Welsh Rugby
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Welsh Premiership
/ 4 years agoO’Driscoll’s landmark day ruined by Cardiff
Premiership By ROB COLE Bridgend.................. 12 Cardiff......................29 CARDIFF ran in five tries to maintain their challenge at the top of the...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoDrovers hold off Merthyr in thriller
Premiership By HUW S THOMAS Merthyr....................36 Llandovery.............43 AN 11-try thriller went Llandovery’s way, but they had to withstand a fine Merthyr...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoJones stars as Gogs overcome the Swans
Premiership By PAUL HOPKINS RGC.............................29 Swansea................. 14 DION Jones struck twice to help steer the home side to a bonus-point win...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBlack and Ambers run riot over Ponty
Premiership By STEFFAN THOMAS Newport...................36 Pontypridd................ 7 NEWPORT maintained their unbeaten start to the season as they thrashed Pontypridd on Thursday...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoRapid Ryan aims to claim spot out wide
By STEFFAN THOMAS SCARLETS speedster Ryan Conbeer is hoping to use the next block of league fixtures to cement his place...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBaldwin granted Warriors release
WALES hooker Scott Baldwin has been released from his Worcester Warriors contract on compassionate grounds. The club say the 33-yearold wants...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBartlett stars for Stoddard
Championship Cross Keys......17 Maesteg Q ........7 CROSS Keys ground out a hard-fought victory over a well-drilled Maesteg Harlequins side at Pandy...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoHart leads welcome return to form for the Turks
Premiership By TOM PROSSER Llanelli..............26 Bridgend........... 14 LLANELLI skipper Nathan Hart scored two tries as his side claimed their first win...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoDeadly Marshall puts Quins top of the pile
Premiership By FREDDIE BENNETT Carmarthan Q......... 17 RGC............................. 14 CARMARTHEN Quins climbed to the top of the Indigo Premiership table with...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoGriffiths spurs on Black and Ambers
Premiership By HUW S THOMAS Llandovery............. 17 Newport...................27 INTEREST was high in this Premiership league clash between the two sides that...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBanfield the star turn for fired-up Wizards
Premiership By GARETH JAMES Pontypridd.............. 16 Aberavon.................25 ABERAVON’S Chris Banfield delivered a controlled performance to ensure his side left Sardis Road...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoCushion wraps up bonus for Ironmen
Premiership By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea................. 15 Merthyr....................32 MERTHYR clinched a last-minute bonus point in an entertaining win over Swansea. It was...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoRed-hot Rees gives Ebbw the runaround
Premiership By ALED BISTON Cardiff......................58 Ebbw Vale................. 8 CARDIFF continued their ruthless form with a convincing victory over Ebbw Vale. The...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBargoed dig deep to keep run going
Championship round-up By FREDDIE BENNETT & TOM PROSSER CHAMPIONSHIP leaders Bargoed just about managed to make it an impressive eight league...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWales fans don’t care about clubs
COLIN BOAG Packed out: A full Principality Stadium but where are crowds for regions? PICTURE: Getty Imagesr At last the Welsh...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 4 years agoRichards ends Ravens hopes of revival
Premiership Cup By ALED BISTON Newport ................45 Bridgend Ravens ..17 NEWPORT’S dominant first half performance secured them a place in the...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 4 years agoBeetham on song for Cardiff revenge
Premiership Cup By TOM PROSSER Cardiff ..................42 Carmarthan ............7 CARDIFF got their revenge on Carmarthen Quins as they rectified a narrow...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 4 years agoPontypridd on top in crunch match
Premiership Cup By FREDDIE BENNETT RGC ........................25 Pontypridd ..........30 PONTYPRIDD beat RGC in a winner-takes-all group match to book a quarter-final...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBargoed maintain perfect record
Championship/ Nat 1 round-up By TOM PROSSER BARGOED kept up their relentless form as they made it seven wins from seven...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 4 years agoWRU name first Wales Women retainer contracts
Nine Wales Women players have been handed retainer contracts and joined the WRU’s performance programme. Last week, the WRU announced Welsh...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNew captain Biggar leads squad into Six Nations
Wayne Pivac announced Dan Biggar as his new captain after he named his 2022 Six Nations squad that includes three debutants....
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWales name Six Nations training squad amid injury nightmare
Wales have named a 36-man squad for the 2022 Guinness Six Nations campaign. Three uncapped players feature, with Ospreys duo Dewi...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBulls make it six wins on the spin to extend their lead
Championship round-up By TOM PROSSER BARGOED continued to show their ultra-consistent form as they made it six league wins out of...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoWales captain Lillicrap says: No excuse now
By SAM JACKSON THE first full-time Wales Women players have been contracted by the Welsh Rugby Union. Twelve players have accepted...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoEight-try Cardiff batter RGC blue and black
By TOM PROSSER RGC ........................29 Cardiff ..................52 CARDIFF scored eight tries as they claimed their first league win of the season...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWRU hand out first full-time Wales Women contracts
The first full-time Wales Women players have been contracted by the Welsh Rugby Union. 12 players have accepted contracts – two...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoPeel ‘wants Scarlets to be a ruthless team’
By STEFFAN THOMAS NIGEL Ashley-Jones has worked with some of the best coaches in world rugby from Eddie Jones to Steve...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoWilliams lands try double as Bedwas go second
Championship & Div 1 round-up By STEFFAN THOMAS BEDWAS moved up to second in the Championship after a comprehensive 38-13 away...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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News Extra
/ 4 years agoToulon boss raps Etzebeth as club handicap
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON TOULON president Bernard Lemaitre has referred to Springbok enforcer Eben Etzebeth as a “handicap” to the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTaylor warns of booze danger
By PETER JACKSON WALES icon John Taylor has warned the WRU about the dangers of a ‘serious accident’ at the Principality...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoLangley’s double trouble for Glamorgan
Championship Cup round-up By ALED BISON AND JACK NAISBITT BARGOED thrashed Glamorgan Wanderers 41-11 to move to the top of the...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoVersatility can boost Seb’s bid
By STEFFAN THOMAS THE versatility tag has been a hindrance for many players, but Seb Davies believes it can help him...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoFlying Frewen fires Ambers
Premiership By STEFFAN THOMAS Aberavon ................25 Newport .................. 30 A BRACE of tries from flying wing Elliot Frewen fired Newport to...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoGriffiths cuts loose for Quins
By STEFFAN THOMAS Carmarthan Q ........ 30 Llanelli .................... 13 CARMARTHEN Quins earnt the west Wales bragging rights as they comprehensively...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoRumney keeping St Peter’s at bay
Welsh National One round-up ALED BISON and JACK NAISBITT RUMNEY solidified their position at the top of Division One East Central...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBird back with vengeance for Ponty
By JAMES LLOYD Pontypridd..............32 Carmarthen............24 DIGGY BIRD put the boot into Carmarthen by kicking a mammoth 23 points in his first...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoIn-form Rees leads Llandovery rout of RGC
By HUW THOMAS Llandovery.............32 RGC............................... 3 LLANDOVERY continued their rich vein of form with this five tries to nil win over...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoProsser’s penalty rescues Bargoed
Championship Cup round-up By ANDREW DEERING LEAGUE leaders Bargoed defeated Cross Keys 13-10 at Pandy Park, as they failed to claim...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoDavies on fire as Aberavon open their account
Premiership By STEFFAN THOMAS Aberavon ................29 Swansea................. 13 ABERAVON opened their Premiership account with a hard-fought bonus point victory. Jason Hyatt’s...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoStrange return rocked by Thompson
By FREDDIE BENNETT Merthyr.................... 31 Ebbw Vale............... 13 JASON STRANGE’S first game back in charge of Ebbw Vale ended in disappointing...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoO’Brien leads by example to fire Ambers
By JACK NAISBITT Newport...................25 Bridgend.................... 9 NEWPORT kicked off their Premiership title bid with a winning start after a strong second-half...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBargoed stay top but 12-try Pooler in pursuit
Championship round-up A DUAN Thomas hat-trick sent Pontypool on their way to an 82-3 thrashing of Tata Steel at home. Leighton...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoPenallta keep lead in East but Newbridge are coming
Welsh National One roundup By STEFFAN THOMAS NEWBRIDGE ran in eight tries on their way to a comprehensive 45-5 victory at...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCricket shrine is ‘ruined’ by Ospreys
Bounce back: Rob Simmons, centre, is mobbed after scoring for London Irish PICTURE: Getty Images THE Ospreys have been accused of...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoRoberts likely to bid Ulster farewell for Wales future
By ALEX BYWATER Big impact: Bradley Roberts tackles Vincent Koch NEW Wales hooker Bradley Roberts admits his shock Test bow this...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoNo problem in Cardiff? Read these tweets, WRU
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The Welsh Rugby Union maintained a stony silence all week in the face...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoArwen causes a storm as key clash called off
Premiership By MATT EMERY STORM Arwen blew the vital WRU Premiership East Cup game between RGC and Pontypridd off course, and...
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