Welsh Rugby
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoSt Peter’s and Rumney still to battle it out for top spot
By TOM WILLIAMS National 1 round-up TWO ancient Cardiff rivals will battle it out for the Division 1 East Central title...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoYstrad prove too good for Bedwas
Championship round-up By ROB COLE YSTRAD Rhondda warmed up for their revenge mission against Pontypool on Tuesday night with a brilliant...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoCross at the double for table-toppers Cardiff
Welsh Premiership Cardiff......................39 Merthyr...................... 7 By ROB COLE Dewi Cross hoisted his try tally for the season to 19 as he...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoPonty end campaign on a high
Pontypridd..............29 Swansea................. 10 By PAUL HOPKINS Pontypridd ended one of their most miserable seasons on a high as they notched their...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoTop ten for Newport
Newport...................52 Llandovery.............33 By TOM WILLIAMS A late penalty try saw Newport clinch a 10th league win in a row by downing...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoDavies on target to subdue Dunvant
Division One round-up THE golden boot of Owen Davies made it a perfect week for Kenfig Hill in Division 1 West...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoFish steps up to make sure for Cardiff
Premiership By ROB COLE Ebbw Vale............... 13 Cardiff...................... 18 IT has been a cruel few weeks for Ebbw Vale and a...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoSwansea’s poor discipline lets in RGC
By PAUL HOPKINS RGC.............................24 Swansea................. 10 RGC rounded off their season with a hard-earned bonus point victory over Swansea in an...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoGoodchild’s late show too much for Newport
Welsh Cup finals By BEN JAYCOCK FORMER Dragon Joe Goodchild’s incredible late try secured a 13-10 victory for Cardiff against Newport...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoNarberth push Pooler all the way
Championship round-up By ROB COLE PONTYPOOL were forced to come from behind three times before holding onto their unbeaten record in...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoPwllheli win by tightest of margins
National League One round-up By ROB COLE PWLLHELI took full advantage of Division 1 North leaders Nant Conwy’s cup final commitments...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoRavens savour sweet taste of revenge
By PAUL HOPKINS Bridgend..................24 Swansea................. 15 Bridgend and Swansea clashed for the second consecutive week, but this time revenge was on...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoLloyd piles points and pain on the Wizards
By GEORGE TURNER Ebbw Vale...............38 Aberavon.................26 There was a time when it looked as though this could decide which team made...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoOld rivals set for spicy showpiece
Premiership Cup Final By ROB COLE PREVIEW... Newport v Cardiff Today, kick-off 3pm Principality Stadium CLUB games in Wales don’t come...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoMahoney wraps up stunning Ponty win Championship round-up
By DAVID WALKER JOEL Mahoney’s try late in the second half ensured Pontypool completed a superb second-half comeback and created real...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoDodd’s late show clinches Swans’ thriller
By WILLIAM SPARKES Swansea.................32 Bridgend.................. 31 Swansea held on to defeat Bridgend by a single point in a thriller at St...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoBlack and Ambers show no mercy
By ROB COLE Llanelli..................... 19 Newport...................63 Ruthless Newport ran in a dozen tries as they put Llaneli to the sword after...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoSieniawski leaves it late for the Ironmen
By CARWYN HARRIS Merthyr....................34 Ebbw Vale...............28 Merthyr secured a play-off place after seeing off Ebbw Vale in a free-flowing game. Having...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoDogged Drovers enjoy sweet revenge
By HUW THOMAS Aberavon................. 31 Llandovery.............48 The Drovers had to fight hard to resist the firmest of challenges from an Aberavon...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoPonty battlers come up short yet again
By DAVE SINCLAIR Pontypridd..............32 RGC.............................35 Pontypridd's woes continued as they found themselves edged out by an RGC side that took home...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoBlue & Blacks given a final workout
By GRAHAM HARDY Carmarthen Q..14 Cardiff RFC.......23 The Quins certainly saved their best until last as they got stuck into reigning...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoElias commits future to Scarlets
WALES hooker Ryan Elias has signed a new contract with Scarlets. Elias is the first Scarlets player to publicly announce he...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoTipuric undergoes surgery
OSPREYS captain Justin Tipuric will miss the rest of the season after having foot surgery. Tipuric limped off during the first...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoNelson no match for unbeaten leaders in the East
Division One round-up NEWBRIDGE ran in another five tries to maintain their unbeaten run in Division 1 East with a 29-0...
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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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