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Pontypool head coach Tom Hancock has pledged to pick his strongest side for tonight’s Super Rygbi Cymru Cup tie in Newport even though getting through to the final is a long shot. The Gwent derby will at least set a target for Ebbw Vale in Pool B when they complete their pool campaign at Swansea […]
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World Rugby has today confirmed that Italy will host the World Rugby U20 Championship 2025 from 29 June-19 July with matches held in four cities across the Lombardia and Veneto regions. It will be the third time that Italy has hosted the prestigious tournament featuring the 12 best U20 teams in the world but the […]
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Wales head coach Sean Lynn has announced his first squad for the 2025 Guinness Women’s Six Nations campaign. Lynn, who will lead his club side Gloucester/Hartpury in their third successive PWR final on Sunday, has named a 37-player squad for the tournament. Wales open their campaign away to Scotland on Saturday, March 22nd (KO: 4.45pm). […]
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Matt Sherratt will be back at Cardiff Rugby on Monday but admits he might have to delay his return to the Arms Park if he can get his Wales side to beat England in their Guinness Six Nations finale at Principality Stadium this weekend. After games against Ireland and Scotland, Sherratt leads Wales for the […]
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The Wales U20 team will complete their Six Nations campaign against England at the Arms Park tonight, but the age-grade international action continues apace with Wales U18 meeting their Scottish counterparts at Kingston Park, Newcastle on Sunday. (3pm kick-off). It is the first step on the international ladder for the youngsters, who have only three […]
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Aaron Wainwright is back in the Wales starting XV to face England and wants to get the sold-out Principality Stadium crowd cheering like it’s 2019. The Dragons star will pack down alongside skipper Jac Morgan and Taulupe Faletau in a back row trio that is gearing up for a showdown with the Curry brothers and […]
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England have won each of their last four U20 Six Nations fixtures against Wales, averaging 5.8 tries per game and enjoying an average winning margin of 27 points in that run. This will be the second time Wales and England have met at Cardiff Arms Park in the U20 Six Nations, the previous clash there […]
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Two Welsh internationals are returning from English clubs this summer to play for in the BKT United Rugby Championship. The 57-times capped Harlequins tight head prop Dillon Lewis has signed for Dragons RFC, while the 22-year-old Joe Hawkins is leaving Exeter Chiefs to join the Scarlets in a major double boost for the Welsh professional […]
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Senior men’s head coach Matt Sherratt has named the Wales team to play England in the final round of the 2025 Guinness Six Nations at a sold-out Principality Stadium, Cardiff on Saturday 15 March (KO 16.45h GMT, live on BBC and S4C). There are two personnel changes to the starting line-up that faced Scotland in […]
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Head coach wants his players to stamp their authority on Saturday’s encounter in the Cardiff cauldron
Pick the bones out of that. Four openside flankers in the squad, three fly‑halves, just two second-rows and one centre. It does not stop there with a first start on the wing and a debut in waiting on the bench, in Cardiff – a place that has a habit of swallowing up and spitting out fledgling England careers.
On the back of a six-day turnaround, the easy move was to slot Henry Slade back into midfield for the injured Ollie Lawrence and challenge the other 14 who started the victory against Italy last Sunday to go out and do the same against Wales.
Continue reading...Steve Borthwick is prepared to unleash his triple threat of No 10s simultaneously against Wales on Saturday, with the head coach insisting England are heading to Cardiff intending to win the Six Nations title.
Borthwick has selected Fin Smith and Marcus Smith as well as George Ford in his matchday squad for the first time and revealed deploying all three in harness is a possibility as England seek to keep their championship hopes alive on “Super Saturday”.
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Dafydd Jenkins says the actions of Wales skipper Jac Morgan are serving as an inspiration for the rest of his team this Guinness Six Nations. Morgan’s men picked up two points in their 35-29 defeat to Scotland last weekend and complete their campaign with a home clash against England at a sold-out Principality Stadium this […]
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Head coach Richard Whiffin has confirmed his Wales U20 men’s matchday squad to face England in the final round of the 2025 U20 Six Nations at Cardiff Arms Park this Friday. (KO 7.30pm, S4C). Whiffin has made four changes to the starting line-up, two enforced due to suspensions, in a side looking to deny England […]
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Matt Sherratt hailed Wales ‘brave effort’ in picking up two points from their 35-29 defeat to Scotland at Murrayfield. His side were trailing by 27 points seven minutes into the second half having conceded five tries, but they hit back to outscore their hosts three tries to one in the final 40, notching a bonus-point […]
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Nobody would have predicted Cardiff going to Llandovery and scoring a magnificent seven tries in a 52-19 win to take them back to the top of the Super Rygbi Cyrmu table – not even their own top brass! Cardiff Rugby academy manager Gruff Rees was the first to admit he never expected to see a […]
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