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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoStrange return rocked by Thompson
By FREDDIE BENNETT Merthyr.................... 31 Ebbw Vale............... 13 JASON STRANGE’S first game back in charge of Ebbw Vale ended in disappointing...
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/ 4 years agoDavies takes step back
ROB Davies is to stand down as Ospreys chairman and from his role on Welsh rugby’s Professional Rugby Board (PRB). Ospreys...
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/ 4 years agoChampions Cup opening weekend preview
The Heineken Champions Cup returns this weekend amidst coronavirus cancellation controversy. The 2021/22 edition of the 24 team tournament begins at...
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Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoScarlets concede Champions Cup opener with Bristol Bears
Scarlets have been forced to concede their opening Heineken Champions Cup Pool game vs Bristol Bears on Saturday. The decision was...
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/ 4 years agoPugh heads up Wales 7s
RUGBY SHORTS RICHIE Pugh is leaving his role as a coach at Ospreys to become the WRU head of Sevens. Ex-Wales...
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/ 4 years agoLyn leaves Russia job
RUGBY SHORTS LYN Jones has stepped down as Russia coach after three years in charge. Former flanker Jones, 57, who won...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoMercurial Teddy’s off in search of Test rebirth
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN France international winger Teddy Thomas wasn’t even in Racing 92’s squad for this weekend’s Top 14 defeat...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoBristol say No to plea by Scarlets to postpone
By PETER JACKSON BRISTOL Bears have turned down a request from the Covid-marooned Scarlets to postpone next Saturday’s Champions’ Cup tie...
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/ 4 years agoThe cooped-up players deserve our sympathy
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND WALES’ four regions begin their European campaigns this weekend and they will head into the...
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/ 4 years agoInjury-cursed Ashley wants key role in revival
By ALEX BYWATER FIT-AGAIN former Wales centre Ashley Beck is determined to take Worcester up the Premiership table and put together...
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Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoBordeaux can be Woki champs
PAUL REES CONSIDERS THE COVID IMPACT ON THIS SEASON’S EUROPEAN CUP Tigers roar in 2002: Leicester will be hoping to revive...
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Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoHere are the Best Rugby Players of 2021
Rugby Union, or simply rugby, is a close-contact team sport that dates back to the first part of the nineteenth century...
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/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
JON CLARKE, THE FORMER BRISTOL, NORTHAMPTON, WORCESTER & LEEDS CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1....
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/ 4 years ago‘Data backs 60-cap rule’
By STEFFAN THOMAS WELSH rugby has been told it must continue to bring its best players back from the Gallagher Premiership...
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/ 4 years agoGleave off to Dallas
RUGBY SHORTS HOOKER Todd Gleave has left Gloucester to join American Major League Rugby side Dallas Jackals. Gleave, 26, joined Gloucester...
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Features
/ 4 years agoInjured Alun Wyn to miss Six Nations
RUGBY SHORTS WALES captain Alun Wyn Jones, 36, is set to miss the 2022 Six Nations with a shoulder injury sustained...
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/ 4 years agoWelsh ace Cracknell joins Irish
LONDON Irish have signed flanker Olly Cracknell from Welsh side the Ospreys. The 27-year-old joins the Exiles with immediate effect after...
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/ 4 years agoBiggar’s kindness is fillip for young Fin
NEWS EXTRA WHEN Fin Smith was wondering what to do with himself after Worcester’s 66-10 defeat to Northampton in the last...
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/ 4 years agoRegions arrange A-team games to fill gap
NEWS EXTRA By STEFFAN THOMAS THREE of the four Welsh regions will play A-fixtures over the next four weeks. The United...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoToo much of Wales has become a rugby wasteland
CHRIS HEWETT The Rhinogydd range, rough and remote; the micro-breweries of Gwynedd; RS Thomas, the fierce preacher-poet of the Llyn Peninsula...
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/ 4 years agoDavies: Switch from Wales has given me new lease
By GARY FITZGERALD Kicking on: Aled Davies SARACENS scrum-half Aled Davies is loving his new English “adventure” and has no regrets...
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/ 4 years agoCall up for Young is common sense now
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Heading home: Wasps flanker Thomas Young deserves his call up to Wales squad PICTURE: Getty...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoPivac predicts more stars will follow Young
By STEFFAN THOMAS WAYNE Pivac believes more exiles will follow Thomas Young’s lead and return to Welsh rugby. Despite having only...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoLiam Williams joins Wales list of absent Lions stars
WALES have ruled Liam Williams out of the All Blacks’ match on October 30 – their eighth Lion to miss the...
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/ 4 years agoDrop-off in fans will rectify itself say Premiership
By PAUL REES PREMIERSHIP clubs believe the Covid pandemic is behind the drop in crowds for the first three weeks of...
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/ 4 years agoScott’s renaissance is worthy of a Test recall
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND WALES are set to confirm their squad for a humdinger of an autumn series this...
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Features
/ 4 years agoRoberts ruled out after knee surgery
DRAGONS centre Jamie Roberts will miss the next six weeks after undergoing minor knee surgery. Roberts, 34, was a replacement in...
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/ 4 years agoLet Hallam Amos fill the void at 15 for Wales, says Dai Young
HALLAM Amos has been tipped to fill the full-back void left by Liam Williams and Leigh Halfpenny for Wales’ daunting autumn...
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/ 4 years agoOpportunity knocks for Adam Beard after Hill and Ball departures from Wales scene
ADAM Beard plans on making the most of the departure of Cory Hill and Jake Ball from Welsh rugby. Ospreys second...
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/ 4 years agoCollins can boost Wales in midfield
By PETER JACKSON Tigers’ roar: Leicester players celebrate after being awarded a last minute, match-winning penalty try PICTURE: Getty Images WALES...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMy fortunes changed under Alec’s tutelage
MY LIFE IN RUGBY JON HUMPHREYS THE FORMER WALES, CARDIFF AND BATH HOOKER AND CURRENT WALES FORWARDS COACH GROWING up watching...
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/ 4 years agoAce Davies desperate to break his Irish duck
By STEFFAN THOMAS PREVIEW... Dragons v Leinster Today. Kick-off 2pm, Rodney Parade SAM Davies has never beaten an Irish side while...
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/ 4 years agoEvans in Kiwi fitness race
Injured: Jarrod Evans FLY-HALF Jarrod Evans is a doubt for the Autumn Internationals after damaging his sternum in Cardiff ’s win...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoAll Blacks pick up £2m fee in Cardiff
THE All Blacks will break all box-office records in Cardiff next month by collecting around £2m just for turning up. Their...
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/ 4 years agoBattle begins for most coveted jersey in Wales
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND THE hairs are standing up on the back of my neck at the prospect of...
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/ 4 years agoAmbitious Owen using Beard as inspiration
By ROB COLE PREVIEW... Dragons v Ospreys Today. Kick-off 2pm, Rodney Parade OWEN Watkin is using his Ospreys teammate Adam Beard...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWales star North aims to back for Christmas
RUGBY SHORTS OSPREYS three-quarter George North hopes to return from a serious knee injury during the festive period this season. The...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoDeadeye Jones swings it Ravens way
Premiership Cup By STEFFAN THOMAS Llanelli ..................18 Bridgend ..............21 FORMER Wales playmaker Matthew Jones helped Bridgend to a significant victory at...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoSwansea unable to handle Wizards power
Premiership Cup By PAUL HOPKINS Aberavon ..............27 Swansea ..............16 ABERAVON secured a bonus point win over local rivals Swansea in a...
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/ 4 years agoBaldwin’s committed from top to bottom
By PAUL REES SCOTT Baldwin this summer swapped a room at the top for one in the basement but the Wales...
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/ 4 years agoScott can get back to his best says Peel
SCARLETS’ signing Scott Williams has been tipped to recapture the form which made him a star on the international stage. The...
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/ 4 years agoSouth Africa can make league great
Paul Rees looks at the new URC League which starts next week and assesses the 16 teams World champion: Springbok No.8...
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/ 4 years agoWebb: Ease off on Anscombe
RHYS WEBB has pleaded for fans to give his Ospreys halfback partner Gareth Anscombe time to work his way back into...
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Features
/ 4 years agoAlun Wyn: More left in tank and I’m enjoying it
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON WALES captain Alun Wyn Jones says he will continue playing until his form and enjoyment decline....
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoWizards put on style in second half blitz
Premiership By ALEX BYWATER Aberavon ........43 Llanelli ............17 ABERAVON released a video with Hollywood actor Michael Sheen ahead of their first...
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/ 4 years agoDONCASTER KNIGHTS
Head of Rugby: Steve Boden Captain: Sam Graham Ground: Castle Park Capacity: 5,000 They’re my ones to watch. I think Steve...
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/ 4 years agoEXETER
Head of Rugby: Rob Baxter Captain: Jack Yeandle Ground: Sandy Park Capacity: 13,652 Exeter have long kept comings and goings in...
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/ 4 years agoLEICESTER
Head of Rugby: Steve Borthwick Captain: Ellis Genge Ground: Welford Road Capacity: 25,849 The Tigers are getting their bite back under...
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Features
/ 4 years agoIf we had Battle of Gnoll now we’d all be in jail!
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER LIONS, WALES, NEATH, OSPREYS, RICHMOND AND BRISTOL HOOKER BARRY WILLIAMS Good memories: Barry Williams playing...
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/ 4 years agoJordie let-off proves there’s one law for NZ and one for rest
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE was much evidence this week for those (ie everybody living outside of New Zealand) who have...
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