Welsh Rugby
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoJones gives Whites the runaround
Premiership By ROB COLE Swansea................. 19 RGC.............................47 THERE were tries aplenty at St Helen’s as RGC 1404 ran out convincing victors...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoThree off as fighting mars Steelmen victory
Premiership By HARRY CORISH Aberavon................. 17 Ebbw Vale..............24 EBBW VALE turned around a 12-0 deficit early in the second half, and...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoHappy Harri’s double lifts Keys
Championship round-up By ROB COLE WALES U18 centre Harri Ackerman made a big impression on his debut for Cross Keys as...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoMayall’s try ends Bridge’s resistance
By STEFFAN THOMAS RGC.............................27 Bridgend.................. 13 Theo Mayall’s late try helped RGC overcome a stubborn Bridgend outfit. Paul Short opened the...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoWizards hope to cast a spell on Aberavon
Preview Newport v Aberavon Today. 3pm Veteran: Elliot Frewen YOU’D expect a clash between the unbeaten leaders of the Indigo Premiership...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoAmman look to Lewis for inspiration
Division One Cup round-up ■ By ROB COLE AMMANFORD got ready for their top-of-the-table showdown with unbeaten Bonymaen by coming from...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoYardley sin-bin crucial as Ravens let it slide
Premiership Cup round-up ■ By ROB COLE ABERAVON rode an early storm at the Brewery Field, before bagging eight tries, and...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoJones rounds off romp for cherry and whites
Allianz Prem XVs Cup ■ By TOM BULMER DMP Sharks...............0 Gloucester-H..........93 GLOUCESTER-Hartpury took an emphatic bonus point from their trip to...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoLightning fail to strike as Martin keeps cool
■ By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Saracens.................23 Loughborough L.... 19 IT was the boot of Lisa Martin that made the difference, as Saracens...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoDings want defence to match attack
News ■ By BEN JAYCOCK DINGS Crusaders DoR Stean Williams believes his side’s formidable start to the season is due to...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoEdwards penalty rescues Ponty
Championship Cup round-up ■ By ROB COLE A LATE Steff Edwards penalty allowed Pontypool to extend their unbeaten run in the...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoKeys find route to victory over Met
Championship round-up By ROB COLE IT WAS an exciting opening round of the WRU Championship Cup, as teams look to emulate...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoTrevelyn turns on style for Amman
Div One Cup round-up By STEFFAN THOMAS AMMANFORD scored 17 unanswered points in the final five minutes to secure a stunning...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoIn-form Neath savour a good day
Championship round-up By HARRY CORISH Neath took full advantage of the fact Tata Steel couldn’t raise a side to host Pontypool...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoWRU record profit of £3.2m for 2021-22
By SAM JACKSON The Welsh Rugby Union recorded a profit of £3.2m for the year ending June 2022, with a turnover...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoPerfect Wizards cast a spell on Quins
By HARRY CORISH Aberavon..........33 Carmarthen..... 17 HIGH-FLYING Aberavon put the Quins to the sword in an entertaining game at the Talbot...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoIce-cool Burnell forges way past Steelmen
By SIMON ROBERTS Cardiff...................... 20 Ebbw Vale............... 19 FLY-HALF Ben Burnell kept Cardiff ’s unbeaten record in the Premiership with his...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoGriffiths’ yellow is costly for Newport
By HUW S THOMAS Llandovery............. 15 Newport................... 13 THE Drovers kept their unbeaten record with an hard-earned win over a Black...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoEarl-Jones inspires the Gogs to run amok
By CHRIS EVANS Llanelli..................... 12 RGC............................. 41 RGC 1404 ran in six tries as they thrashed Llanelli at Parc y Scarlets...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoAll Whites edge out Ponty in thriller
Swansea.................45 Pontypridd..............22 By PAUL HOPKINS AN outstanding Swansea side earned victory over Pontypridd in a thriller. The hosts got an early...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoIronmen inflict more woe on lowly Ravens
By STEFFAN THOMAS Bridgend.................. 10 Merthyr....................34 MERTHYR kick started their Premiership season with a five-try bonus-point victory over a poor Bridgend...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoJenkins kickstarts Ponty try romp Championship round-up
By ROB COLE ADMIRAL Championship leaders Pontypool kept their unbeaten run going in dominant fashion as they ran in 11 tries...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoCuthbert a doubt for Wales’ autumn
ALEX Cuthbert is a doubt for Wales’ autumn international series with a shoulder injury. The 52-cap wing has enjoyed a rejuvenation...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoClassy Treorchy take the derby honours
Welsh Division One round-up ■By ROB COLE TREORCHY came out on top in their local derby with Mountain Ash at The...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoBattling Ponty hold their nerve
Championship round-up By ROB COLE Tributes flowed for former player Eddie Butler as Pontypool beat promotion-rivals Neath at Pontypool Park. Deon...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoLillicrap leads Wales to New Zealand
SIWAN Lillicrap will captain Wales’ squad for the World Cup in New Zealand. Centre Hannah Jones, who led Wales in the...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoMcIntosh guides Brecon to big win
Welsh Division One round-up ■By ROB COLE DION McIntosh had a field day as he scored 20 points in Brecon’s 45-21...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoFired-up Ponty’s tribute for Butler
Championship round-up By ROB COLE PONTYPOOL paid a fitting tribute to their former captain Eddie Butler, who died suddenly on Thursday,...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoPremiership Cup
Jones special lays Ironmen a foundation Cardiff......................29 Merthyr....................45 By JACK NAISBITT MERTHYR confirmed their place in the WRU Premiership Cup quarter-finals...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoLloyd turns the screw for Steelmen
Ebbw Vale...............3 4 Carmarthen............ 14 By HARRY CORISH EBBW VALE comfortably beat Carmarthen Quins at Eugene Cross Park. The Quins are...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoRavens keep their nerve after Davies blow
Pontypridd..............26 Bridgend.................. 30 By SIMON ROBERTS BRIDGEND Ravens survived a late rally by Pontypridd to secure a vital away victory at...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoSloane wraps up revenge for Whites
Swansea.................40 Llanelli..................... 13 By PAUL HOPKINS SWANSEA gained sweet revenge for Llanelli’s opening-day victory with a convincing win in the Welsh...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoNews
Wilkins signs for Exeter WALES back Robyn Wilkins has signed for Exeter Chiefs, along with Scotland prop Panashe Muzambe and Australia...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoWatkins at double in Cup romp
Division One Cup round-up By ROB COLE NEWBRIDGE turned a 50-50 game at half-time against Rhydyfelin into a merry romp in...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoRavens thumped as Gage turns on the magic
Premiership By LLOYD PHILLIPS Aberavon......... 45 Bridgend........... 14 ABERAVON ran in six tries as they thrashed Bridgend at the Talbot Athletic...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoJones leads by example to fire Llandovery
Premiership By JAMES BEYNON Carmarthen.............. 3 Llandovery............... 9 LLANDOVERY edged out Carmarthen Quins to claim a hard-fought win in a ferocious...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoPrice is right for runaway Llanelli
Premiership By STEFFAN THOMAS Llanelli.....................46 Swansea.................26 LLANELLI got their Premiership campaign off to a flying start with a bonus-point victory over...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoKnoyle sparkles to give Phillips ideal start
Premiership By SIMON ROBERTS Merthyr....................22 RGC............................. 15 ROWLAND Phillips kicked off his tenure as new Merthyr boss with a hard-fought victory...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLloyd helps Steelmen turn tables
Premiership By LEANNE THOMAS Newport...................22 Ebbw Vale...............25 EBBW Vale caught Newport cold on the opening weekend of the season with a...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoFish catches Ponty cold with 13-point tally
Premiership By SIMON ROBERTS Pontypridd.............. 12 Cardiff......................26 WILY old Dan Fish proved the difference as Premiership champions Cardiff saw off rivals...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoPrice the pick of Ponty’s star turns Championship round-up
By STEFFAN THOMAS PONTYPOOL underlined why they are favourites for promotion to the Premiership as they ran in seven tries at...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoThousands gather to say farewell to Benny
Peter Jackson at Parc y Scarlets for Phil Bennett’s memorial service The 440-mile drive there and back took him all of...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCreation of Welsh regions was a ‘short-term fix that has not worked’, says Eddie Butler
Eddie Butler feels the creation of the Welsh regions was a short-term fix that has not worked for the Welsh game....
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoMountain Ash finish season with perfect 10 out of 10
By ROB COLE National 1 round-up MOUNTAIN Ash maintained their unbeaten record as they made it a perfect 10 out of...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoWelsh rugby ‘laughing stock’ and should reduce to three teams – says former WRU chief David Moffett
Former Welsh Rugby Union chief executive David Moffett feels that Wales’ four professional teams should be replaced by three teams. Last...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoThomas puts boot in to spoil Dale’s party
Premiership By JARRED EVITTS Merthyr ................43 Aberavon..............44 THERE was to be no fairytale farewell for Merthyr head coach Dale McIntosh, who’s...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBargoed leapfrog Neath with six-try salvo
Welsh round-up BARGOED made up for the heartache of losing the WRU Championship final to Neath by winning the Championship with...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoAce Evans lands last-kick sucker punch
Premiership By HUWS THOMAS Llandovery ..........29 Bridgend ..............30 BRIDGEND upset the Llandovery applecart in style with full-back Cai Evans – son...
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