Y Clwb Rygbi is a rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 television programme shown on Welsh language

Welsh language

Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...

 channel S4C

S4C

S4C , currently branded as S4/C, is a Welsh television channel broadcast from the capital, Cardiff. The first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speaking audience, it is the fifth oldest British television channel .The channel - initially broadcast on...

. Produced by BBC Cymru Wales, the show is amongst the most popular programmes shown on S4C.

Format

The show is presented by Gareth Roberts, analysis is provided by Brynmor Williams

Brynmor Williams

David Brynmor Williams is a Welsh former dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who at representative level has played rugby union for British Lions, and Wales, and at club level for Cardiff RFC, Newport RFC, and Swansea RFC, and at invitational level for...

, commentary is provided by Huw Llywelyn Davies and former Wales captain Gwyn Jones. Sarra Elgan is the touchline reporter, as was Ray Gravell

Ray Gravell

Raymond William Robert "Ray" Gravell was a Welsh rugby union centre who played club rugby for Llanelli RFC. At international level Gravell earned 23 caps for Wales and was selected for the 1980 British Lions tour to South Africa.In his later career he would become a respected broadcaster and...

 until his death in October 2007.

Three main rugby union competitions are broadcast live on Y Clwb Rygbi as of the 2006-07 season. The Magners (formerly Celtic) League and LV= Cup are the two domestic competitions shown whilst the Six Nations Championship

Six Nations Championship

The Six Nations Championship is an annual international rugby union competition involving six European sides: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales....

 is broadcast under the title Y Clwb Rygbi Rhyngwladol (The International Rugby Club). Other international matches involving Wales are also shown on Y Clwb Rygbi. Highlights of the Principality Premiership and the Konica Minolta Cup

WRU Challenge Cup

The WRU Challenge Cup , or its full name of the Welsh Rugby Union Challenge Cup, is Wales' premier knockout rugby union competition and is organised by the Welsh Rugby Union....

 are shown, with the final of the Konica Minolta Cup being televised live.

During Magners League weekends, live games are usually shown on Saturday and Sunday evenings.

The other rugby union competitions which S4C have the rights to show are broadcast as separate programmes, namely Cwpan Heineken for Heineken Cup

Heineken Cup

The Heineken Cup is one of two annual rugby union competitions organised by European Rugby Cup involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from the six International Rugby Board countries in Europe whose national teams compete in the Six Nations Championship: England, France, Ireland,...

. These programmes share some presenters and commentators.

Awards

The programme won a BAFTA Cymru

BAFTA Cymru

BAFTA Cymru is the Welsh branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.Formed in 1991, they hold an annual awards ceremony to recognise achievement by performers and production staff in Welsh-made films and television programmes...

 Best Live Coverage/Outside Broadcast award in 1999 and in 2005.

In 2002 the programme won the Royal Television Society

Royal Television Society

The Royal Television Society is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world...

 Regional Sports Programme of the Year award, becoming the first Welsh language programme to win a RTS Sport Award.

Y Clwb Rygbi 13

A spin off from Y Clwb Rygbi was announced on May 30, 2007 when S4C announced that they would cover four Celtic Crusaders rugby league matches live. The coverage started on Saturday 9 June 2007 when the Crusaders hosted Barrow Raiders at the Brewery Field at 6.30pm. They eventually showed nine matches over two years.

See also

• Scrum V
  Scrum V
  Scrum V is the brand used by BBC Wales for its rugby union programmes. The brand extends to BBC Wales' live coverage, Scrum V Live, highlights programmes, radio discussion and website.-Television:...
  
  , an English language rugby union television programme also produced by BBC Wales.
• S4C Sport
  S4C Sport
  -Rugby Union:S4C's rugby coverage has been at the heart of the Saturday evening schedule for over a decade. S4C has joint rights, along with BBC Wales and Setanta Sports, to broadcast matches from the Magners League, which it does under the Y Clwb Rygbi brand. The Saturday night coverage starts at...