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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCotton: I can’t see Welsh win
By PETER JACKSON One of England’s all time greats has delivered a withering verdict on Wales as they struggle to stop...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoYoung: Smaller squads will affect player welfare
Cardiff head coach Dai Young has concerns over player welfare as the Welsh regions prepare to have their squads severely reduced....
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWhat’s in this Sunday’s Rugby Paper (03/03/23)
The Six Nations has its second and last weekend off this Saturday and Sunday, but there’s plenty of top class action,...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoRugby World Cup gets close; Favourites, dark horses and the talent
Outcomes from test matches in 2022 show that predictability is no longer present. There is more freshness in the air than...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoSouthern invasion gives no comfort
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW When the rest of Welsh rugby kept falling to its knees before their...
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Features
/ 3 years agoGrassroots rugby now in a fight for its future
Paul Rees says both the RFU and WRU are struggling to make the numbers add up and face some hard choices...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSaints switch paying off for hooker Smith
By PAUL REES On the ball: Northampton hooker Robbie Smith Robbie Smith joined Northampton from Newcastle last summer because he wanted...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoChiefs set to make a move for prop Smith
ON THE BLINDSIDE In demand: Ospreys prop Nicky Smith PICTURES: Getty Images Exeter Chiefs have sounded out Ospreys and Wales prop...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWebb in line for Baa-Baas return against World XV
WALES scrum-half Rhys Webb is set for a Barbarians return against a World XV in May. The 34-year-old Webb is in...
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Features
/ 3 years agoBattle lines drawn up in sideshow showdown
Paul Rees sees two international coaches who are facing very different challenges in Cardiff Wales's biennial Six Nations encounter with England...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 3 years agoIn this Sunday’s TRP (19/02/23)
Though the Six Nations settling down for the first of two rest weeks, there is plenty of action and features still...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, February 12, 2023 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoWin at Murrayfield or it will be a long campaign
SHANE WILLIAMS Warren Gatland and his coaching team know they can fix the problems they saw in the performance and the...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoCritics pile in as shell-shocked WRU faces ‘worst crisis ever’
By PETER JACKSON Wales kick the Six Nations off on Saturday with their employers ‘shellshocked’ by explosive public anger over the...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoFrench fade away as Champions Cup heads to the business stage
By PAUL REES The Heineken Champions Cup is still occasionally referred to as Europe, but the presence of three South African...
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Features
/ 3 years agoKeep your cool and you’ll have a chance
SHANE WILLIAMS The phoney war is about to end, and we will be getting down to the action in the Six...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoGatland still has an Irish score to settle
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW AS traumatic Six Nations’ finales go, the one when Ireland under Warren Gatland...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoReturn of the ringmaster gives hope of a revival
Team-by-team Six Nations Previews: Wales Warren Gatland’s return as Wales’s head coach coincided with the Welsh regions making an overdue impact in...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoI don’t expect call from Warren, says Cardiff boss Young
By LUKE JARMYN It will be an unexpected surprise if Warren Gatland contacts the head coaches of the four Welsh regions...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoDrama as Williams steals it at the last
By ROGER PANTING Leicester .......................... 26pts Tries: van Poortvliet 15, Simmons 48 Conversions: Pollard 15, 48 Penalties: Pollard 3, 19, 67,...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoBooth: Stressful and amazing
Ospreys head coach Toby Booth praised the superb entertainment on offer. “I didn’t think the drama of last week’s win could...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoSix Nations squads in-depth: Wales
Scarlets hooker Ken Owens has been named as captain for Wales’ Six Nations campaign, taking over from Justin Tipuric. Returning coach...
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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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Latest News
/ 3 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, January 22, 2023 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY, JANUARY 22...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 3 years agoIn this Sunday’s Rugby Paper (22/01/23)
After a week where Eddie Jones was named Australia boss and England named their Six Nations squad, and with an exciting...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoChampions Cup Friday and Saturday preview: Final Round
It’s the final round of the 2022/23 Champions Cup group stages, and though half of the sides in the last 16...
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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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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoChampions Cup Friday and Saturday preview
It’s an incredibly busy Friday and Saturday in the Heineken Champions Cup, with nine fixtures over the next two days as...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoGatland has great chance to make a big difference
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND It was a pleasant and pretty reassuring sight seeing Warren Gatland back in the stands...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoMisery for Cardiff as Scarlets triumph
By ROGER PANTING Cardiff .................22pts Tries: Faletau 35, Carre 48, Adams 63 Conversions: Evans 35, 48 Penalties: Evans 2 Scarlets ..............28pts...
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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 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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Latest News
/ 3 years agoURC Friday and Saturday preview: Round 12
In a week where they suffered a chastening defeat at the hands of a 14-man Scarlets team and finally sealed the...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoNo return for Howley in Gatland’s new Wales
By PETER JACKSON Wales have decided against making any formal move towards renewing Rob Howley’s Grand Slam-winning alliance with Warren Gatland....
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years ago15 sparklers shining out of a tough year for rugby
CHRIS HEWETT Bernard Laporte, Wasps and Worcester, the online victimisation of Wayne Barnes, the financial trials of the English Premiership, the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoQuartet hoping to impress Gatland
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND It doesn’t take much to change the mood of Welsh rugby. A win here, a...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoWhy it’s time for a world in union
Paul Rees says this season's Heineken Champions Cup highlights the need for a Global, joined up season Nothing highlights the need...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoTurnbull calls for another Welsh scalp as rivals clash
CARDIFF back row Josh Turnbull has been impressed with his side’s strength of character in recent weeks and wants more of...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoDomachowski try kills off Dragons
By BEN JAYCOCK Match winner: Cardiff celebrate after Corey Domachowski’s late try downed the Dragons COREY Domachowski proved the unlikely match-winner...
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/ 3 years agoWales centre Allen, 29, calls time
NEWS EXTRA FORMER Wales centre Cory Allen has retired from professional rugby at the age of 29 because of injury. Allen,...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoLewis hit with injury
CARDIFF prop Dillon Lewis faces a race to prove his fitness ahead of Wales' Six Nations opener against Ireland on February...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoJapanese interested in taking Williams back
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Former Wales fly-half Owen Williams is a target for Japanese...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoBorthwick’s challenge is to lift England hearts again
Paul Rees looks back on a rugby year which was very good for some, but not so good for others... At...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoTop clubs finding it tough in Europe
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Reigning Champions Cup title holders La Rochelle and 2021 winners Toulouse have been notable exceptions but Top...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoThe gobby Australian who still had more to give
Paul Rees says the RFU should have stuck with Eddie Jones, just like the FA kept fait with Gareth Southgate England...
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News Extra
/ 3 years agoNorth ruled out after cheekbone operation
WALES centre George North has had an operation after suffering a facial injury during the Ospreys’ defeat to Leicester Tigers last...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoSix Nations agony for Anscombe
By PETER JACKSON Gareth Anscombe will miss the entire Six Nations tournament for the third time in four seasons. The full...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoJVP: I will always be thankful to Eddie
By GARY FITZGERALD Eddie Jones’ tenure as England head coach may have ended but Jack van Poortvliet will always be grateful...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoBorthwick keeps his focus on Tigers task
By GARY FITZGERALD Preview Ospreys v Leicester Today. Kick-off 5.30pm STEVE Borthwick pushed aside thoughts on his own coaching future to...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRegions agree fresh six-year framework
By STEVE WILSON THE four professional Welsh regions have reached “a new six-year framework” which they hope can resolve the game’s...
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