Play For The Dragon

23/11/2022

If you haven't seen it yet you can read our thoughts on Cymru's first World Cup finals game in 64 years 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏆

Our first World Cup finals game in 64 years ended in a 1-1 draw.

10/11/2022

The squad has been announced, but how much do you know about our Group B opponents?

Check out our (not so) comprehensive Group B guide:
https://playforthedragon.substack.com/p/qatar-2022-group-b-guide

How will Cymru square up against USA, Iran and England?

22/09/2022

International football is back!

Check out our preview of Wales' double header in the Nations League against Belgium tonight and Poland on Sunday

The final round of games in UEFA Nations League Group A4 gets underway this evening.

08/09/2022

With the news Aaron Ramsey is set to miss the next international window through injury, who would you like to see stepping in to replace the midfielder?

https://playforthedragon.substack.com/p/ramsey-injured-who-takes-his-place?sd=pf

After a strong start with his new club OGC Nice, the Welsh midfielder will miss the next international window through injury.

08/09/2022

“There’s only one Gary Speed…” 53 today, Penblwydd Hapus Speedo ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

08/09/2022

Excited for this one, we'll be joined on the pod tomorrow by the People's Poet, Mr Andrew Challis!

You might have seen his poems circulating over Welsh football FB/Twitter - any questions you have for the Poet Laureate of Welsh Football drop them in the comments and we'll put them to Andrew

06/09/2022

Plenty of Welsh players on the move this summer including 8 from the starting 11 vs Ukraine in March. Check out our thoughts on the summer window below ⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

8 of the starting 11 vs Ukraine have moved club this transfer window.

30/08/2022

It's everywhere so we thought we'd stick our 2p in

Just under a week ago, the new series documenting Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s takeover of Wrexham AFC “Welcome to Wrexham” made its global TV debut.

07/07/2022

Have you heard Adwaith's new album yet? If not, why not!?

Check out our review here 👇🎸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿


https://playforthedragon.com/new-release-adwaith-bato-mato/

Adwaith: The 2019 Welsh Music Prize winners recently released their 2nd studio album "Bato Mato"

21/06/2022

The news broke yesterday that Ryan Giggs has stepped down as Wales manager - considering the amazing job done by Rob Page should the Rhondda Guardiola get the job permanently now? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿


https://playforthedragon.com/ryan-giggs-resigns-give-it-to-rob-page/

Yesterday evening, former Manchester United and Wales midfielder Ryan Giggs resigns from a job he hadn't performed at in over 18 months.

06/06/2022

Have we recovered yet!? 😅🍻❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

05/06/2022

Today’s the day, 64 years of history on the line, how’re the nerves holding up? C’mon Cymru ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

02/06/2022

Very impressed by Ukraine last night and our lads put a good shift in too. Who’s got the edge going into Sunday? 🤔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

31/05/2022

Huge weekend on the cards for Welsh sport, not just the playoff final either as Joe Cordina gets his shot at a world title against Japanese phenom Kenichi Owaga 🥊

Will the Welsh Wizard become the 13th Welshman to win a boxing world title? We think so 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿


https://t.co/pDS72McXn0

Kenichi Ogawa vs Joe Cordina: World championship boxing makes its return to Wales on 4th June.

31/05/2022

The first of 5 games in 14 days begins tomorrow - Wales off to Poland in the

With the playoff final in mind, who starts tomorrow? 🤔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

26/05/2022

To save you having to listen to us talk (we get it!) we've written up the "nearly" end of season awards which you can read here:
https://playforthedragon.com/end-of-season-awards-2021-22/

Player of the season, breakout star, team, sh*****se, Welsh football moment and more ⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

It's that time of year already...welcome to the aptly named Play For The Dragon "Nearly" End of Season Awards 2021-22.

10/05/2022

Big fight coming in just under a month's time...Joe Cordina finally gets his shot at a world title, on home soil too! 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Can the Welsh Wizard get it done against a tough opponent in Kenichi Ogawa? 🤔

Kenichi Ogawa vs Joe Cordina: World championship boxing makes its return to Wales on 4th June.

06/05/2022

Can Lewis Long make it 4 submissions on the bounce? The Welshman fights at tonight, event starts at 6pm on iPlayer 👊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

05/05/2022

The next post in our loan report series - we take a look at Everton loanee Nathan Broadhead's season for Sunderland in League One.

The Welshman is out of contract this season, will the toffees offer him a new deal? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿


https://playforthedragon.com/nathan-broadhead-loan-report/

Continuing our loan report series of blogs - the focus this time is on Nathan Broadhead.

12/04/2022

Some interesting comments from Wayne Rooney regarding the Tom Lawrence situation - is the winger's good form in the Championship enough to warrant a recall to the Wales squad?



https://playforthedragon.com/tom-lawrence-wales-recall-2022/

After Derby County's 2-1 loss to Swansea City at the weekend, manager Wayne Rooney called for Tom Lawrence's recall to the Wales squad.

01/04/2022

His goal scoring might have slowed down last month, but what a season Dom Telford is having at Newport County! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Read our thoughts below 👇



https://playforthedragon.com/dom-telford-breakout-season/

The appointment of James Rowberry seems to have ignited something in Dom Telford and the goals haven't stopped coming in recent months.

30/03/2022

The first North Walian to reach 100 caps for Wales - thanks for the years of dependable service between the sticks Heno! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿



https://playforthedragon.com/wayne-hennessey-100-caps/

Following Tuesday's international challenge match with the Czech Republic, Wayne Hennessey became the 3rd Welsh player to reach 100 caps

29/03/2022

A bit late here but here are our thoughts on Wales excellent win over Austria to put us 1 win away from the World Cup! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿


https://playforthedragon.com/wales-golf-madrid-world-cup-2022/

Wales Golf Madrid and certainly not Marca. Wales defeat Austria 2-1 to set up a World Cup playoff final in the summer.

29/03/2022

Congratulations to Wayne Hennessey who is set to make his 100th appearance for Wales tonight 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

24/03/2022

Predicted line ups from Sam, Lewis & Martin 🇦🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Would you go with any of these starting XI’s?

24/03/2022

Our predictions for the big game tonight 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇦🇹

Has anyone got it correct? Let us know your predictions 👇

23/03/2022

Big game tomorrow - how’re we all feeling? 😅

Enjoy yourself if you’re heading to Cardiff City Stadium, c’mon Cymru! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿