PRA25 nears completion

Welsh rugby’s four professional clubs Cardiff, Dragons RFC, the Ospreys and the Scarlets have reached agreement with the Welsh Rugby Union on the final guiding principles of a new financial and rugby focused deal which will sustain the game in Wales over the next five years. The new Professional Rugby Agreement for 2025 (PRA25), will […]

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Wizards hoping to conjure up some magic against Newport in SRC

Aberavon and Newport will be hoping for fairer weather when they meet against at the Talbot Athletic Ground having had their first attempt in Super Rygbi Cymru washed out by a deluge at half-time back in September. The Black & Ambers were leading 3-0 at the time and since then Ty Morris’ men have picked […]

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Favoured Italy face return of Faletau as Wales look to stop their slide

Gatland’s men aim to avoid a 14th consecutive defeat against an Italy side in the rare position of being favourites

Italy are the biggest favourites of the weekend to win their Six Nations match. And it is highly unlikely that sentence has been written before.

Admittedly, there is barely ­anything in it. At the time of ­writing, Italy are widely available at evens with a handicap of seven; for France and Ireland, the handicap is six. All three are a little shy of 2-1 on to win their respective matches. That is quite the company Italy are keeping.

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Gatland buoyed by Faletau return to Wales

Warren Gatland says Taulupe Faletau’s 100+ cap experience and X-factor can provide his young Welsh side with a real boost in confidence ahead of Round 2 of the Guinness Six Nations championship in Rome on Saturday. The 34-year-old Cardiff Rugby No. 8 returns to pick up his 105th cap at Stadio Olimpico at the weekend, having not featured […]

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‘Important but not the biggest’: Gatland denies Italy game is Wales’s most crucial in 20 years

  • Coach disagrees with Biggar’s view of Six Nations clash
  • Taulupe Faletau to make first appearance since 2023

Warren Gatland has dismissed the notion Wales are facing their biggest game for two decades against Italy in Rome on Saturday.

The former Wales outside-half Dan Biggar described the Six Nations fixture match as Welsh rugby’s biggest game for the “last 15 to 20 years” after an opening 43-0 thrashing by France left Gatland’s side surveying a record-breaking 13th consecutive defeat. A 14th at the Stadio Olimpico would leave Wales with the very real prospect of a second winless Six Nations campaign and ­championship wooden spoon and put Gatland in almost an ­untenable position.

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Injury forces Tuipulotu out of Women’s Six Nations

The Welsh Rugby Union can confirm Wales prop Sisilia Tuipulotu will miss the forthcoming Guiness Women’s Six Nations campaign. Tuipulotu, 21, has undergone an operation due to a hamstring injury and will be out for the rest of the 2024/25 season. The 25-times capped prop has been a mainstay of the Wales side for the […]

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Humphreys: ‘Our execution has to improve’

Jonathan Humphreys says nobody needs to underline the importance of Saturday’s Round 2 clash against Italy in Rome in the Guinness Six Nations to any of the players or coaches in the Welsh squad. But the former Wales captain, nowadays the Wales forwards coach, believes that every game is equally important. “Every single game in […]

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Wales squad update

Scarlets back row Taine Plumtree has been called up to the Wales senior men’s squad while Aaron Wainwright continues his recovery from a facial injury sustained during Friday night’s opening match of the 2025 Guinness Six Nations against France. Ospreys centre Owen Watkin continues to undergo assessment on a knee injury also sustained during Friday’s […]

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