Steelmen take their revenge to say top of SRC

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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Wales captain Dewi Lake a major doubt for Six Nations after biceps surgery

  • Hooker expected to be unavailable for up to 12 weeks
  • Coach Warren Gatland left with a selection dilemma

Dewi Lake is in danger of missing the Six Nations after having biceps surgery.

The Wales captain suffered the injury in training with Ospreys before Christmas and on Monday the region’s head coach, Mark Jones, was able to give a more accurate prognosis. He revealed the 25‑year‑old hooker could be out for as long as 12 weeks, which would rule him out of the entire Six Nations.

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Lightning strike to storm to top of Celtic Challenge table

Gwalia Lightning did the double over Brython Thunder in the second Welsh derby over the festive period in a tense and tight affair at Parc y Scarlets on Saturday afternoon with a 10-0 victory. Wales prop Maisie Davies and fly half Carys Hughes scored all visitors points against their Welsh rivals in Llanelli. Davies scored […]

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SRC leaders Ebbw Vale aim for revenge over Pontypool

Ebbw Vale are hopeful of restoring Evan Lloyd to their side for the return game against Pontypool in Super Rygbi Cymru after he was forced to pull out in the warm-up at Pontypool Park last weekend. Without their ace goalkicker and chief tactician The Steelmen fell to a 23-16 defeat as they lost ground at […]

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Geoff Wheel to be remembered at Swansea’s SRC game

Swansea RFC will stage a minute’s silence ahead of their Super Rygbi Cymru game against Aberavon at St Helen’s on Saturday 28 December to honour the memory of one of their greatest players, Geoff Wheel. The 32-times capped Wales second row passed away on Boxing Day at the age of 73. He had been suffering […]

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Thunder and Lightning tinker with selection for derby rematch

Brython Thunder will host Gwalia Lightning in the second Celtic Challenge Welsh derby during the festive period at Parc y Scarlets on Saturday. (KO: 2.30pm). Lightning beat Thunder 42-22 in the first of the Celtic Challenge Welsh derbies in a 10-try thriller at Ystrad Mynach last Saturday,  to kick-off the new expanded home and away […]

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New lead for Women’s game in Wales a key result of review

The Welsh Rugby Union will make a new lead appointment for the women’s game in Wales as a result of the review undertaken to examine its processes around recent contract negotiations with its senior Women’s national squad. The high profile role will directly manage the Wales Women head coach as well as set and implement […]

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McBryde and Meek take advantage of Lloyd’s absence

Sharp shooters Billy McBryde and Kieran Meek took full advantage of Evan Lloyd’s absence from round 12 of Super Rygbi Cymru to leap frog the Ebbw Vale fly half as the leading points scorers in the league. McBryd jumped from third position to top of the pile after guiding RGC to a hard fought 28-34 […]

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SRC round 12

dfdfd Player Club Points Scored (Kick Success %) Billy McBryde RGC 107 (73%) Evan Lloyd Ebbw Vale 105 (78%) Kieran Meek Pontypool 104 (76%) Josh Phillips Swansea 76 (81%) Ed Dunford Aberavon 60 (75%) Player Club Total tries Dewi Cross Cardiff RFC 9 Lewis Morgan Carmarthen 8 Joe Franchi Ebbw Vale 8 Cori Lewis-Jenkins Aberavon […]

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Jac Lloyd guides Newport to SRC derby win in Cardiff

Newport condemned arch-rivals Cardiff to their first home defeat of the season as they enhanced their position in Super Rygbi Cymru with as 27-20 win at the Arms Park. The five precious points came thanks to stubborn defensive effort in the final 10 minutes as the Blue & Blacks threw the kitchen sink at the […]

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Gogs break duck on the road in SRC with win in Bridgend

RGC finally ended their search for a first win on the road – at the sixth time of asking – after running out victorious 34-28 at Bridgend Ravens in Super Rygbi Cymru. Tries from Dion Jones, Ethan Fackrell, Dan Owen and Rhodri King, as well 14 points from the boot of Billy McBryde, ensured the […]

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Lewis double helps Pooler topple SRC leaders Ebbw Vale

Pontypool stunned Super Rygbi Cymru leaders Ebbw Vale in the Gwent derby – and then immediately set their sights on doing the double over their neighbours. Full-back Pat Lewis scored in each half, with No 8 Morgan Allen also crashing over in the second period, to bag the bragging rights for Pooler in a 23-16 […]

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Wales referees in demand for Six Nations

The Welsh Rugby Union will complete a rare distinction of providing a full house of officials when defending U20 Six Nations champions England host France in Bath in the second round of the championship. Ben Breakspear will be the man in the middle at the Recreation Ground with fellow countrymen Ben Connor and Mike English […]

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Gwalia Lightning claim bragging rights in opening derby clash

Gwalia Lighting won the opening Welsh derby of the Celtic Challenge league campaign over a young Brython Thunder side 42-22 in the first of two festive Welsh derbies at Ystrad Mynach this afternoon. A crowd of more than 500 turned up for a traditional and typically physical and bruising Welsh derby in the new home […]

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