Welsh Rugby
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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...
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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...












