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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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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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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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Ebbw Vale fly half Evan Lloyd will have the honour of being the leading points scorer of Super Rygbi Cymru heading into the New Year. Lloyd has been an ever present near the top of the points table all season, but his lead has been decimated with RGC’s Billy McBryde now a single point behind […]
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Bridgend head coach Scott Baldwin praised “class act” Luke Price after he orchestrated a stunning six-point, 38-19 win for the Ravens at RGC. Former Ospreys man Price, who was an early replacement for Ben Burnell, who was forced off with a hamstring injury, pulled the strings at outside half for the visitors – while adding […]
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Ebbw Vale avenged their Gwent derby defeat at Pontypool with a thoroughly convincing 34-3 win in the return clash at Eugene Cross Park. Tries from No 8 Ryan Jenkins, skipper Joe Franchi, right wing Harry Rees-Weldon and replacement Ieuan Morris, along with a penalty try, helped secure the maximum six points for Ebbw. Outside half […]
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The former Welsh Rugby Union president Gerald Davies has been knighted in the New Year’s Honours list for services to rugby union and voluntary and charitable service in Wales. He becomes only the third Welsh rugby international to be honoured in this way following in the footsteps of Sir David William Evans in 1925 and […]
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