Josh Gardner
@joshgardner.bsky.social
Commissioning editor, Guitar.com. The one you don’t like off the Blood & Mud rugby podcast. Variably competent dad. I cannot be reasoned with. 🏴
No you're crying.
The moment Harri Deaves got called up to @thewelshrugbyunion.bsky.social 💪
The 7️⃣ shirt is sponsored by Castell Howell 🤝
#OurBloodIsBlack
The 7️⃣ shirt is sponsored by Castell Howell 🤝
#OurBloodIsBlack
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
No you're crying.
This is the greatest moment of my life.
Llongyfarchiadau to Harri Deaves who has been called up to @thewelshrugbyunion.bsky.social squad 💪
Go well, Harri 👊
The number 7️⃣ jersey is sponsored by Castell Howell 🤝
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#OurBloodIsBlack
Go well, Harri 👊
The number 7️⃣ jersey is sponsored by Castell Howell 🤝
📰 ospreys.info/4nZZ9xu
#OurBloodIsBlack
November 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This is the greatest moment of my life.
I think you mean "New Wales international call-up Harry Deaves" there Ed.
Deaves-mania is, to the Osoreys fan, what Carré-mania is to the Cardiff fan.
It is a helpful reminder (as if it were needed!) that, by and large, Ospreys supporters have a very limited understanding of rugby football.
It is a helpful reminder (as if it were needed!) that, by and large, Ospreys supporters have a very limited understanding of rugby football.
Instant vibe boost if this man is called up.
If Tommy Reffell is, the vibes are rancid.
CALL DEAVES UP.
If Tommy Reffell is, the vibes are rancid.
CALL DEAVES UP.
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I think you mean "New Wales international call-up Harry Deaves" there Ed.
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426: Militia Behaviour | Blood & Mud
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November 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Pod with @joshgardner.bsky.social later on. Let us have your #SHITGOOD from a big weekend in the replies below...
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Pod with @joshgardner.bsky.social later on. Let us have your #SHITGOOD from a big weekend in the replies below...
While we’re talking overlooked Ospreys who should be in the Wales squad, by the way, I’ll you who wouldn’t have allowed Argentina to have such an easy ride of things today…
November 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
While we’re talking overlooked Ospreys who should be in the Wales squad, by the way, I’ll you who wouldn’t have allowed Argentina to have such an easy ride of things today…
Get Harry Deaves in the starting line-up next week it’s the only solution.
🏴| Steve Tandy confirms that Wales captain Jac Morgan has suffered a dislocated shoulder and is likely to miss the remainder of the Autumn campaign.
A massive blow for the Welsh side. #WALvARG
A massive blow for the Welsh side. #WALvARG
November 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Get Harry Deaves in the starting line-up next week it’s the only solution.
This guy’s face is basically how I looked watching the rest of the game after Jac went off btw.
November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This guy’s face is basically how I looked watching the rest of the game after Jac went off btw.
My therapist: So can you remember the moment when you finally stopped believing that the world was a just and good place?
Me:
Me:
November 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
My therapist: So can you remember the moment when you finally stopped believing that the world was a just and good place?
Me:
Me:
Japan, famously, a dominant team aerially.
Blair Murray's record under the highball for Wales in his last three tests-
v Japan (Test 1): Won 2 of 7 highballs hung on him
v Japan (Test 2): Won 3 of 6 highballs hung on him
v Argentina today: Won 1 of 8 highballs hung on him
v Japan (Test 1): Won 2 of 7 highballs hung on him
v Japan (Test 2): Won 3 of 6 highballs hung on him
v Argentina today: Won 1 of 8 highballs hung on him
I’m just gonna say it. Wales would be a better team without Blair Murray.
No amount of occasional attacking brilliance outweighs the fact that every high ball fired down his throat is guaranteed possession for the opposition.
A liability we cannot afford.
No amount of occasional attacking brilliance outweighs the fact that every high ball fired down his throat is guaranteed possession for the opposition.
A liability we cannot afford.
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Japan, famously, a dominant team aerially.
I’m just gonna say it. Wales would be a better team without Blair Murray.
No amount of occasional attacking brilliance outweighs the fact that every high ball fired down his throat is guaranteed possession for the opposition.
A liability we cannot afford.
No amount of occasional attacking brilliance outweighs the fact that every high ball fired down his throat is guaranteed possession for the opposition.
A liability we cannot afford.
November 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I’m just gonna say it. Wales would be a better team without Blair Murray.
No amount of occasional attacking brilliance outweighs the fact that every high ball fired down his throat is guaranteed possession for the opposition.
A liability we cannot afford.
No amount of occasional attacking brilliance outweighs the fact that every high ball fired down his throat is guaranteed possession for the opposition.
A liability we cannot afford.
You could argue that Ben Thomas kicking a fucking racist piece of shit in the head is actually the morally correct thing to do.
November 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
You could argue that Ben Thomas kicking a fucking racist piece of shit in the head is actually the morally correct thing to do.
A lot can happen in two years obviously, but it’s very, very hard to imagine a scenario where the Boks don’t three-peat in 2027.
A team that find so many different ways to win games, backed by an endless supply of the biggest, nastiest forwards on the planet, and a remarkable winning mentality.
A team that find so many different ways to win games, backed by an endless supply of the biggest, nastiest forwards on the planet, and a remarkable winning mentality.
November 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
A lot can happen in two years obviously, but it’s very, very hard to imagine a scenario where the Boks don’t three-peat in 2027.
A team that find so many different ways to win games, backed by an endless supply of the biggest, nastiest forwards on the planet, and a remarkable winning mentality.
A team that find so many different ways to win games, backed by an endless supply of the biggest, nastiest forwards on the planet, and a remarkable winning mentality.
CINEMA
It’s a shame we’re now going to get nothing but tedious takes about the red card for the next week, when really we should be talking about how that was the best 40 minutes of test rugby for about two years.
The two clear biggest, meanest and best teams in the world properly going AT IT.
The two clear biggest, meanest and best teams in the world properly going AT IT.
November 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
CINEMA
It’s a shame we’re now going to get nothing but tedious takes about the red card for the next week, when really we should be talking about how that was the best 40 minutes of test rugby for about two years.
The two clear biggest, meanest and best teams in the world properly going AT IT.
The two clear biggest, meanest and best teams in the world properly going AT IT.
November 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
It’s a shame we’re now going to get nothing but tedious takes about the red card for the next week, when really we should be talking about how that was the best 40 minutes of test rugby for about two years.
The two clear biggest, meanest and best teams in the world properly going AT IT.
The two clear biggest, meanest and best teams in the world properly going AT IT.
I just love him so much.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I just love him so much.
Lood De Jager grew a big beard and got a haircut so people would stop thinking of him as a gangly overgrown teenager and more like a proper Springbok lock and, look man, it kinda worked?
November 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Lood De Jager grew a big beard and got a haircut so people would stop thinking of him as a gangly overgrown teenager and more like a proper Springbok lock and, look man, it kinda worked?
Instead of R360 can we just have France playing South Africa in a test series every year instead please?
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Instead of R360 can we just have France playing South Africa in a test series every year instead please?
*THOMAS RAMOS-ING INTENSIFIES*
November 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
*THOMAS RAMOS-ING INTENSIFIES*
The absolute futility of getting current players in to do punditry on their own team epitomised by James O’Connor being asked three times why Australia lost on TNT and he just kept saying “it wasn’t because they didn’t work hard”
Because anything else would get him in Joe Schmidt’s office on Mon.
Because anything else would get him in Joe Schmidt’s office on Mon.
November 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The absolute futility of getting current players in to do punditry on their own team epitomised by James O’Connor being asked three times why Australia lost on TNT and he just kept saying “it wasn’t because they didn’t work hard”
Because anything else would get him in Joe Schmidt’s office on Mon.
Because anything else would get him in Joe Schmidt’s office on Mon.
Can Razor survive losing to Scotland for the first time on top of everything else that’s happened this season?
Can’t remember seeing an All Blacks team this undisciplined and poorly coached in my lifetime. All over the place.
Can’t remember seeing an All Blacks team this undisciplined and poorly coached in my lifetime. All over the place.
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Can Razor survive losing to Scotland for the first time on top of everything else that’s happened this season?
Can’t remember seeing an All Blacks team this undisciplined and poorly coached in my lifetime. All over the place.
Can’t remember seeing an All Blacks team this undisciplined and poorly coached in my lifetime. All over the place.
We really did take for granted when a Wales team would be named and you knew that with a fair wind, they were capable of being competitive, and maybe even win.
Now, team sheets are just a bleak reminder of how bare the cupboard is talent-wise, and the best you can hope for is 'not embarrassing'.
Now, team sheets are just a bleak reminder of how bare the cupboard is talent-wise, and the best you can hope for is 'not embarrassing'.
November 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
We really did take for granted when a Wales team would be named and you knew that with a fair wind, they were capable of being competitive, and maybe even win.
Now, team sheets are just a bleak reminder of how bare the cupboard is talent-wise, and the best you can hope for is 'not embarrassing'.
Now, team sheets are just a bleak reminder of how bare the cupboard is talent-wise, and the best you can hope for is 'not embarrassing'.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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