Welsh Rugby
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoMaynard penalty gets Drovers home
By HUW S THOMAS Llandovery............. 20 Pontypridd.............. 19 The Drovers completed the double over Pontypridd, following their 23-12 win at Sardis...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoFive-try Gogs wound Newport title hopes
By TOM WILLIAMS RGC............................. 36 Newport................... 21 Newport fell further behind in the race for a top four finish as they...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoMcIntosh brothers star for Brecon
Division One round-up By ROB COLE THE McIntosh brothers ganged up on Senghenydd as they notched 22 points in Brecon’s big...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWRU now considering lowering tackle height
The WRU is considering introducing a restriction on the height of the tackle allowed in the community game in Wales. A...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoUnbeaten leaders Pooler go seven-up
Championship, Nat 1 round-up PONTYPOOL ran in seven tries in their 49-7 home win over Cross Keys to move seven points...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoFive-try Steelmen too strong for bottom side Llanelli
By SIMON ROBERTS Ebbw Vale...............35 Llanelli....................... 3 Ebbw Vale moved back into the top four play-off places with this impressive bonus-point...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoChampionship round-up
By ROB COLE HOLDERS Neath, Pontypool, Ystrad Rhondda and Cross Keys advanced to the semi-finals of the WRU Championship Cup, while...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoIn-form Raikes helps end Ponty’s drought
Premiership By IESTYN THOMAS Aberavon................. 10 Pontypridd..............27 PONTYPRIDD picked up their first win in seven league games as they secured a...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBridgend’s happy new year continues
Premiership By ETHAN GEORGE Bridgend..................27 Newport...................24 A GOOD opening month to 2023 simply got better and better as Bridgend made it...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoFish chips in to get Cardiff back on track
Premiership By ROB COLE Cardiff...................... 30 RGC............................. 20 CARDIFF got back to winning ways after their last-gasp single-point defeat at home...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoQuins triumph in basement battle
Premiership By HARRY CORISH Llanelli.....................28 Carmarthen............38 MARC Jones’ Carmarthen Quins seem to have found the winning formula at last, and this...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBattle-hardened Ironmen are just too strong
Premiership By JACK LONGSTAFF Swansea................... 6 Merthyr.................... 31 A BATTLE-HARDENED Merthyr put Swansea to the sword with an emphatic bonus-point victory....
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoDrovers delight as vital victory secured
By HUW THOMAS Llandovery...... 20 Ebbw Vale........ 15 THE eagerly-awaited Premiership clash between third and fourth place saw the Drovers keep...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWales in danger of losing 15 stars
By PETER JACKSON Wales are in danger of losing as many as 15 international players to English, French or Japanese clubs...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoWelsh Rugby
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoStudents beat the freeze to go top six
Welsh round-up By HARRY CORISH Cardiff Met took advantage of their 3G pitch at Cyncoed to ward off the cold weather...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoNove does the trick to send Pooler top
Championship round-up By ROB COLE PONTYPOOL celebrated moving back to the top of the table. They secured an impressive 54-3 win...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoRavens cash in after Haymen’s early card
By ROB COLE Bridgend.................. 18 Pontypridd................ 8 Bridgend continued to pile misery on to Pontypridd’s season with an emphatic victory to...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoO’Brien late drop-goal sinks champs
By SIMON ROBERTS Cardiff...................... 17 Newport................... 18 Fly-half and captain Matt O’Brien’s injury-time drop-goal secured a major victory for Newport in...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoDion leads second-half fightback for RGC
By ROB COLE RGC.............................26 Ebbw Vale............... 14 RGC’s impressive second-half performance saw them pick up a first win in three games...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoAll Whites reeling after Taylor heroics
By ROB COLE Swansea.................33 Carmarthen............34 Carmarthen Quins turned the form book on its head as they defeated Swansea by a single...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoIronmen show steely side for victory No.7
By SIMON ROBERTS Llandovery............. 16 Merthyr....................26 Merthyr kept their hopes of a play-off place in the Premiership alive with this impressive...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoFoursome Saunders leads try rampage
Division One round-up By TRP REPORTER LLANGENNECH went on the rampage as they ran in 16 tries in their 106-10 win...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoPriestland undecided if he will continue playing next season
Rhys Priestland will not be looking at his phone every few minutes this week to see whether he has been picked...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoWelsh All Blacks still top of the Championship
Championship round-up By ROB COLE Neath and Pontypool continue to slug it out at the top of the Championship, but for...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoWizards worthy of place among top table
Premiership By SIMON ROBERTS Aberavon.................22 Swansea................... 8 Aberavon produced a commanding display to keep them in second place in the Premiership...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoPrice right as Ravens call the shots
Carmarthen............ 14 Bridgend..................22 Bridgend secured their first league win since October 15, as they completed a remarkable second-half comeback to beat...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoCross keeps champions in pole position
By SIMON ROBERTS Merthyr.................... 16 Cardiff RFC..............22 Wing Dewi Cross crossed for his 14th try of the season as champions Cardiff...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoFerriman powers Black & Ambers
By ROB COLE Newport................... 20 RGC............................. 10 Both Newport and RGC came into the game looking to recover from defeats in...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoStrange on warpath despite battling victory
By SIMON ROBERTS Llanelli.....................26 Ebbw Vale...............36 Coach Jason Strange didn’t hide his disappointment with Ebbw Vale’s performance, despite a bonus-point win...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoDavies’ happy return inspires Drovers
By ROB COLE Pontypridd....... 12 Llandovery......23 Two late tries ensured victory for Llandovery at Sardis Road, which ensured the Drovers maintained...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoFive-try Newbridge in charge as they demolish Brecon
By ROB COLE Something had to give at the Welfare Ground as the two unbeaten teams, Newbridge and Brecon, met for...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoPlayers in Wales face 50% pay cuts
By PETER JACKSON Welsh rugby’s cure to its financial crisis will include pay cuts of up to 50 per cent for...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoWelsh leagues round-up: Patterson shoots try double for Archers
By HARRY CORISH Cardiff Met versus Cross Keys was the only Championship game to survive this weekend’s temperatures as the Archers...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoAndrew treble keeps Newport on a march
Premiership By CHRIS ANDREWS Merthyr....................24 Newport...................40 Newport eased to their fourth-straight win in the league with a dominant display against Merthyr....
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoPonty pay the penalty after fightback
Premiership By GARY DAVIES Pontypridd..............22 Ebbw Vale...............23 A late Keiran Meek penalty gave Ebbw Vale a fourth consecutive league win, despite...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoGogs inflict more pain on miserable Quins
Premiership By SIMON JONES RGC.............................40 Carmarthen.............. 3 Carmathen Quins’ thoroughly miserable season continued as they lost their fifth game in a...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoWizards conjure up win over leaders
Premiership By SIMON ROBERTS Aberavon................. 30 Cardiff......................23 Aberavon got their Premiership campaign back on track as they stripped league-leaders Cardiff of...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoPhillips leaves it late for Amman
Division One round-up By ROB COLE AMMANFORD moved to the top of Admiral Division 1 West Central with a comfortable 32-15...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoPremiership
Newport...................33 Pontypridd.............. 16 O’Brien third all-time Black & Ambers By ROB COLE PONTYPRIDD’S plight continued as they lost their third game...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoBrave Ravens give faltering Drovers a fright
Llandovery.............28 Bridgend.................. 13 By HUW S THOMAS FORGET the scoreline. Bottom-side Bridgend came close to inflicting a surprise win over high-flying...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoRichards treble piles on Quins woe
Ebbw Vale...............38 Carmarthen Quins . .7 By ROB COLE MORGAN Richards’ hattrick fired Ebbw Vale to a comprehensive bonus-point victory over...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoCross does the trick for the Blue & Blacks
Cardiff......................45 Swansea....................0 By STEFFAN THOMAS A DEWI Cross hat-trick helped Cardiff solidify their position at the top of the Premiership with...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoSinfield completes ultra challenge
By JAMES BOWEN LEICESTER coach Kevin Sinfield has raised £1.5m for charity after completing seven ultra marathons in seven days. He...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoWayward Wizards lose the knack of winning
RGC..................... 34 Aberavon..........26 By ROB COLE ABERAVON fell to their third successive defeat in the Indigo Premiership to drop to third...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoDrovers’ Maynard puts the boot into Llanelli
By STEFFAN THOMAS Llanelli.............. 21 Llandovery..... 54 LLANDOVERY’S impressive start to the season continued as they thrashed Llanelli at Parc y...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoCross deadly as champs hit the summit
Premiership By JAMES ROBERTS Bridgend.................. 16 Cardiff......................43 CARDIFF made it a magnificent seven of seven to take full advantage of Aberavon’s...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoReed deadly to fire Black & Ambers
Premiership By ROB COLE Carmarthan Q......... 17 Newport...................34 NEWPORT’S rise up the Indigo Prem table continued with another bonus-point win as...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoIronmen leave it late before toppling Ponty
Premiership By ROB COLE Pontypridd.............. 18 Merthyr....................24 THE Ironmen played a get out of jail card with the clock in the...












