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Warren Gatland is confident that his players will have learned lessons from their defeat to South Africa they will be able to take forward into the Guinness Six Nations in the New Year. Dewi Lake’s side had the final word in the 45-12 defeat in their final game of the 2024 Autumn Nations Series when […]
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RGC made it four wins on the spin at Parc Eirias with a Billy McBryde inspired victory over bottom side Swansea in Super Rygbi Cymru. The former Wales U20 outside half pulled the strings for the Gogs as he ran in a try, kicked two conversions as well as landing five penalties for a 24-point […]
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Carmarthen Quins director of rugby Steff Thomas was pleased to see his side break their win duck away from home ahead of a testing month. The Quins’ 35-29 bonus-point triumph at Bridgend Ravens was their fourth win in Super Rygbi Cymru this season – but their first away from Carmarthen Park. It was something they had […]
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Group Chief Executive Abi Tierney has told the Welsh Rugby Union’s member clubs in the latest annual report ahead of the Annual General Meeting that turnover has increased to £102.7m (2023: £97.9m) during the last financial year and that investments into the game at large totalled £60.4m. The Group’s operating profit before distributions decreased slightly […]
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South Africa score seven tries in comfortable win that consigns Wales to a 12th straight defeat.
Tell you what, that was a moving rendention of Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau.
No matter the context, the Welsh know how to back their boys. Tears in the eyes of Lake and Dyer. If they can bring that to the pitch we might have a game.
Continue reading...Super Rygbi Cymru returns this weekend with top of the table Cardiff heading to Church Bank to face last season’s double winners Llandovery. After seven rounds of games at the start of the season the 10 teams were given a near month long break before they start the next phase of league fixtures. The next […]
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Super Rygbi Cymru returns this weekend with top of the table Cardiff heading to Church Bank to face last season’s double winners Llandovery. After seven rounds of games at the start of the season the 10 teams were given a near month long break before they start the next phase of league fixtures. The next […]
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Warren Gatland wants his Wales team to display “passion and desire” when they take on South Africa in their third and final Autumn Nations Series game at Principality Stadium at the weekend. “I think the fans want to see some passion and desire and for the players to go out there and show what it […]
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Senior men’s head coach Warren Gatland has named the Wales team to face South Africa in the third and final match of the 2024 Autumn Nations Series at Principality Stadium on Saturday 23 November (KO 17.40h GMT, live on TNT Sports and S4C). There are five changes to the starting XV from last weekend’s match […]
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The last rites, if that is what they are, are going to drag on a while longer yet. On Wednesday, Warren Gatland reiterated that he would resign as head coach if it were “in the best interests of Welsh rugby”, while also making it very clear that in his opinion it is not.
Gatland says he had the conversations with his family and his employers after Wales lost 52-20 to Australia on Sunday, their 11th straight defeat. Whatever was said, it has left him “focused solely on preparing the team for this week”.
Continue reading...Gwalia Lightning will host Brython Thunder in a mouth-watering festive Welsh derby to kick-off the new expanded home and away Celtic Challenge tournament at the end of December. Lightning will play Welsh rivals Thunder in Round 1 of the tournament at Ystrad Mynach on Saturday, December 21st (KO: 2.30pm.) The Celtic Challenge has unveiled its […]
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Aaron Wainwright wants his Welsh teammates to “make things right” and “give the fans something to cheer about” when they take on South Africa in their final Autumn Nations Series match at Principality Stadium on Saturday. To do that the Dragons back row star wants to try to replicate the fightback in the second quarter […]
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Aussie coach Joe Schmidt has urged Dewi Lake’s Welsh side to stick with the “pride and character” they showed against his team when they take on the world champion Springboks in their final Autumn Nations Series game at the weekend. While Schmidt was delighted to have cleared the second hurdle in his side’s bid to […]
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Adam Beard (Ospreys) has been released from the Wales senior men’s squad. This is following a knee injury sustained in Sunday’s match against Australia.
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Warren Gatland talked about the “real hurt” his side are feeling at the post-match press conference after his side had fallen to Australia yesterday. But the Wales head coach expects a character-defining reaction against the world champion Springboks in the final Autumn Nations Series match at Principality Stadium on Saturday (Kick-off 5.40pm). “When you’re involved […]
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