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Senior men’s head coach Matt Sherratt has named the Wales team to play Ireland in the third round of the 2025 Guinness Six Nations at a sold-out Principality Stadium, Cardiff on Saturday 22 February (KO 14.15h GMT, live on BBC and S4C). Ellis Mee is named on the wing for his first cap and will […]
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The Scarlets back Ellis Mee will make his Test debut when Wales begin life after Warren Gatland against the Six Nations title favourites Ireland on Saturday, while Dan Sheehan has been named captain of Simon Easterby’s much-changed visiting team in Cardiff.
The Nottingham-born wing Mee, whose mother is from Newport, is among eight personnel changes made by the interim head coach, Matt Sherratt, following Wales’s 22-15 loss to Italy.
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The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) is thrilled to announce a new partnership with Reviva Coffee, a fast-growing speciality coffee brand offering 100% Arabica, Rainforest Alliance-certified coffee sourced from South America. The multi-year deal marks the Union’s first-ever collaboration with a coffee brand. As an Official Coffee Supplier to the WRU, fans will be able to […]
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Head coach Richard Whiffin has confirmed his Wales U20 men’s matchday squad to face Ireland in round three of the 2025 U20 Six Nations at Rodney Parade, this Friday. (KO 7.45pm, S4C). Whiffin has made four changes, including a positional switch for Dan Gemine, in a side which is aiming to win back-to-back matches […]
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The Welsh Rugby Union is delighted to announce the 2025 Autumn Nations Series which will see Wales take on Argentina, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa in matches across four consecutive weekends at Principality Stadium this November. Wales will kick off its autumn campaign at 3.10pm on Sunday 9 November against Rugby World Cup 2023 quarter-final […]
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Aaron Wainwright wants the home fans to raise the roof at a sold-out Principality Stadium and turn the home of Welsh rugby into a cauldron of noise to back their team against Ireland on Saturday. “We’re all excited about the chance to play at home at a sold-out Principality Stadium. There were loads of Welsh […]
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Dragons wing Ashton Hewitt continued his comeback from long-term injury with a hat-trick to inspire Newport’s 47-26 SRC Cup victory over Carmarthen Quins. A week on from marking his first game after more than a year out with a try in the Black & Ambers’ league win at Aberavon, Hewitt made it four tries in […]
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In-form Llandovery gave their chances of securing a place in the Super Rygbi Cymru Cup final a huge boost with a crushing nine try win at RGC in Pool A. The Gogs had won both of their opening two cup fixtures against Aberavon and Cardiff respectively, while also defeated the Drovers in their league showdown at […]
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Wales defence coach Mike Forshaw has pledged Wales ‘won’t die wanting’ when they take on Ireland at a sold-out Principality Stadium in Round 3 of the 2025 Guinness Six Nations this Saturday. It will be a first home game of the tournament for Jac Morgan’s side after defeats in Paris and Rome and they will be facing […]
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Former Wales international T. Rhys Thomas will join head coach Matt Sherratt’s back-room team as a skills coach for the remainder of the 2025 Guinness Six Nations. Thomas, who made 27 appearances for Wales and represented Cardiff, Wasps and Dragons during his playing career, joins the Wales senior men’s coaching team on secondment from Gallagher […]
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Pontypool will be hoping to repeat their home win over Gwent rivals Ebbw Vale in the regular Super Rygbi Cymru league season when they host them again in Pool B of the SRC Cup. Pooler are top of the table after back-to-back wins over and Swansea and Carmarthen Quins and have two games to go […]
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Head coach Siwan Lillicrap has named a 41-player Wales WU18s extended training squad to prepare for the forthcoming WU18s 2025 Six Nations Festival campaign. The extended squad will meet up for training at the Welsh Rugby Union’s National Centre of Excellence over the next two months before being trimmed down to a squad of 28 […]
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There are few signs of the Scarlets relinquishing their Regional Academies U18 title after going through their four pool games unbeaten. Tom Phillips’ side notched 27 tries and 179 points as they breezed past Cardiff (51-19), Dragons (50-14), RGC (24-6) and Ospreys (54-5) to take top seeding or the semi-finals on Sunday 16 February. Leading […]
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Harlequins fly-half Jarrod Evans along with Gloucester fly-half Gareth Anscombe and centre Max Llewellyn have been called up to the Wales senior men’s squad. They will assemble in camp with the squad on Monday 17 February to prepare for the sold-out match against Ireland at Principality Stadium on Saturday 22 February. Ospreys centre Owen Watkin […]
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