Category: Wales Rugby

Performance director Nigel Walker says the Welsh Rugby Union does not want to cut a professional region in Wales.

Welsh Rugby Union performance director Nigel Walker says Wales can turn results around "reasonably quickly" under head coach Wayne Pivac.

Wales skipper Siwan Lillicrap will help form an all-Wales back row for Bristol Bears as they attempt to reach their first Allianz Premier 15s final in Exeter. The semi-final clash with the Chiefs is a repeat of their Round 18 fixture last weekend, when Chiefs edged it 29-26 to secure a home draw. The Bears […]

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As an 'annus horribilis' goes, the season suffered by Welsh teams is one of the more traumatic in the turbulent history of this boom or bust rugby nation.

Scarlets fly-half Rhys Patchell gives Wales coach Wayne Pivac an injury scare after limping off against Stormers with a hamstring injury.

Centre Adam Warren is among 16 players to be released by the Dragons at the end of the 2021-22 season.

Ospreys chief executive Nick Garcia insists the region's future is not in any danger.

As far as steep learning curves go, Wales international centre Morgan Tyler’s first steps into the abbreviated form of the game have been stratospheric. Having been restricted to two appearances for the Scarlets this season, the former Dragons centre jumped at the chance to play a part in Richie Pugh’s plans ahead of this weekend’s […]

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Dragons' efforts to secure a home win in the United Rugby Championship at the final time of asking were in vain as they lost 21-11 to Lions.

Scarlets agonisingly missed out to Ospreys on Champions Cup qualification following a United Rugby Championship defeat by Stormers.

Wales legends Mike Phillips and Shane Williams will lace up their boots once again having come out of retirement to play in James Hook’s testimonial. The legendary former Wales and British & Irish Lions internationals will team up once again with their former Ospreys teammate Hook. Both Williams and Hook won four Six Nations Grand […]

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Scarlets head coach Dwayne Peel is surprised at Jonathan Davies' omission from the Wales summer squad.

Wayne Pivac believes this summer’s three-test tour of South Africa is crucial for Wales’ preparation for next year’s Rugby World Cup. The former Scarlets coach has named a strong 33-man squad to tour the Rainbow Nation just 15 month out from the World Cup in France. And he insists this tour will be a crucial […]

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Welsh international prop Rob Evans has signed for the Dragons ahead of the 2022/2023 season. The 30-year-old joins the Men of Gwent after nine years and over 150 appearances for Scarlets, where he was a key member of the 2017 league winning side. Evans made his international debut against Ireland in 2015 and has gone […]

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Cardiff academy full back Cameron Winnett will make his United Rugby Championship debut in the season finale against Benetton Rugby tomorrow. (KO 6.00pm BST). The Blue and Blacks head to Italy looking to secure a third consecutive victory to close out the 2021/22 campaign. Nineteen-year-old Winnett made a try-scoring, first team debut against Harlequins in […]

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