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Harry Beddall is hoping the Welsh Academies XV come on strong against his Wales U20 side to help them get ready for their U20 Six Nations opener against France in Vannes on 1 February. The two teams will meet twice to give Beddall and co a stiff work out before they take the field at […]
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The former national rugby union captain has been spared jail for the domestic abuse of his estranged wife, Gill, after courts painted a grim picture of his off-pitch behaviour
Scotland has not always been blessed with rugby players of genuine world class but prime-time Stuart Hogg was a rare exception. At the height of his powers he was the Six Nations Player of the Year in successive seasons in 2016 and 2017, mixing acceleration and attacking intent with a just-try-and-stop-me attitude that set him apart from the average workaday pro.
The talented lad from Hawick was a big fish in a series of smallish pools – the Borders, Scottish rugby, Exeter – and grew accustomed to being hailed as king of his local oval-ball castle. While, behind closed doors, not being entirely the man his many fans thought him to be.
Continue reading...Scarlets scrum half Rhodri Lewis says his Welsh Academies U23 XV will go into their two clashes with Wales U20 “quietly confident” of not only testing them, but also emerging with a couple of wins. This time last year Lewis was in the ‘other camp’ preparing for the World Rugby U20 Junior Championship in […]
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The former Scotland rugby union captain Stuart Hogg will be supervised for a year as an alternative to jail after he admitted abusing his estranged wife over the course of five years.
He pleaded guilty to a single charge of domestic abuse of his ex-partner, Gillian Hogg, when he appeared at Selkirk Sheriff Court on 4 November. He admitted shouting and swearing, tracking her movements and sending her messages which were alarming and distressing in nature.
Continue reading...It’s a New Year and all change at the top of the try and points scoring charts of Super Rygbi Cymru. Cardiff winger Dewi Cross has been deposed as the leading try scorer with Ebbw Vale’s captain Joe Franchi leaping to the top of the pile after scoring against Pontypool just before the New Year. […]
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England’s Immanuel Feyi-Waboso is still in two minds about whether to undergo a shoulder operation that could affect his chances of representing the British & Irish Lions this summer. The Exeter wing is scheduled to have surgery next week, which would rule him out of the Six Nations and complicate his dream of touring Australia with the Lions.
Rob Baxter, Exeter’s director of rugby, says the 22-year-old has not yet ruled out postponing the operation and can avoid recurring shoulder issues for the remainder of this season. A decision will need to be taken imminently, however, with Baxter suggesting extensive discussions between club and country are already delaying the process.
Continue reading...Bath centre should not have apologised for stopping match against Northampton after going down from clash of heads
A round of applause for Ollie Lawrence. Not for his apology after Bath’s last-gasp defeat by Northampton, which was entirely unnecessary, but for having the wherewithal to put his side into a winning position by demonstrating a streetwise streak all too seldom shown in elite rugby union.
To recap, Lawrence was pilloried by Northampton supporters for going down in instalments after a fairly innocuous clash of heads with Alex Mitchell in the last few minutes of Saints’ thrilling 35-34 win over Bath on Sunday. He took himself down to his knees, clutched his face and in doing so, made sure that the match was stopped, the incident reviewed.
Continue reading...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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