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. 🏴
Whoa whoa whoa hold up what the fuck he’s ditched his yellow scrum cap?!
This is very very disturbing. How’s his Nan gonna know which player is him now?
This is very very disturbing. How’s his Nan gonna know which player is him now?
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Whoa whoa whoa hold up what the fuck he’s ditched his yellow scrum cap?!
This is very very disturbing. How’s his Nan gonna know which player is him now?
This is very very disturbing. How’s his Nan gonna know which player is him now?
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…
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:
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.
The great news is this plan has NEVER backfired on England before.
November 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The great news is this plan has NEVER backfired on England before.
In further ‘a great week for France’ news, the new heritage jersey is pure 1995 vibes and it’s magnificent.
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
In further ‘a great week for France’ news, the new heritage jersey is pure 1995 vibes and it’s magnificent.
Pat from Turnstile rocking the Ireland jersey for their show in Dublin last night
November 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Pat from Turnstile rocking the Ireland jersey for their show in Dublin last night
One for the mega-nauses - he wasn’t just wearing any old 2025 Toulouse heritage jersey, it was a special one with a commemorative patch featuring the ‘AD92031’ logo they’ve designed specifically to celebrate Antoine’s new contract.
Mad stuff.
Mad stuff.
November 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
One for the mega-nauses - he wasn’t just wearing any old 2025 Toulouse heritage jersey, it was a special one with a commemorative patch featuring the ‘AD92031’ logo they’ve designed specifically to celebrate Antoine’s new contract.
Mad stuff.
Mad stuff.
And he did it wearing THE jersey.
November 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
And he did it wearing THE jersey.
Thought I’d go as something really scary this Halloween but didnt expect to get egged as soon as I left the house 😕
October 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Thought I’d go as something really scary this Halloween but didnt expect to get egged as soon as I left the house 😕
Okay so this is genuinely verrrrrry interesting – Reddin says that he's had informal conversations with Conor O'Shea about creating an Anglo-Welsh competition for SRC/Champ teams.
And THEN goes on to admit that "Everyone" wants Welsh clubs in the Prem and only commits to the URC "short term".
And THEN goes on to admit that "Everyone" wants Welsh clubs in the Prem and only commits to the URC "short term".
October 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Okay so this is genuinely verrrrrry interesting – Reddin says that he's had informal conversations with Conor O'Shea about creating an Anglo-Welsh competition for SRC/Champ teams.
And THEN goes on to admit that "Everyone" wants Welsh clubs in the Prem and only commits to the URC "short term".
And THEN goes on to admit that "Everyone" wants Welsh clubs in the Prem and only commits to the URC "short term".
Hahaha, he didn't realise how much we fucking hate each other - this guy is cooked.
October 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Hahaha, he didn't realise how much we fucking hate each other - this guy is cooked.
He also tacitly confirms what we all suspected about the consultations with fans and players – that they were just box-ticking exercises to make stakeholders feel heard without actually having to listen to them.
Which rather explains why we've ended up back where we started, doesn't it?
Which rather explains why we've ended up back where we started, doesn't it?
October 29, 2025 at 11:16 AM
He also tacitly confirms what we all suspected about the consultations with fans and players – that they were just box-ticking exercises to make stakeholders feel heard without actually having to listen to them.
Which rather explains why we've ended up back where we started, doesn't it?
Which rather explains why we've ended up back where we started, doesn't it?
Held my nose and listened to Dave Reddin on Haskell's fucking podcast.
Reddin seems to see his detachment from rugby and the Welsh game as a strength… and look he may be right, but he also runs the risk of destroying the thing he's trying to fix through his ignorance.
Reddin seems to see his detachment from rugby and the Welsh game as a strength… and look he may be right, but he also runs the risk of destroying the thing he's trying to fix through his ignorance.
October 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Held my nose and listened to Dave Reddin on Haskell's fucking podcast.
Reddin seems to see his detachment from rugby and the Welsh game as a strength… and look he may be right, but he also runs the risk of destroying the thing he's trying to fix through his ignorance.
Reddin seems to see his detachment from rugby and the Welsh game as a strength… and look he may be right, but he also runs the risk of destroying the thing he's trying to fix through his ignorance.
I do love the autumn tradition of the English rugby press breathlessly frothing themselves over the prospect of playing a flanker somewhere in the backline.
October 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I do love the autumn tradition of the English rugby press breathlessly frothing themselves over the prospect of playing a flanker somewhere in the backline.
You ever seen anyone look so pissed off to get an outta nowhere international call up at 31 years old?
A true king.
A true king.
October 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
You ever seen anyone look so pissed off to get an outta nowhere international call up at 31 years old?
A true king.
A true king.
Interesting on on the rugby kit front.
ISC in Oz appears to have been bought - “entered into a strategic partnership” in business bullshit - by Under Armour.
Which means the Waratahs become the first top-flight team to wear UA since Wasps in 2021.
Would love them to get back into rugby properly
ISC in Oz appears to have been bought - “entered into a strategic partnership” in business bullshit - by Under Armour.
Which means the Waratahs become the first top-flight team to wear UA since Wasps in 2021.
Would love them to get back into rugby properly
October 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Interesting on on the rugby kit front.
ISC in Oz appears to have been bought - “entered into a strategic partnership” in business bullshit - by Under Armour.
Which means the Waratahs become the first top-flight team to wear UA since Wasps in 2021.
Would love them to get back into rugby properly
ISC in Oz appears to have been bought - “entered into a strategic partnership” in business bullshit - by Under Armour.
Which means the Waratahs become the first top-flight team to wear UA since Wasps in 2021.
Would love them to get back into rugby properly
Well that’s my highlight of the season done and dusted already.
October 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Well that’s my highlight of the season done and dusted already.
It comes to something when even the Heil isn't in your corner.
October 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
It comes to something when even the Heil isn't in your corner.
The people running the WRU are just not serious people, man.
Pay peanuts, get monkeys 🤷♂️
Pay peanuts, get monkeys 🤷♂️
October 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The people running the WRU are just not serious people, man.
Pay peanuts, get monkeys 🤷♂️
Pay peanuts, get monkeys 🤷♂️