All posts tagged "Bridgend"
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoMerthyr facing final challenge
Welsh Rugby Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD LLANDOVERY will lock horns with Merthyr in next month’s WRU Premiership Cup final at...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoNewport make it seven in a row
Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD HOOKER Henry Palmer grabbed a hat-trick to inspire second-placed Newport to a 31-15 win at Merthyr....
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoExeter College top 10 in Devon
SCHOOLS REPORT By TOM JEFFREYS Tens season is upon us and the first such tournament took place in the south-west with...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoHarries hits four as Ebbw run riot
Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD SCRUM-HALF Rory Harries scored four times as Ebbw Vale took the disappointment of their agonising defeat...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoLlandovery edge past rivals Ebbw
Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD LLANDOVERY clung on to beat Ebbw Vale 17-15 in the battle of the Welsh Premiership’s top...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 years agoFull-back Hopkins is star of the show as fans pay tribute to JPR
By SIMON THOMAS Ospreys.............25pts Tries: Hopkins 40, 50, Giles 63 Conversions: Edwards 51, 64 Penalties: Edwards 34, 43 Perpignan........... 3pts Penalties:...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoWhen JPR enjoyed his day at court
The late JPR Williams has many claims to sporting fame and one of the more esoteric is that he played in...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoThe rock on which a team was built
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW THOSE planning this year’s Golden Jubilee of the 1974 Lions would have considered...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoJones leads the way for Merthyr
Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD A STUNNING hattrick from full-back Ben Jones inspired Merthyr to a magnificent seven-try 50-32 win over...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoTeenager Morse is too good for Cardiff
By BEN JAYCOCK TEENAGE sensation Morgan Morse was the star of the show on New Year’s Day as the 18-year-old scored...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoTitcombe leads Quins to victory
Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD CARMARTHEN Quins’ nine-game losing streak in the league is over after they got the better of...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoSteelmen show grit to hit back against Ponty
Premiership round-up By ROB COLE EBBW VALE completed a smash and grab raid in the second half at Sardis Road to...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 2 years agoDay when the tears flowed for Devereux
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW THE Brewery Field in Bridgend last Wednesday night offered more than a few...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoNewport celebrate double over Pooler
Premiership round-up By ROB COLE MATT O’Brien turned on the magic once again as he spearheaded Newport to a Premiership double...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoLlandovery made to fight all the way
Premiership round-up By ANDY HOWELL LLANDOVERY remain top of the Premiership following a hard-fought 27-10 victory over Aberavon at Church Bank....
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoNo room at the top for Welsh regions
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW AS Anglo-Welsh duels of the blood-and-guts variety go, one springs foremost to mind:...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoHolders bow out as Vale set their sights
By CARL FIELD Premiership Cup round-up EBBW Vale, Swansea, Llandovery and Merthyr all booked their places in the Premiership Cup semi-finals....
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoHyatt happy to see Aberavon hit form
■By CARL FIELD Premiership round-up ABERAVON head coach Jason Hyatt was a proud man after his side responded to their heavy...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoDay Wales played a game of four halves
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW It’s built beneath the mountain, beneath the coal and clay, It’s where we...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoAnother maximum for flying Drovers
Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD CHAMPIONS Llandovery made it five successive bonus point victories and nine wins out of 10 after...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoEbbw Vale prevent Newport going top
Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD NEWPORT missed the chance to go top of the Premiership after their five-game winning streak was...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoLitterick learned prop trade through Jones
By SIMON THOMAS Rising star: Rhys Litterick AS a young tighthead learning the ropes, new Cardiff Rugby prop Rhys Litterick could...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoLlandovery hit four to end Pooler’s run
Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD CHAMPIONS Llandovery made it four straight bonus-point wins in the Premiership as they beat Pontypool 37-21...
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Features
/ 2 years agoRees quick on the draw for Drovers
Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD LLANDOVERY recorded a third straight bonus-point win as they beat Bridgend 36-13 to move three points...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoNeath can’t live with Drovers
By ROB COLE Premiership round-up LLANDOVERY hit bottom side Neath for six at Church Bank on their way to a 38-7...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 years agoSteelmen keep up pressure on Drovers
By ROB COLE Premiership round-up EBBW Vale kept up the pressure on table-topping Llandovery in the Indigo Premiership as they picked...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoJarvis holds nerve to down Aberavon
Premiership round-up By ROB COLE MATTHEW Jarvis returned to one of his old stamping grounds and kicked Pontypool to a 12-10...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoCardiff land prop Litterick
Cardiff have signed Harlequins prop Rhys Litterick for next season. The 24-year-old front row from West Sussex is Wales-qualified through his...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoDodd’s late show clinches Swans’ thriller
By WILLIAM SPARKES Swansea.................32 Bridgend.................. 31 Swansea held on to defeat Bridgend by a single point in a thriller at St...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoNewport homing in on play-off race
Premiership By SIMON HOGG Newport...................33 Merthyr....................27 NEWPORT made it three wins in nine days as they beat Merthyr to move closer...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoHarvey hat-trick sparks Ravens triumph
By NIGEL HARDY Llanelli.............. 12 Bridgend.......... 47 REPLACEMENT hooker Gareth Harvey notched a hat-trick of tries as his Bridgend Ravens side...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoWarren keeps Drovers’ dream alive
By HUW S THOMAS Bridgend.................... 8 Llandovery............. 31 The Indigo Premiership leaders resisted the gritty challenge of much improved Bridgend to...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoAll over for Evans after 111 lineouts
PETER JACKSON The Beatles’ first album and Ron Evans’ landing on the international stage happened as near simultaneously in 1963 as...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoBridgend on top in mud battle
Welsh Premiership By ROB COLE Bridgend ............8 Carmarthen Q ...7 The weather was almost the outright winner at the Brewery Field...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoBlue & Blacks keep ahead of pack
Premiership By ROB COLE Cardiff......................23 Bridgend.................. 18 CARDIFF hit back from their defeat at Llandovery to ensure they remain top of...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoGriffiths’ hat-trick present for JPR
By PAUL HOPKINS Bridgend..................40 RGC.............................25 Iwan Griffiths handed Bridgend president JPR Williams the perfect birthday gift with a hat-trick against play-off...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoNo Meek resistance as Kieran snatches it
Premiership By ROB COLE Ebbw Vale............... 30 Bridgend.................. 27 Kieran Meek’s last-gasp drop-goal snatched a dramatic win for Ebbw Vale. With...
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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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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoThe golden voice… that glorious try…
RUGBY MATTERS WE are fast approaching the 50th anniversary of what many consider the greatest try ever scored and frankly there...
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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 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 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 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
/ 4 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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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY FIXTURES
SATURDAY SEP 3 WELSH LEAGUES PREMIERSHIP: Aberavon v Bridgend, Carmarthen v Llandovery, Llanelli v Swansea, Merthyr RFC v RGC, Newport v...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoShort’s boot proves the difference
By STEFFAN THOMAS Ebbw Vale ..............7 Bridgend ................11 BRIDGEND made it backto-back Premiership wins as they edged out fellow strugglers Ebbw...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRace for Champ goes to final day
Welsh leagues round-up THE battle for the Championship title is going down to the wire with Bargoed, Neath and Pontypool all...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSale Sharks sign prolific wing Tom O’Flaherty from Exeter Chiefs on three-year deal
Sale Sharks have signed winger Tom O’Flaherty from Exeter Chiefs on a long-term contract. The prolific 27-year-old, who has scored 35...















