All posts tagged "Bridgend"
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoTiger Reffell raring to rip into Robshaw
By NEALE HARVEY Fast learner: Tommy Reffell PICTURE: Getty Images RISING star Tommy Reffell goes into battle against Premiership legend Chris...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRavens swoop for another of Cardiff’s stars
BRIDGEND Ravens are set to sign Cardiff full-back Edd Howley as the capital side’s playing stock continues to plummet. With Cardiff...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRugby Matters: I remember the magic of those midweek matches
Brendan Gallagher recalls the derby nights under the lights of Pontypool's record-breaking 1983-84
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Features
/ 5 years agoI remember the magic of those midweek matches
BRENDAN GALLAGHER RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Floodlit fun: Midweek Pooler and Cardiff clashes were...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWebbe had an answer for racism: Laugh at it
Ground-breaker: Glenn Webbe playing for Wales against Scotland Glenn Webbe has never been one to blow his own trumpet. Had he...
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Features
/ 5 years agoYOUNG GUNS
MORGANSTRONG OSPREYS NO.8 Morgan Strong was 14 when he heard the immortal words that changed his life. “You’re not good enough,”said...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoEbbw ace Rubasniak earns first Test call for Poland
NEWS EXTRA ■By ROB COLE DAWID Rubasniak should have been battling relegation and the elements for Ebbw Vale at Carmarthen Quins...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoVale boost survival hopes with drab draw
■By ROB COLE Carmarthen Q …6 Ebbw Vale ………6 EBBW Vale pulled off another great away day display to move further...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCardiff back with a bang to increase lead
■By CHRIS GRAHAM Cardiff …………41 Bridgend ………12 CARDIFF may not have played a league fixture for six weeks, but they showed...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNewport away from danger
Welsh Premiership Newport …………………………17 Swansea………………………0 NEWPORT’S steady climb to safety continued with a win at Rodney Parade. They are now 15...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoToo little too late for Ravens as Drovers seal win
Bridgend ........14 Llandovery ....35 By PAUL HOPKINS LLANDOVERY held off a late fightback to secure a bonus-point away victory. The first...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoIronmen exact revenge over Ravens
By ROB COLE PACK power helped Merthyr to a fourth win in a row as they overcame Bridgend at home. The...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHonours even as Steelmen close the gap
By RICHARD THOMPSON EBBW Vale hung on to pick up two much needed points as they restricted Llandovery to a single...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJenkins powers Wizards to victory
By SEAN TAYLOR THE power of Aberavon loosehead prop Rowan Jenkins turned the game in his side’s favour and allowed them...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEmlyn stay top despite surprise defeat
Welsh Division One round-up By CARL FIELD NEWCASTLE Emlyn’s 100 per cent record in One West came to an end with...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBridgend charge halted by O’Brien winner
By ROB COLE MATT O’Brien broke Bridgend hearts as he snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with a 45-metre penalty...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago91-0! It’s a mauling as Bridge prepare for Plate
Welsh Division One round-up By CARL FIELD NEWBRIDGEwarmed up for next weekend’s Specsavers National Plate quarter-final showdown against holders and One...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoRavens secure crucial victory to ease fears
By PAUL HOPKINS BRIDGEND eased their relegation concerns with a determined win over regional rivals Swansea. In the opening exchanges a...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJimmy’s magic keeps Bridge on top
Welsh Division One round-up ■By CARL FIELD NEWBRIDGEare number one at Christmas in One East after bagging a 33-13 bonus-point home...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRavens hit for six as No.9 stakes Scarlets claim
By THOMAS WILSON Carmarthen…38 Bridgend Rav …8 JONATHAN Evans staked a claim for a Scarlets return with a two-try display as...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCardiff magnificent with seven in a row
By CALLUM ELLIS Bridgend ........12 Cardiff ............34 RUNAWAY leaders Cardiff made it a Magnificent Seven wins in a row. Stuart Floyd-Ellis...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNewport aim to shake off Sunday blues
By ROB COLE PREVIEW... Newport v Pontypridd Sunday, kick-off 2:30pm NEWPORT will be hoping to make it three wins in a...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWelsh Cup
Beddau 3 Carmarthen Q34 Beddau bow out shy of maiden quarter-final By JAMES HUSBAND CARMARTHEN Quins used their powerful driving maul...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPremiership
Newport 22 Bridgend 0 Ravens’ wings clipped as Newport ease home By GARETH JONES BRIDGEND conceded two tries while down to...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMerthyr rocked by opening Bridgend blitz
By JAMES CANDY CHAMPIONSMerthyr suffered another away day defeat as Bridgend unleashed a first-half blitz.. Tyler Williams and Ben Mayers-Davies crashed...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDeadshot Edwards hits late winner for Birchgrove
Welsh Cups round-up By CARL FIELD LAST season’s National Plate runners-up Bonymaen took another step towards a return to the Principality...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoAlfie will be ‘allright, butt’
Leading Lion: Gareth Thomas in action against New Zealand in 2005 PICTURE: Getty Images SURVIVING mankind’s longest test of endurance and...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEllis doubles up as Beddau shoot down the Ravens
By CARL FIELD Brace: Cameron Ellis CHAMPIONSHIP club Beddau pulled off the shock of the National Cup first round as they...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJones’ arrival ruined by late drama at Bridgend
Premiership Bridgend ………26 Aberavon………27 ■ By ROB COLE ALED Thomas spoiled former Wales hooker Steve Jones’ first game in charge of...
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Features
/ 6 years agoCan M. Poirot solve the prop riddle the way John Lloyd did?
His name is synonymous with a revered American president and a famous Belgian detective and in Nice last night Jefferson Poirot...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoCardiff Uni lose Davies to Bridgend
By ROB COLE CARDIFF University are looking for a new director of rugby following the departure of Alun Wyn Davies to...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoChasing pack is closing on All Blacks says Price
By ROB COLE BACK-TO-BACK champions New Zealand have gone off the boil and have left the door wide open for another...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoYoung Gun: Leicester Tigers and Wales U20 Tommy Reffell
Do Leicester Tigers have a young Justin Tipuric on their hands?
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHowe holds his nerve to send Ravens soaring to safety
By ALEX BYWATER Pontypridd ....31 Bridgend ........34 A LAST-GASP Owen Howe penalty saved Bridgend from relegation as they claimed a famous...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLlanelli bring up their half century to keep hopes alive
■ By TIM LEWIS Llanelli …57 Neath…13 LLANELLI gave themselves a strong chance of retaining their Principality Premiership status as they...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPooler complete another clean sweep
Welsh Championship round-up ■ By CARL FIELD PONTYPOOL put the crowning glory on yet another 100 per cent winning campaign in...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBedwas hit six but know victory may not be enough to survive
By ROB COLE Aberavon ……19 Bedwas ……….38 BEDWAS hit the Wizards for six as they kept alive their hopes of Premiership...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoUntroubled Ravens still cling to their top-flight status
By GUTO DAVIES Bargoed …………0 Bridgend ……29 BRIDGEND powered to a crucial bonus-point away win over an already relegated Bargoed. It...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPrincipality Premiership
RGC 1404 …13 Aberavon …15 JAC Morgan crossed for a last-gasp try as Aberavon came from behind to steal victory over...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLate try secures Ravens a vital losing point at Bedwas
By MAX BENNETT Bedwas …31 Bridgend …24 BRIDGEND picked up what could yet prove to be a priceless losing bonuspoint after...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
STEVE WINN THE FORMER BRIDGEND, SWANSEA, NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS & CORNISH PIRATES CENTRE Istill get mistaken for Tom Shanklin or Gareth...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoWomen’s game needs new laws to avoid head injuries
JEFF PROBYN Brick wall: England fly-half Katy Daley-Mclean is hit hard by Ireland’s Lindsay Peat PICTURE: Getty Images A FRONT ROW...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHat-trick hero Davies takes Ironmen back to the summit
■By ALEX BYWATER Cross Keys …28 Merthyr …53 HARRI Davies and Merthyr made hay while the sun shone as the wing...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoGunter on target as Brecon win battle of the leaders in the Plate
Welsh Plate /Bowl s-finals THE top two in One East clashed for a place in the final of WRU National Plate...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWales have a way to go to emulate JPR’s record
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Ferocious: JPR Williams on the Lions tour of 1971 The sideboards are still...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCooney’s late strike leaves Ospreys pointless
By STEFFAN THOMAS ALLEN Clarke claims the Ospreys have lost control of their own PRO14 destiny after slipping to a poor...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRavens enjoy away day success despite sin-bin troubles
By HUW JONES Llandovery ….10 Bridgend ……19 BRIDGEND defied two yellow cards to record their first win at Church Bank for...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBedwas breeze past the Bulls to end rotten run
By JON DALY Bedwas ……….52 Bargoed …………7 BEDWAS climbed out of the automatic relegation places as they plundered a magnificent seven...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHat-trick hero Gee inspires Ironmen to comeback
By CARL FIELD Bridgend ……..17 Merthyr ……….24 TERI Gee inspired Merthyr as they returned to winning ways in the Principality Premiership...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoOtters narrow the gap with 7-try thrashing
Welsh round-up By CARL FIELD NARBERTH moved to within a point of second spot in the Championship with a magnificent seventry...












