All posts tagged "Bridgend"
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/ 7 years agoPeter Jackson column: Glory days come with a big price for Dafydd
[quote] “Glory Days. Well they’ll pass you by, Glory Days In the wink of a young girl’s eye, Glory Days, Glory...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBudgen rolls back the years in victory over Met
By STEFFAN THOMAS Cardiff Met 13 Bedwas 31 BEDWAS advanced to the quarter-finals of the WRU National Cup with a hardfought...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGrabham heroics helps Ravens succeed on the road
By GEOFF CHAMPION Newbridge 0 Bridgend 21 BRIDGEND overcame plucky Championship side Newbridge with three tries in mud bath conditions. Owen...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoVale maintain unbeaten streak with gritty victory
By CARL FIELD Bridgend… 10 Ebbw Vale… 14 PRETTY it most certainly wasn’t but in the end Ebbw Vale held on...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBattling Brynmawr keeping tight grip on crown
WELSH BOWL & PLATE ROUND-UP By JAY BAYFORD BRYNMAWR marched into the quarter-finals of the WRU National Plate with a hard-earned...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRavens run riot to extend fine run after duo see red cards
By TRP REPORTER Swansea ………22 Bridgend ………12 SWANSEA continued their rich vein of form with a hard fought victory over Bridgend...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRumney’s five tries underline their title credentials
Welsh Division One round-up By JAY BAYFORD RUMNEY remain in the hunt for the One East Central title after a 36-20...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDanny Crosses twice as RGC bludgeon Bridgend
By TIM LEWIS RGC 1404 ........38 Bridgend ........15 RGC 1404 thrashed Bridgend with a bonus-point victory at Stadiwm Zip World to...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRavens run riot as Welsh All Blacks remain in crisis
By CARL FIELD Bridgend… 78 Neath… 5 BRIDGEND ran home 11 tries to inflict more pain on crisis-torn Neath at the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMurphy’s magic conjures up key win for battling Bridgend
■By ALEX BYWATER Bridgend …16 Aberavon …13 JAMIE Murphy’s last-gasp drop goal gave Bridgend a dramatic victory over his former side...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSuper sub completes bonus-point victory in style
By JOHN THOMPSON Llanelli …35 Bridgend …3 DEBUTANT Jake Baker scored a try offthe bench as Llanelli claimed a bonus-point win...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoUnbeaten Glynneath take over in West Central
Welsh Division One round-up GLAMORGAN Wanderers warmed up for their National Plate clash with holders Brynmawr next week with a thumping...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEighth win in row as Merthyr look every inch champions
By JON DALY Bridgend R......16 Bedwas..........22 ONLY one point separated the two teams before they ran out at the Brewery Field...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRees at the double as Bedwas cling on for win
By JON DALY Bridgend R......16 Bedwas ..........22 ONLY one point separated the two teams before they ran out at the Brewery...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoIndiscipline costs struggling Ravens dearly again
By ROB COLE Bridgend …0 Cardiff …36 BRIDGEND kept Cardiff scoreless for 25 minutes, but then shot themselves in the foot...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRavens have no answer as slick Carmarthen cut loose
■By STEFFAN THOMAS Carmarthen Q44 Bridgend …6 QUINS crossed for six unanswered tries as they thrashed a lacklustre Bridgend side in...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPrincipality Premiership
MERTHYR produced a powerful second-half performance to record a bonus-point victory over Bridgend at the Wern. The Ironmen took the lead...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHowells stars as Ravens unravel in second half
By PETER HUGHES Bridgend .35 Pontypridd .44 A THRILLING second-half showing from Pontypridd saw them come from behind to defeat Bridgend....
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBarnett hat-trick keeps Penallta on top
By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Division One round-up PENALLTA’S excellent start to the season continued with a 26-7 win over Blaenavon in...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoKynes scores brace as the Steelmen win again
By PETER HUGHES Ebbw Vale …17 Bridgend …16 EBBW Vale were made to work hard by their visitors as they clung...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCudd grabs spotlight from Keys marquee signings
By IWAN GABE DAVIES Cross Keys …32 Bridgend …25 AFTER making some star signings over the summer, Cross Keys got their...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoCutbacks cause fear over future of Welsh club game
By STEFFAN THOMAS FORMER Wales coach Nigel Davies fears some of rugby’s most historic clubs could fall out of existence with...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBridgend leap Aberavon in table with narrow win
By HOWARD EVANS Aberavon…14 Bridgend …17 BRIDGEND finished their campaign with a narrow victory at Aberavon at the Talbot Athletic Ground....
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRavens spread their wings with ten-try rampage
■By PAUL HOPKINS Bridgend …68 Bargoed …35 BRIDGEND continued their impressive run with a ten-try win over Bargoed. The Ravens’ first...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFive-try Quins take the title in fine style
Welsh Division One round-up MAESTEG Quins sealed the One West Central title in style with a 47-28 victory over Bridgend Athletic....
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLock O’Rourke snatches late win for the Ravens
Llanelli … 22 Bridgend … 25 By JON DALY SECOND row Shaun O’Rourke’s try two minutes from time earned Bridgend only...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agowin will make Felinfoel champs
Welsh Division One round-up By JAY BAYFORD FELINFOEL are just a win away from clinching the One West title after a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGatt’s the way to do it for brilliant Bridgend
By PAUL HOPKINS Bridgend …….24 Swansea ……….0 BRIDGEND eased to a comfortable win at home over a poor Swansea side at...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGowerton top but Felinfoel staying in touch
Welsh Division One round-up GOWERTON clung onto top spot in One West with a 24-10 victory at bottom club Tycroes. Josh...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLloyd scores only try in Ravens’ narrow victory
By PETER HUGHES Bridgend 11 Carmarthen 6 BRIDGEND battled to a narrow victory in difficult conditions, but it could have been...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE NEATH AND WALES FULL-BACK PAUL THORBURN Born in Germany but Welsh through and through, to captain my country on ten...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHamer stars as Gowerton close gap in West
Welsh Division One round-up GOWERTON moved into second place in One West with a 30-3 victory over struggling Tycroes. Josh Hamer...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRavens wings clipped as Ponty snatch it late on
■ By CHRIS SMART Pontypridd …38 Bridgend …37 PONTYPRIDD avoided a shock defeat by the narrowest of margins to Bridgend, turning...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWoods can’t wait to see Ebbw in action after delay
PREVIEW Newport v Ebbw Vale Sunday. Kick-off 2.30pm By DANIEL WILSON NEW Ebbw Vale head coach Greg Woods takes charge of...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGlynneath …0 Bridgend …48
■By ROGER THOMAS BRIDGENDbrushed aside the challenge of Glynneath with a strong performance to book their place in the next round....
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRavens put their claws into Neath to bag double triumph
By JON DALY Neath…8 Bridgend …15 BRIDGEND completed a Principality Premiership West league double over Ospreylian rivals Neath at the Gnoll....
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGardner’s double puts Brynmawr top
Welsh Division One round-up By CARL FIELD RYAN Gardner was at the double for Brynmawr as they won 32-0 at Croesyceiliog...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBeal lit up Arms Park long before Twickenham
Over the last 20 years almost as many embryonic Lions have taken their first steps at what must be the most...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMurphy, from Bridgend to Berlin
NO shortage of Murphys have flitted across the global stage in their time from Noel Murphy of Munster, Ireland and the...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoWatkin back on top after long injury nightmare
By STEFFAN THOMAS NEWS EXTRA A FORTNIGHT ago Owen Watkin was lining up for Bridgend against Carmarthen Quins in front of...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRGC1404……….26 Carm Quins ….13
THREE tries in the space of a four-minute purple patch around the half-time interval were enough to carry RGC1404 to a...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRavens cling on at the death to deny Quins fightback
By LUKE FOX Carmarthen…30 Bridgend …28 BRIDGEND almost timed their second-half revival to perfection, but ultimately fell short in a narrow...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoStarlet Morgan at the double to carry Bridgend to victory
■By JAMES LLOYD Bridgend 27 Llanelli 18 RISING Wales Under-18 star Harri Morgan added to his growing reputation as he scored...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPrincipality Premiership
Swansea …22 Bridgend …6 BRIDGEN Dwere made to pay for two yellow cards in the final ten minutes as they slipped...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDominant Drovers continue fine start to season
Bridgend …13 Llandovery …31 By JAMES LLOYD LLANDOVERY made it two wins from two to kickoff their Principality Premiership campaign with...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Ryan Bevington – Bristol and former Ospreys prop
1. Ryan Bevington – I’d love to play in the team I’m about to pick so I’d have to select myself...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
CHRISTIAN LOADER FORMER WALES, SWANSEA, PONTYPRIDD, ROTHERHAM AND BATH PROP Believe it or not, I started out as a full-back at...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher picks his all-time Lions XV
15. JPR Williams Ever present in 1971 and 1974 and a player who took the fight to the ‘enemy’ more than...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoTIER 2 FINAL:Neath 14 Newport 32
By ROB COLE GERAINT O’Driscoll stepped in to fill the Newport No.10 jersey and guided the Black & Ambers to the...












