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A number of usual suspects are beginning to ease their way into the pecking order of the various categories in the latest update of the Super Rygbi Cymru. Over the past couple of seasons Cardiff winger Dewi Cross, and Pontypool duo Scott Matthews and Morgan Allen along with Carmarthen Quins’ Lewys Millin have been consistent […]
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It’s derby day at Cardiff Arms Park this Saturday when the whole of Wales gets to decide if East or West is best! Cardiff Rugby take on the Scarlets at 3.00pm, on the back of a thrilling, end-to-end, meeting with Glasgow Warriors which would have delighted the attack coaches of each side in the Welsh […]
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Former Dragons RFC skipper Steff Hughes is set to leave the region and head to America to take up a player-coach role with Major League Rugby (MLR) side Old Glory DC in Washington. The 30-year-old joined the Rodney Parade outfit from Scarlets in 2022 and was captain last season. He will leave by mutual consent […]
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Head coach Ioan Cunningham has named the Wales side to face Japan in Round 3 of WXV2 at the Athlone Sports Stadium, Cape Town on Friday, October 11, (KO: 3pm UK time). There are three changes to the side that faced Italy, with second row Abbie Fleming, prop Sisilia Tuipulotu and fly-half Kayleigh Powell coming […]
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Man whose identity has not been released was detained in late September but released soon after
The way has been cleared for an Australian diplomat’s partner to face charges over an alleged post-Bledisloe Cup street fight after Australia removed his immunity from prosecution.
In late September, New Zealand police arrested and detained a man in the hours after the Wallabies lost to the All Blacks, only to release him later.
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Continue reading...Isaah Yeo has admitted his disappointment that Penrith will skip the World Club Challenge, after the Panthers officially told the NRL they could not contest the only major trophy they are missing.
By defeating Melbourne in last Sunday’s grand final, the Panthers clinched both a historic fourth consecutive premiership and a date with the winner of the Super League decider between Wigan and Hull KR on Sunday (AEDT). But Penrith’s trip to Las Vegas for round one of the 2025 season has complicated matters, given the clash of premiers usually takes place in either England or Australia just before the NRL regular season begins.
Continue reading...Axed Super Rugby club the Melbourne Rebels have kicked off a $30 million course case against Rugby Australia in the Federal Court of Australia to try get themselves back into the Pacific competition.
It may be at least five years until we see Joseph Suaalii back in the NRL again amid the report that his rich deal with Rugby Australia includes a secret contract clause.
Joe El-Abd has promised evolution rather than revolution after taking over from Felix Jones as defence coach – but he revealed England will not be using the “B-word” on his watch.
Steve Borthwick turned to El-Abd – who he has known for 26 years – after a summer of turmoil for England after the departures of Jones, Aled Walters and Tom Tombleson from the backroom staff. El-Abd stressed the importance of “loyalty” and “commitment” after his first outing at a mini-training camp this week but does not intend to rip up Jones’s blitz defence strategy, which has shown such promise in recent matches.
Continue reading...If you thought you knew the celebrated former Ireland fly-half, it’s time to look deeper – this is no leafy lane memoir
Perhaps the most tell-tale aspect of Johnny Sexton’s new autobiography is that it took seven years to stitch together. Seven years? Not since James Joyce took a similar timeframe to write Ulysses has there been such a slow-cooked Irish literary stew. And as Peter O’Reilly, Sexton’s excellent (and potentially long-suffering) ghostwriter, reveals in the final acknowledgments, there was little need for many supplementary interviews because of “Johnny’s exceptional memory for detail”. Combine those twin ingredients and a tasty dish is all but assured.
Because Johnny can remember everything and everyone. What his friends said and did, what his enemies were thinking (or, at least, what he thought they were thinking), how he felt at certain crucial moments. If it reads at times like a cold-eyed dispatch from an endless battle that is, for a good deal of his career, how it felt. “For so much of the time I was at war – with opponents, with rivals, sometimes with coaches, often with myself. For the most part … it felt like a fight.”
Continue reading...Willie Peters’ side have earned their place at Old Trafford by staying true to themselves and serving the local community
To date, it’s still not entirely clear why Coldplay are coming to Craven Park. There was a certain bemusement last month when one of the world’s biggest and most unashamedly commercial bands announced that they were complementing their London residency next summer with two nights at the modest 20,000-capacity Sewell Group Craven Park, home of Hull Kingston Rovers. These, along with six nights at Wembley, are the only European shows Coldplay will play next summer. Even the city council described the news as “absolutely bonkers”.
Why Hull? Well for one thing, this is a city with a rich musical heritage in its own right, from the Housemartins to Everything But The Girl to Mick Ronson. And according to Neil Hudgell in a recent interview with The Times, the message came through that Coldplay wanted to play somewhere “northern and gritty”: authentic, out of the way, a little bit quirky. Hudgell is the owner of Rovers, and the man responsible for securing what we now have to describe as the second-hottest ticket in town.
Continue reading...Just 10 days after his rugby league career ended, Joseph Manu has been captured training with his new Japanese rugby outfit Toyota Verblitz.
Stacey Jones has been forced to call up two fringe first-graders to his maiden New Zealand camp as the Kiwis coach named a heavily depleted squad for the Pacific Championships. Penrith duo Trent Toelau and Casey McLean were the surprise inclusions in Jones’s squad, with the pair boasting just 16 games of NRL experience between them. The uncapped Panthers have spent most of the season playing in the NSW Cup.
Meanwhile, rising Panthers star Paul Alamoti has capped his breakout season with the Panthers by being called into a Tongan squad dripping with talent. Centre Alamoti, who scored the match-winning try in Sunday’s NRL grand final win over Melbourne, is one of five debutants called up by coach Kristian Woolf.
Continue reading...Ebbw Vale proved their 39-28 home win over last season’s top club side in Wales, Llandovery, was no fluke as they went to Church Bank and spoilt the party with a 31-28 victory. The Drovers were hoping to christen their newly installed 3G pitch with a much-needed win after back-to-back defeats, but the Steelmen stayed […]
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Newport are now the only undefeated team in the Super Rygbi Cymru league after their 29-19 home win over Aberavon. This bonus-point triumph wasn’t enough to stop Cardiff returning to the top of the table after their big home revenge win over Carmarthen Quins, but the Black & Ambers still have a game in hand […]
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