Welsh Rugby
This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s Welsh Rugby news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoHawkins highlights pathway problem
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND "Don't go Joe!" That was the plaintive cry around Wales last week as news emerged...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoTon-up Ponty in 16-try rampage
Championship round-up By SEAN HOWE PONTYPOOL went on the rampage again as they ran in 16 tries to beat Glamorgan Wanderers...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoFish leads fightback in Cardiff’s crucial win
Premiership By ROB COLE Cardiff......................32 Aberavon................. 15 DAN Fish rolled back the years on his 100th appearance for his home town...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoDrovers stay on course for top spot
Premiership By HUW S THOMAS Llandovery.............52 Swansea.................24 THE Drovers did everything they needed to do to hold onto the top spot...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoQuins edge dramatic clash against RGC
Premiership By PAUL HOUSE Carmarthan............32 RGC............................. 31 CARMARTHEN Quins ended a run of fourstraight defeats, inflicting a fifth away defeat in...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoNewport homing in on play-off race
Premiership By SIMON HOGG Newport...................33 Merthyr....................27 NEWPORT made it three wins in nine days as they beat Merthyr to move closer...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoBonus-point joy propels Vale into top four
Premiership By DAVE SINCLAIR Ebbw Vale...............32 Pontypridd.............. 10 JASON Strange’s side jumped back into the top four as they pushed Aberavon...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoHarvey hat-trick sparks Ravens triumph
By NIGEL HARDY Llanelli.............. 12 Bridgend.......... 47 REPLACEMENT hooker Gareth Harvey notched a hat-trick of tries as his Bridgend Ravens side...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoSmith late try hands Pooler a final shot
Championship round-up By PHILIP ANSTEY FORTY years on from their first WRU Challenge Cup win at the old National Ground, Cardiff...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoWilliams leaves it late to add bonus point
By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea................... 8 Cardiff......................29 Cardiff's charge towards the Indigo Premiership top spot gained momentum with a bonus-point victory over...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoWarren keeps Drovers’ dream alive
By HUW S THOMAS Bridgend.................... 8 Llandovery............. 31 The Indigo Premiership leaders resisted the gritty challenge of much improved Bridgend to...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoGregory bursts over to edge it for Steelmen
By DENNIS EVANS Carmarthen............ 13 Ebbw Vale............... 15 Ebbw Vale maintained their late push for the play-off semi-finals with victory over...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoAndrews casts a spell over the Gogs
By STEPHEN BEVAN Aberavon.................32 RGC............................. 15 The Wizards moved three points clear of Ebbw Vale in the race for the fourth...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoFive-star Black & Ambers eye silverware
By BRYN ROGERS Pontypridd................ 7 Newport...................34 Newport are back in the hunt for a top-four finish, and a potential league-and-cup double,...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoEight-try Ironmen pile on Llanelli misery
By ROB COLE Llanelli................ 7 Merthyr.............50 A bad week for the Llanelli players ended in even worse fashion as they conceded...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoWebber’s try double does it for Ystrad
By ROB COLE Championship round-up PLAYER-COACH Alex Webber was the toast of Ystrad Rhondda after his try double helped send the...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoThomas treble as Drovers show title credentials
By HUW S THOMAS Llandovery.............54 Llanelli..................... 19 The gulf in class between the sides was reflected in the scoreline as the...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoCueto sad to see decline in Wales
By NICK POWELL Former England winger Mark Cueto has been sad to see the decline of the domestic and international game...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoRees leads way for Merthyr
By ROB COLE Merthyr............ 38 Bridgend.......... 13 For the second time in as many weeks Merthyr rose to second in the...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoCross hat-trick in statement victory for holders Cardiff
By PAUL WILLIAMS RGC............................. 15 Cardiff......................52 Dewi Cross scored a hat-trick as cup holders Cardiff marched into the final of the...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoJones stars as Newport turn on the style
By JIM STEVENS Pontypridd.............. 10 Newport...................26 Newport's quest for back-to-back Premiership Cups continued in style as they comfortably beat Pontyrpidd. Three...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoRomney make in nine wins in a row
Division One round-up RUMNEY rocketed to the top of Division 1 East Central with a 19-11 away win at Treorchy as...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoDrovers get back on track
Welsh Premiership Swansea................... 9 Llandovery.............35 The Drovers responded to Merthyr overtaking them in the table to move into second place by...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoFog can’t stop Merthyr
Welsh Premiership Ebbw Vale ................ 9 Merthyr....................24 Ebbw Vale’s play-off hopes took a hit as Merthyr came to Eugene Cross Park...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoBridgend on top in mud battle
Welsh Premiership By ROB COLE Bridgend ............8 Carmarthen Q ...7 The weather was almost the outright winner at the Brewery Field...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoMatthews leads way for 10-try Pooler
Championship round-up By ROB COLE PONTYPOOL picked up another five points as they ruthlessly disposed of bottom of the table Tata...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoRGC turn it on in warm-up for cup
Premiership By ROB COLE RGC.............................42 Pontypridd................ 3 RGC gave Pontypridd six of the best as they got in the mood for...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoWizards conjure up crucial win
Premiership By HUW THOMAS Llandovery............. 16 Aberavon.................25 ABERAVON surprised everyone with a richly deserved win to keep alive their play-off bid....
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoBlue & Blacks keep ahead of pack
Premiership By ROB COLE Cardiff......................23 Bridgend.................. 18 CARDIFF hit back from their defeat at Llandovery to ensure they remain top of...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoTon-up skipper is thwarted
Championship/ Div 1 round-up By ROB COLE CROSS Keys made it three wins in a row with a 34-7 home win...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoLewis off but Ponty still win with ease
Championship round-up By ROB COLE PONTYPOOL were forced to play with 14 men for 52 minutes at Trebanos after Pat Lewis...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoDavies’ wonder try fires Black & Ambers
By JIM DAVIES Aberavon................. 10 Newport................... 17 Newport centre Cameron Davies scored a candidate for try of the season as he...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoGriffiths’ hat-trick present for JPR
By PAUL HOPKINS Bridgend..................40 RGC.............................25 Iwan Griffiths handed Bridgend president JPR Williams the perfect birthday gift with a hat-trick against play-off...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoJones trio help Merthyr stay in the picture
By BEN JONES Carmarthen Q.........22 Merthyr....................41 Merhtyr consolidated their top-four position after Quins failed to keep up with the Joneses at...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoLast-gasp Young secures Vale comeback
By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea.................24 Ebbw Vale............... 31 A dramatic late try by Lewis Young completed an incredible comeback from Ebbw Vale...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoHughes helps Drovers pile on pressure
By HUW S THOMAS Llandovery......37 Cardiff...............20 Lllandovery produced their best performance of the season to close the gap at the top...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoIt’s nine losses in a row for Llanelli
Bridgend.......... 45 Llanelli...............17 Bridgend scored seven tries against Llanelli on their way to an impressive bonus point 45-17 victory, which sees...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoSebastian on his way
PROP Javan Sebastian will leave Scarlets at the end of the season to join Edinburgh. Carmarthen-born Sebastian, 28, has three caps...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoKnoyle’s bonus ball sees Merthyr climb up to third
Merthyr....................28 Pontypridd.............. 12 Methyr leapfrogged Aberavon into third place as they snatched a bonus point victory against Pontypridd, who are too...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoResurgent Quins make it four wins on trot
Carmarthen............28 Aberavon................. 17 Carmarthen Quins continued their rise up the table with an impressive win against Aberavon, who fell to their...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoNumber 13 proves lucky for Pooler
Championship round-up By ROB COLE PONTYPOOL completed the double over Admiral rivals Neath to make 13 wins out of 13 and...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoNo Meek resistance as Kieran snatches it
Premiership By ROB COLE Ebbw Vale............... 30 Bridgend.................. 27 Kieran Meek’s last-gasp drop-goal snatched a dramatic win for Ebbw Vale. With...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoPrice is right for Black and Ambers
Premiership By ROB COLE Newport...................33 Swansea.................24 Walker Price made sure Newport got back to winning ways with a bonus-point victory. The...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoCorum’s double delight has Ponty in a Nott
Premiership By IESTYN RHYS Pontypridd RFC..... 20 Carmarthen............ 23 A last-minute penalty from Jac Wilson secured victory for Carmarthen Quins to...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoDrovers hang on to quell fightback
Premiership By HS THOMAS RGC.............................24 Llandovery............. 25 The Drovers had outplayed RGC 36-12 back in October, but had to hang on...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoLaw stays grounded as business end nears
PREVIEW... Cardiff RFC v Llanelli By ROB COLE Today. Kick-off 2.30pm CARDIFF head coach Steve Law is taking nothing for granted...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoStubborn Ironmen cast a spell on Wizards
By ROB COLE Merthyr.............38 Aberavon.......... 31 Three tries in the final 15 minutes at The Wern might just have done enough...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoTop two warm up for main event
Championship round-up THE stage is set for the biggest game of the season next weekend in the Championship when Neath host...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoPowerful Wizards leave Llanelli rock bottom
By SIMON ROBERTS Llanelli..................... 21 Aberavon................. 55 Aberavon kept their play-off hopes alive with this bonus-point victory over bottom of the...
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