Richard Hibbard came home from Australia this time last year fearing the worst, that he would never play for Wales again. The management blamed their […]
Before she takes morning service at Avenue Methodist Church in High Wycombe today (last Sunday), the Reverend Singa Vunipola will say a private prayer for […]
A new name ought to be added to Europe’s painfully small Welsh roll of honour next weekend, a player long declared surplus to international requirements. […]
The Welsh Rugby Union considered their announcement important enough to carry a ‘strict embargo’ until one minute past midnight on the first Wednesday of December. […]
After smashing the team that smashed the All Blacks, Wales will take the Lions’ share when the Test series begins against Australia this summer. No […]
At a dinner in London some years ago, the English defined their rugby relationship with the Welsh as one based on “trust and understanding”. Dudley […]
Shaun Edwards spent the week keeping a profile low enough as to be positively subterranean over Warren Gatland’s decision to make him surplus to Lions […]
The battering taken by Wales during a troubled month threatens to have long-term consequences even for those who managed to stay in one piece. Recovering […]
Gavin Henson has been branded a non-team player by the Wales coach who gave him his international baptism eleven years ago. Lynn Howells, in charge […]
Jonny Wilkinson’s career has spanned 15 years and 367 matches, a tribute as much as anything to his indomitable spirit. His appearances in Wales have […]
Tony Brown has been through a lot since he rescued Newport from oblivion and spent millions on a galaxy of Southern Hemisphere imports. No Englishman […]
The Spence family farm catastrophe brought a small Ulster town to a standstill on Wednesday, a triple tragedy marked with bare-headed sorrow all over the […]
Ray Gravell would have been 61 this week and the world, especially the part which revolved around Mynydd-y-Garreg, would have been all the better for […]
He blazed across the skies of the rugby globe like a meteor, a trans-global journey of fairytale dimension from Cardiff to Auckland. Lloyd Burns’ magical […]
At a suburban training centre where Manchester City’s multi-millionaires cruise around in their limousines, two international misfits are preparing to take the English Premiership by […]
Of all the foregone conclusions at the London Olympics, one stands out above Usian Bolt, Michael Phelps, Bradley Wiggins and the rest for sheer longevity. […]
Martin Gleeson’s planned conversion from Rugby League comes eight years after England earmarked him for their defence of the World Cup in 2007. Within months […]
They called Rocky Marciano the ‘greatest slugger in boxing history,’ a fitting description for a world heavyweight champion unbeatable over his entire pro career. The […]