fusnes i fenthyca rhwng £2,000ag i fyny at 25% o’i drosiant,gyda’r benthyciad uchaf fydd ar gael yn £50,000, i’w ad-dalu dros gyfnod o chwe blynedd.
Bydd y Llywodraeth yn gofalu am y taliadau llôg tros y 12 mis cyntaf o’r nbenthyciad a gall yr ymgeisydd drefnu’n ogystal i dalu’r gweddill yn gynharach na’r tymor o chwe blynedd, heb dderbyn cais ffi am wneuthur hynny.
Manylion pellach: www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-a-coronavirus-bounce-back-loan
Hefyd, C’auGA: www.british-business-bank.co.uk/ourpartners/coronavirus-business-interruption-loan-schemes/bounce-back-loans/faqs-for-small-businesses/
Dylai clybiau sydd gyda chwestiynau penodol yn berthnasol i gyllid neu unrhyw destun arall gysylltu gyda Llinell Gymorth URC ‘clubdevelopment@wru.wales’
Dyfarnwyr
Os na fu ichwi diwnio i mewn yn barod, cymerwch y cyfle yma, os gwelwch yn dda, i wrando ar gyfraniad hir gan reolwr cenedlaethol Cymru ar berfformiad dyfarnwyr, Paul Adams, ar bodcast URC yr wythnos hon.
Felly, pa effaith y mae’r cload mawr yn ei gael ar ddyfarnwyr; roedd rhai i fod i deithio’r byd yr haf hwn ar gyfer cyfres ryngwladol i’r Gemau Olympaidd. Trafoda Paul yr effaith ar ddyfarnwyr cyfredol a datblygiad i’r dyfodol.
https://www.wru.wales/audio/welsh-rugby-union-podcast-19-2020/
Newyddion o rygbi Cymreig
MAE SIWAN YN GWYBOD BETH MAE EISIAU
Mae capten Merched Cymru, Siwan Lillicrap, yn benderfynol i wneud y gorau o’r cyfnod ‘cload’.
“Our eyes are on the prize,” meddai’r chwaraewraig rheng-ôl gyda 34cap.
“We’re just 15 months out from the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand so it’s vital we keep focussed and try to make gains during this time.
“It can be tough training on your own but we have weekly programmes to follow, we’ve got nutritional support and we’ve used the time to learn and develop our understanding of what we do so it’s been good from that point of view.
“It would be easy to sit back at the moment but if we do, others will make those gains on us. That provides an added motivation to help complete some savage sessions at times.”
“It’s important to stay on top of training as well as other commitments such as work and family.”
Fel nifer o deuluoedd, effeithiwyd ar deulu Siwan agn y Coronafeirws.
“My mother and her partner, an NHS worker, had to completely isolate for two weeks after he fell ill. Luckily, he’s made a full recovery but I stepped in to help care for my grandparents,”
“It’s been nice seeing them more often when taking up meals and supplies and have a chat through the window or door. I also set them up on Facetime so the whole family can stay in touch.”
Mwy: www.wru.wales/2020/05/siwan-eyes-on-the-prize-and-keep-talking/
JOSH YN TROI’N HYFFORDDWR
Bydd Josh Turnbull yn cyfuno’i ddyletswyddau chwarae gyda Gleision Caerdydd gyda hyfforddi’r blaenwyr yng nghlwb Uwch Gynghrair Cymru, Cwiniaid Caerfyrddin y tymor nesaf.
Cymryd trosodd y bydd y gŵr rheng-ôl rhyngwladol Cymru, fel hyfforddwr y blaenwyr yn dilyn y penderfyniad gan Emyr Phillips i sefyll i lawr fel prif hyfforddwr wedi dau dymor mewn gofal ar Barc Caerfyrddin.
Nid yw Turnbull yn newyddian i hyfforddi wedi gweithio gyda chlwb y Bencampwriaeth Gymreig, Castell Newydd Emlyn, lle y dechreuodd ei yrfa, y tymor diwethaf.
Bydd yn ymuno gyda Phrif Hyfforddwr newydd, Craig Evans, yn rhengoedd hyfforddi’r Cwiniaid ar gyfer ymgyrch 2020-21.
Ychwaneg yma: community.wru.wales/2020/05/11/turnbull-set-for-quins-coaching-role/
SIOE DAF A DICO
Bydd selogion Pontypridd, Dafydd Lockyer a Chris Dicomidis yn parhau i ychwanegu’u cyfoeth o brofiad i garfan Heol Sardis y tymor nesaf wedi iddynt arwyddo ymlaen ar gyfer 12 mis arall o chwarae’n Uwch-Gynghrair Grŵp Indigo.
Rhyngddynt, mae’r cyn gapiaid Dan 21 Cymru wedi chwarae 739 o gemau i ‘Ponty’ tros y 16 tymor diwethaf.
Bydd Lockyer yn 35 y mis nesaf, tra bydd chwaraewr rhyngwladol Cyprus, Dicomidis yn cyrraedd yr un oedran ym Medi.
Mwy: community.wru.wales/2020/05/08/daf-and-dico-sign-up-for-more-at-sardis-road/
GWELD ENFYSIAU
Gan aros gyda ‘Ponty’, mae’r clwb wedi bod yn gweithio’n galed tu ôl i’r llenni yn yr ‘house of pain’ er mwyn lawnsio cit newydd yn barod ac mewn gobaith am ymgyrch 2020/21 - a hwyrach iddynt ddal mŵd y genedl.
Yng ngholeuni’r gwaith ardderchog sy’n cael ei wneud gan ein GIG Cymreig, bu i’r clwb gynhyrchu cit gydag ond ychydig ar gael mewn teyrnged i’r GIG – un a ddefnyddir am y tymor cyfan.
Mae’r crys newydd yn gynllun eiconig Clwb Rygbi Pontypridd sy’n cael ei adnabod ar amrantiad drwy’r holl gymuned rygbi oherwydd buddugoliaeth epig y Clwb yng Nghwpan Cymru tros Gastell Nedd yn 1996, ond mae gan y cit thema o enfys GIG amlwg iawn i adlewyrchu cefnogaeth i holl weithwyr iechyd rheng flaen.
Yn dilyn lawnsiad y cit, bydd cefnogaeth i’r Gwasnaeth Iechyd yn parhau gan fod y clwb wedi dewis GIG Cymru ac, yn benodol, Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Cwm Taf Morgannwg, fel ei elusen ar gyfer tymor 20/21.
Canfyddwch fwy a gweler y cit trosoch eich hunan yma: www.ponty.net/ponty-launch-rainbow-kit-in-support-of-nhs/
RGC ag i Fyny
Yr wythnos hon, bu i gyn chwaraewr rheng – ôl RGC, Sean Lonsdale, lofnodi’i ddyfodol tymor hir i arweinwyr Uwch-Gynghrair Gallagher, Exeter Chiefs ac mae’r chwarewr 22 oedsy’n gymwys i Gymru’n rhan o garfan sydd eisoes yn cynnwys chwaraewyr rhyngwladol Cymru, Tomas Francis ag Alex Cuthbert, yn ogystal ȃ chyn gefnwr y Dreigiau, Phil Dollman.
Ymddangosodd Lonsdale 31 gwaith i’r Chiefs wedi iddo ymuno o dîm Gogledd Cymru yn 2018, ond mae’r blaenwr, anwyd ym Manceinion, yn un o nifer o chwaraewyr sydd wedi graddio o RGC gan ennill cytundebau proffesiynol.
Gadawodd James Lang Fae Colwyn i ymuno gyda Harlequins ag aeth ymlaen i chwarae tros yr Alban, tra mae rhif 10 arall, Jacob Botica, gyda’r Dreigiau ar hyn o bryd.
Yn RGC hefyd y bu i selogydd rheng-ôl y Gweilch dorri’i ddannedd yn ogystal, fel y gwnaeth prop Dan 20 Cymru, Sam Wainwright, a ymunodd gyda phencampwyr Ewrop, y Saraseniaid , y tymor hwn.
Darllenwch fwy yma: community.wru.wales/2020/05/11/ex-gog-lonsdale-signs-on-long-term-at-exeter/
YR ADDAWOL MANON WEDI’I LLORIO AM YN AWR OND YN CADW’N BRYSUR
Edrych y dyfodol yn ddisglair i Manon Johnes, 19 oed o Gaerdydd, ond bu iddi eisoes gyrraedd llawer iawn o rywun mor ifanc.
Ddim yn unig bu iddi ennill ei chap cyntaf yn 17 oed yn y fuddugoliaeth yn erbyn De’r Affrig ar ddiwedd 2018, ond, yn awr mae ganddi gwrs gradd mewn Daearyddiaeth ym Mhrifysgol Rhydychen i edrych ymalen ato.
Bwriad cydnabyddiaeth ryngwladol fel glaslances a chofrestriad ym mhrifysgol gyda’r mwyaf llewyrchus yn y byd oedd bod yn ddalwyr llyfrau i flwyddyn gap o deithio, ond nid yw wedi gweithio allan yn union felly.
“The travelling won’t be happening any more due to the lockdown, but I’m keeping myself busy,” meddai’r flaenasgellwraig ochr agored lewyrchus.
A gwnaeth hynny trwy weithio fel athrawes gynorthwyol yn Ysgol Gwaelod y Garth fymryn y tu allan i’r ddinas. Dywedodd fod cadw plant i weithwyr allweddol yn hapus wedi bod yn hwyl.
Dechreuodd y cyfan iddi fel yr unig ferch yn y tîm yn CRICC, adran iau Cwiniaid Caerdydd, y buasai’n mynd ymlaen i’w cynrychioli hefyd.
Darllenwch fwy yma:
https://www.wru.wales/article/holistic-approach-working-well-for-young-star-manon/
Codi Arian yn parhau…
PENTYRCH I TORONTO I TOM
Roedd chwaraewyr hŷn yng Nghlwb Rygbi Pentyrch i fod i hedfan i Toronto ar y 27ain Mai am eu taith rygbi.
Gan fod hyn wedi’i ganslo, oherwydd y pandemig, bu iddynt benderfynu annog pob grŵp oedran yn y clwb i seiclo’r pellter rhwng Pentyrch a Toronto (3,428 milltir) er budd un o elusennau mwyaf hodffus y clwb, Tom Maynard Trust.
Roedd y daith feics i’w chwblhau o fewn wythnos a gwnaethpwyd hynny, gyda £1791.00 wedi’i godi cyn belled.
Teithiwyd pellter o 4,264 milltir, 836 milltir yn fwy nag oedd angen, sy’n chwarter y siwrnai’n ôl ag ymlaen. Yn awr, mae meddyliau’n ffocysu ar, o bosibl, orffen y daith gartref. Ddim i gael ei oresgyn, bu i Lywydd y Clwb, Huw Llywelyn Davies, hefyd gymryd rhan yn yr her 2.6 pan fu iddo seiclo ychydig tros 26 miltir i godi arian ar gyfer Ysbyty Felindre. Ar hyn o bryd, mae wedi derbyn cyfraniadau syn cyfansymu i £3,786.
ARDAL F YN CAMU I FYNY
Ysbyty Plant Arch Noa yng Nghaerdydd sy’n cael budd yn ystod yr amseroedd blin hyn,allan o weithgareddau Undeb Rygbi Gorllewin Cymru, sydd wedi cyfrannu £1,000 at yr achos da hwn.
Mae aelod oes o URGC ac ysgrifennydd Ardal F, Dennis Jones, wedi nodi wrthym yn ogystal am gyfraniad pellach o £500 gan yr Ardal i Unedau Gofal Dwys Ysbyty Tywysog Phillip yn Llanelli, Ysbyty Glangwili, Caerfyrddin ag Ysbyty Treforus, Abertawe – tystiolaeth bellach o’r hyn y mae’n cymuned rygbi’n parhau i’w wneud er ceisio cynorthwyo’n GIG ffantastig.
DEG UCHAF I GYDWELI
Pob lwc i chwaraewyr a chyn-chwaraewyr clwb rygbi Cydweli sydd yn ymgymryd ȃ her deg marathon a fydd yn dechrau ddydd Sadwrn yma, 16eg Mai.
Codir arian at Ymddiriedolaeth GIG Hywel Dda fel y clocir 260 milltir o gwmpas y meysydd rygbi yng Nghydweliy, gydag ymbellhau cymdeithasol yn ystod yr her, yn amlwg yn brif beth.
CLYWSOCH EF YMA GYNTAF
Stori a gyfeiriwyd ati gyntaf yn Niweddariad Statws URC a gyhoeddwyd ar 29/04/20, wedi dal sylw a dychymyg y cyfryngau cenedlaethol, wedi cyrraedd sawl man a, hyd yn oed, yn cael sylw ar Good Morning Britain rai dyddiau’n ôl.
Mae Clwb Rygbi Aberhonddu wedi ‘codi’r bȇȇl’ yn iawn, drwy sicrhau tros £8,500 i GIG Cymru ac, yn awr, wedi gosod targed newydd o £10,000 tra maent yn gwahodd noddwyr i ‘enwi’r famog’ – dewis allan o ddiadell o ddefaid sy’n awr yn byw ar Barc de Pugh.
Meddyliom ni y buasem yn mynd a’r stori drwy gylch llawn ag anfon person Teledu URC a ffefryn pawb fel ffrind y gȇm gymunedol, Phil Steele, i Aberhondduer cylchu’r cyfan i fyny; gweler y fideo – gydag ymddangosiad cameo gan Andy Powell - yma: twitter.com/i/status/1259867560079773697
Ac nid yw’n rhy hwyr i lenwi ffurflen nawdd yma: www.breconrfc.co.uk/web/newsitem.aspx?n=2a090a58-8de8-427d-abce-fa3f0df0f2b2
Yn olaf, os gwelwch yn dda, gweler isod neges o gefnogaeth gan EUB Dug Caergrawnt a gyrhaeddodd yr wythnos hon.
‘Ysgrifennaf i ddynodi fy nghefnogaeth a’m diolch i holl staff a chwaraewyr yn Undeb Rygbi Cymru.
Nid oes amheuaeth fod yr wythnosau diweddar yma wedi bod yn rhai pryderus a chythryblus, fel y mae gemau a thwrnamentau’n cael eu canslo ac rydych i gyd yn wynebu pwysau ychwanegol wrth geisio jyglo bywyd personol ag un proffesiynol.
Fodd bynnag, rwyf yn ymwybodol o’r ysbryd ardderchog sy’n rhedeg drwy gymuned Rygbi Cymreig, ac anogaf bawb i barhau i gymryd yr amser i gefnogi ei gilydd yn y ffordd yr ydych wedi bod yn ei wneud.
Gobeithiaf na fydd yn rhy hir cyn y gelwlch fod yn ôl yn ymwneud ȃ’r gȇm ond, yn y cyfamser, daw hyn gyda fy nymuniadau gorau am iechyd da i chwi a’ch teuluoedd oll tros yr wythnosau sydd ar ddod.’
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