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Richard Whiffin has a simple message to the Welsh Academies XV that will take on his Wales U20 side over the next two Friday’s – ‘let’s get it on’. The Wales U20 head coach wants to put his team under pressure ahead of their U20 Six Nations campaign that kicks-off with two tough away trips […]
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Meirion Roberts, the former Cardiff captain who played eight times for Wales, has died at the age of 90. Roberts played in his first Welsh trial while he was playing for Cardiff High School Old Boys in December 1957 ahead of moving to Cardiff the following season. In the 1957-58 season with CHSOB he scored […]
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Dragons RFC and Wales international prop Leon Brown has today announced his retirement from professional rugby with immediate effect. The homegrown front row made a total of 74 appearances for Dragons RFC, scoring five tries, after his debut against Leicester Tigers in November 2016. Brown has been a formidable figure in the Dragons pack and […]
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Regan Grace has become the second Bath player to link up with Cardiff Rugby after agreeing a transfer to the Arms Park outfit. The 28-year-old former rugby league star trained for the first time with his new teammates on Monday as he followed in the footsteps of former Wales U20 centre Louie Hennessey in crossing […]
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Steve Borthwick has mounting headaches over his back-three contingent before the Six Nations with Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, George Furbank and Ollie Sleightholme all sidelined with injuries
Feyi-Waboso has a dislocated shoulder and with surgery beckoning, he is facing a spell on the sidelines that would rule him out of the Six Nations, dealing Borthwick what would be a major setback before a crucial campaign that begins away to Ireland on 1 February.
Continue reading...Richard Whiffin’s Wales U20 side will continue their build-up to the U20 Six Nations Championship with two games against a Regional Academies XV over the next two weeks. Having used more than 50 players in two developmental fixtures against Scotland – they won the first at home 31-7 and went down 45-43 in Edinburgh – […]
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Billy McBryde held his nerve to land a last kick of the match conversion to snatch a stunning 41-39 win for RGC over Super Rygbi Cymru leaders Ebbw Vale at Parc Eirias. Having trailed 34-20, tries from lock Dylan Bartlett, wing Ryan Gardner and centre Cameron Davies – two converted by outside half Evan Lloyd […]
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Brython Thunder are still looking for their first win of the new Celtic Challenge campaign after a Round 3 22-15 defeat at a freezing Hive stadium in Edinburgh this afternoon. Edinburgh, who were second in the league before this clash, were pushed all the way by a Thunder performance full of character. This was another […]
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Gwalia Lightning’s unbeaten run came to an end in Round 3 of the Celtic Challenge against a formidable Clover side at a cold Kingspan Stadium in Belfast this afternoon. The Irish side’s pack and impressive defence proved too much for the Welsh side as they went down to their first defeat of the this season’s […]
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Newport head back to the ground where they were beaten in last season’s Indigo Premiership final hoping not to suffer a similar fate in the Super Rygbi Cymru. Llandovery ended up as cup and Premiership winners last season and have added a shiny new all-weather playing surface to their Church Bank home since the Black […]
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Gwalia Lightning sit at the top of the Celtic Challenge league table and hit the road for Round 3 of the competition to face Clovers in Belfast at the Kingspan Stadium, on Saturday, January 4th (KO:11.30am). The Welsh side have a played two and won two record and have a 100 percent record so far […]
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Brython Thunder travel to face Edinburgh after two improved performances and will be looking for a first win of this campaign at the Hive Stadium, on Saturday, January 4th (KO: 2pm). Welsh international Natalia John captains the side for a third time and is partnered by fellow Welsh second row Gwen Crabb in the Thunder […]
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A rerun of last season’s final is a strong start to the year but the domestic game will soon be on hold for the Six Nations
There was a time when the first weekend of the new year meant immersion in what we kindly describe as rugby for the purists. The dark days between Christmas and spring are not easy for anyone, but they are largely responsible for giving rugby a bad name in this part of the world. Ten-man rugby, like asceticism, was pretty much invented for January.
And yet it is a concept that these days feels totally alien to the Premiership. An icy blast this weekend may yet precipitate a sudden tightening of coats, but such sobriety would represent quite the about-turn of current trends.
Continue reading...Everton’s new stadium, Women’s Rugby World Cup and potentially close Ashes series – new year has much to offer
Next season one narrative will surely dominate F1 when Lewis Hamilton dons his new scarlet race suit and climbs into a Ferrari for the first competitive session at the opening race in Australia. His move from Mercedes after 12 seasons and six titles was a huge shock and this new start could not be more gripping. How will he fare in a new team at the age of 40, a new culture at Maranello, a team that has a history of making and breaking drivers? Better still the prospect of him ending Ferrari’s drivers’ title drought that now stretches back to 2007 and in so doing claiming a record-breaking eighth world championship across three different teams. Or will it be a testing and turbulent opening year, far from his comfort zone? One way or another Hamilton and Ferrari will be impossible to ignore and it’s mouth-watering stuff. Giles Richards
Continue reading...January marks the completion of my first year as CEO of the Welsh Rugby Union. After the first six months of my tenure we launched our new headline strategy for the game in Wales, in June 2024. We have called this strategy ‘One Wales… where rugby matters more’ and in the last six months we […]
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