Win the chance for your club to line up with Wales this autumn

Rugby clubs throughout Wales can win an unforgettable experience for their minis and juniors at Principality Stadium this Autumn Nations Series. Wales face Fiji, Australia and World Champions South Africa on consecutive weekends in November. Fans purchasing their Wales tickets directly from local rugby clubs can help the club earn commission in the process and […]

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Christmas cracker at Swansea.Com Stadium – Ospreys v Scarlets

The Ospreys will host the Scarlets at the Swansea.Com Stadium on Saturday 21 December in one of the biggest derby matches in the BKT United Rugby Championship. The venues for the Ospreys fixtures this season have finally been determined and there will be a treat in store for their fans in the Bridgend area with […]

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The ‘Cornish-Welsh Barrel’ rolls out of Rodney Parade

Lloyd Fairbrother may have been a bit of a young journeyman before he threw in his lot at what was then Newport Gwent Dragons but for the past decade he has proved a stalwart for the Gwent region. He went out on three loans from Exeter Chiefs to Moseley, Cornish Pirates and Plymouth Albion before […]

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Hale and Meyrick called up by Barbarians to face Springboks

Cerys Hale

Rising Welsh Women’s rugby star Abi Meyrick has been given the biggest break of her career to date by being called up for the Barbarian Women’s squad to take on South Africa in Cape Town on 7 September. The 19-year-old will be joined in the Baa-Baas 23-strong squad by her Dragons RFC Women’s Pathway manager […]

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Jordan Thompson beats seventh seed Hubert Hurkacz to reach US Open third round

  • Australian powers to 7-6 (2), 6-1, 7-5 win over Pole
  • Thompson now faces Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi

Jordan Thompson has claimed the biggest scalp yet at the 2024 US Open to continue Australia’s flying start and surge in to round three in New York.

Thompson sent world No 7 Hubert Hurkacz packing with a spirited 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 7-5 victory to join fellow Sydneysider Alexei Popyrin in the last 32 at Flushing Meadows.

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