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There is just 50 days to go until Judgement Day kicks off at Cardiff City Stadium! Watch the Scarlets take on the Dragons and Cardiff face the Ospreys in the biggest day out in regional rugby. Judgement Day returns for 2024 on Saturday 1 June with the double header event featuring the BKT United Rugby […]
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The Scarlets have announced former club captain and Wales and British & Irish Lions centre Jonathan Davies has been awarded a testimonial year. ‘Foxy’, as he is popularly known, has played 209 games in a Scarlets jersey over 16 seasons, making his debut for the club against Northampton Saints as an eighteen-year-old back in 2006. […]
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Sam Parry is fit to return to action for the Ospreys when they seek a place in the final four of the EPCR Challenge Cup at Gloucester’s Kingsholm on Friday night (12 April). The seven-times capped Wales hooker is the only change to Toby Booth’s starting XV from the side that beat Sale Sharks at […]
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Wales Head coach Ioan Cunningham has named the side to face Ireland in Round 3 of the Women’s Guinness Six Nations at Virgin Media Park, Cork, on Saturday, April 13th (KO: 4:45pm). There are four changes to the side that started against England in Bristol in Round 2. Centre Hannah Jones will captain the side […]
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They may be heading to Ireland seeking their first win in the 2024 Guinness Women’s Six Nations, but Ioan Cunningham’s Welsh team will be travelling to Cork with confidence still high. If the home defeat to Scotland was a shock to the system, the loss to reigning champions England at Ashton Gate was at least […]
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All’s well that ends well, and Siwan Lillicrap’s Wales U18 couldn’t have asked for a better finish to their Six Nations U18 Women’s Festival in Colwyn Bay than to beat Italy 41-22. After two game days in which they played two 35-minute matches, the final day was a full-length 70 contest – and Wales certainly […]
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Wales ended their U18 men’s Six Nations Festival with a gallant 43-33 defeat to France in the blazing sunshine of Parma. In an entertaining spectacle France outscored Wales six tries to five with Richie Pugh’s side finishing the campaign with two defeats and a victory against Portugal. France exploded out of the blocks in the […]
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Wales U18 skipper Branwen Metcalfe led from the front as she scored two of her side’s magnificent seven tries in a 41-22 win over Italy at the Six Nations Women’s U18 Festival in Colwyn Bay. There were also braces for wing Saran Jones and centre Hannah Lane, with outside half Hanna Marshall adding three conversions […]
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Wales head coach Siwan Lillicrap has made five changes to the side that kicked-off the Six Nations U18 Women’s Festival in Colwyn Bay in the first game against France for their final outing against Italy. The fifth and final game of the highly-successful Festival at Parc Eirias will be over the full 70 minutes, rather […]
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Wales head coach Richie Pugh has named his side to take on France in round three of the U18 men’s Six Nations Festival in Parma on Sunday (KO 12.15 BST) The team boasts a number of changes from the side which brushed aside Portugal on Wednesday as Wales look to sign off with a victory […]
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An alignment between national team and leading domestic sides delivers thriving ecosystem, offering optimism for Europe
Six Premiership teams began this weekend’s Champions Cup last-16 round and it is hard to know what to expect based on domestic matches since the Six Nations. We’ve seen sides get thrashed, then dish out a thrashing themselves and of all the six in Champions Cup action, not a single one managed to string back-to-back Premiership wins together in the previous two weekends.
That doesn’t immediately point to optimism but I do believe there are grounds for positivity. It might not necessarily be the year that we see an English winner again but there were improved performances and results in the pool stages and that can continue over the next two weeks.
Continue reading...The Welsh Rugby Union can confirm second row Gwen Crabb has been released from the Wales Women’s Six Nations squad to return to her club Gloucester-Hartpury to continue her return to play programme. Crabb, 24, sustained a knee injury playing against Exeter Chiefs on March 2nd and has undergone minor keyhole surgery and will continue […]
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As the anticipation for Judgement Day 2024 grows, the four professional rugby regions today proudly announced Second Half Rugby as the official charity for this year’s event. Scheduled to take place at Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday, June 1st, Judgement Day will aim to raise crucial funds and awareness for Second Half Rugby – the […]
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