Category: Wales Rugby

The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) hosted His Excellency, the Japanese Ambassador to the United Kingdom, at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium earlier this week (Wednesday). The visit marks the beginning of a series of cultural and sporting events in celebration of ‘Wales and Japan 2025’, highlighting the strong ties between the two countries. The partnership between Wales […]

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Gwalia Lightning will look to return to winning ways when they face Glasgow Warriors in Round 4 of the Celtic Challenge at Ystrad Mynach on Sunday, January 12th (KO: 1pm). The Welsh side went down to a first defeat of the campaign in Belfast last weekend but face a Warriors side still looking for their […]

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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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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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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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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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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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