All posts tagged "Cardiff"
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Chris Hewett
/ 12 hours agoGlad we were spared Gianni’s sycophancy
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED JUST for once, we must congratulate World Rugby on getting it right. Their staging of the pool...
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Latest News
/ 12 hours agoThe Big Brekky feeding the soul as well as body
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW ON THE filthiest of winter mornings last Tuesday when the squalls rattled everybody...
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Latest News
/ 12 hours agoYou’ve still got a few more years to go yet, Leigh
Veteran: Leigh Halfpenny playing for Cardiff last night PICTURE: Getty Images JIMMY Gopperth went to within a fortnight or so of...
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Challenge Cup
/ 12 hours agoSheedy hits the mark to snatch it for Cardiff
■ By ROGER PANTING Cardiff ...............29pts Tries: Nott 7, Bowen 12, Southworth 65, Thomas 75 Conversions: Halfpenny 8, Sheedy 65, 75...
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Latest News
/ 12 hours agoL’borough triumph to take top spot
BUCS RUGBY ■ By JOSEPH TERRY LOUGHBOROUGH moved top of the BUCS Super Rugby table, after defeating Exeter 49-40 in a...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 12 hours agoFranchi treble fires Steelmen
Super Rygbi round-up By CARL FIELD CAPTAIN Joe Fran-chi’s hat-trick inspired Super Rygbi Cymru leaders Ebbw Vale to maximum points in...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 12 hours agoMerthyr sweep Ponty aside
Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD WELSH Premiership champions Merthyr maintained their 100 per cent winning record and struck a blow in...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 12 hours agoTierney’s new year date to return full-time
WRU chief executive Abi Tierney will return to fully resume her position in the new year. Tierney has been undergoing medical...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 week agoSouth Africa lock Eben Etzebeth gets 12-week ban for eye gouge
South Africa lock Eben Etzebeth has been banned for 12 weeks for an eye gouge on Wales flanker Alex Mann.
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Challenge Cup
/ 1 week agoNew full-back Young shows his class in Cardiff defeat
■By SIMON THOMAS S Francais .......38pts Tries: Ibo 17, 50; Halaifonua 42, Scelzo 60, Foursans-Bourdette 64, Laloi 73 Conversion: Foursans-Bourdette 43,...
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Columnists
/ 1 week agoPeter Jackson: When Dafydd James asked ref to end the misery
When the roof caved in on Wales and their predicament cried out for someone to put a humane end to the...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoCardiff Met claim capital bragging rights
BUCS RUGBY ■ By JOSEPH TERRY CARDIFF Met defeated Cardiff 31-29 securing a Clash double in a back-and-forth tie at Arms...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoChamps Hartpury revving up says prop Alexander
NEWS EXTRA ■ By JOSEPH TERRY HARTPURY loosehead George Alexander believes the tide has turned on his side’s stuttering BUCS Super...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 week agoSuperb Steelmen show true mettle
Super Rygbi round-up ■By CARL FIELD EBBW Vale march on at the top of Super Rygbi Cymru after a 45-24 win...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 week agoPontypridd close in on leaders
Premiership round-up ■By CARL FIELD PONTYPRIDD moved to within four points of defending Welsh Premiership champions and current leaders Merthyr after...
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Latest News
/ 2 weeks agoWoeful Wales hit new low in Cardiff
By SAM JACKSON WALES slumped to a record home defeat to South Africa in Cardiff to end their international year on...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 weeks agoWales 0-73 South Africa: Steve Tandy’s pointless side put to shame in 11-try thrashing
A weakened Wales suffered an all-time record home defeat in a brutally one-sided contest at the Principality Stadium.
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 weeks agoHat-trick for Hughes as Cardiff play power game
■By SIMON THOMAS Zebre .................14pts Tries: Licata 30, Zanon 74 Conversion: Farias 31, 75 Cardiff ..............29pts Tries: Hughes 13, 18, 40;...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 weeks agoBrendan Gallagher: Bravo referee Matt Carley for taking no nonsense
Of all the subjects that have irritated me in recent years – apart from the hardy annual of blatant forward passes...
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Latest News
/ 2 weeks agoGrace signs for Sale following trial period
SALE Sharks have signed Wales dual-code winger Regan Grace on a contract until February following a trial. Grace had been without...
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Latest News
/ 2 weeks agoLeaders crash to another home defeat
BUCS RUGBY By JOSEPH TERRY JUST three points separate the top three as this season’s unpredictability continued in men’s BUCS Super...
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Latest News
/ 2 weeks agoWales lock Pyrs powers Hartpury title bid
NEWS EXTRA By JOSEPH TERRY BANGOR-born farm girl Alaw Pyrs is leading the charge for Hartpury University this term, fresh from...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoFive-try Steelmen end Quins winning streak
Super Rygbi round-up By CARL FIELD SUPER Rygbi Cymru leaders Ebbw Vale picked up another double bonus-point victory as they scored...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 weeks agoBrendan Gallagher: Time for Wales to build attack around Louis Rees-Zammit
In the macho unforgiving world of elite sport and especially rugby there is meant to be no consolation in defeat and...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 weeks agoWales prop Danny Southworth says working with Gethin Jenkins is awesome
New Wales prop Danny Southworth has revealed how he draws inspiration from loosehead legend Gethin Jenkins.
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Club Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoL’borough hold on to keep a grip in icy conditions
BUCS RUGBY ■By JOSEPH TERRY LOUGHBOROUGH held on to defeat Cardiff Met at the Arms Park 19-15 in Men’s BUCS Super...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoSmit joins Cardiff
CARDIFF have signed Cornel Smit from URC rivals Bulls, the 28-year-old centre who can also play fly-half and wing. He will...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoSwansea fight hard for draw
Super Rygbi round-up By ROB COLE SWANSEA came back from the dead at the electric Brewery Field to snatch a 29-29...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 weeks ago10-try Ironmen go on rampage
Premiership round-up By ROB COLE MERTHYR went on the rampage against Cardiff Met at The Wern in the only Premiership match...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 weeks agoWales v All Blacks is always big – Dale MacLeod
Dragons’ Kiwi coach Dale MacLeod insists that playing Wales remains a big deal in his native New Zealand.
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 weeks agoWales flanker Alex Mann happy to share limelight with his best mate
Alex Mann admits it’s a surreal feeling to be on Wales duty at the same time as his best mate Isaak...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 weeks agoPaul Rees: The most significant win for England under Steve Borthwick
England’s players formed a U shape as New Zealand started the haka, and on a day when their indomitable will took...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 weeks agoWales 24-23 Japan: Jarrod Evans hits the target as Steve Tandy’s side steal it at the death
An 83rd-minute penalty from replacement Jarrod Evans deprived Japan of a deserved first victory in Wales in a dramatic finish.
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Latest News
/ 4 weeks agoHartpury manage to get things sorted
BUCS RUGBY By JOSEPH TERRY JUST one top-half team in Men’s BUCS Super Rugby won this week as action resumed after...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 weeks agoOran Murphy: I owe it to myself to give it another crack
Loughborough University loosehead Oran Murphy has been spearheading the African Violet charge to yet another title attack in a formidable pack,...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 weeks agoBeddau can’t stop Merthyr
Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD REIGNING champions Merthyr went top of the Welsh Premiership after beating Beddau 22-15 at the Wern...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 month ago‘Fast and explosive’ Louis Rees-Zammit back in ‘happy place’ after Wales return
Louis Rees-Zammit is determined to bring star quality to rugby after returning from his 18-month spell in the NFL “heavier, faster...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoIsaac Marsh: From Gloucester to Cardiff Met – chasing the next chapter
“I heard life is what passes when you're too busy living.” The opening line of Zach Bryan’s “Late July” makes you...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 month agoWales suffer heavy defeat to Argentina in Steve Tandy’s first match as head coach
Wales began the Steve Tandy era with an emphatic defeat as Argentina claimed a record 52-28 victory in Cardiff.
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Letters
/ 1 month agoAbandon fully professional rugby in Wales – it is not working
WELSH rugby is in dire straits. I believe it is a position that is irrecoverable with the current regional model and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 month agoBrendan Gallagher: When Pumas gave Wales a tough time
The record books tell us that Wales and today’s opponents, Argentina, have contested 22 Tests since their first official meeting in...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoBack in the real world and Meg Jones is raring to go
Having just conquered rugby’s Everest, Meg Jones says the return to day-to-day life and the start of the PWR has been...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoExeter prove they are the team to beat
BUCS RUGBY By JOSEPH TERRY FAULTLESS Exeter will have rested this week in Men’s BUCS Super Rugby crystal clear they are...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 month agoPonty return to winning ways
Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD WELSH Premiership pace setters Pontypridd bounced back from last weekend’s first league defeat at Neath by...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoSmith focuses on playing
WALES prop Nicky Smith says the squad will not “bury heads in the sand” over the prospect of a professional club...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoRoue enjoying kicking peace
By JOSEPH TERRY BATH University flyhalf Will Roue believes his childhood experience playing rugby in Singapore and New Zealand has greatly...
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Letters
/ 1 month agoWRU are going to make same mistakes again
WITH the Welsh Rugby Union having announced the reduction of professional teams in Wales from four to three, I fear that...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 month agoI loved watching Gavin Henson play, says Jacob Beetham
When Jacob Beetham thinks back to the players he most enjoyed watching when growing up, one name stands out – Gavin...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoBristol Bears 19-49 Bath: Luckless Bears are given the runaround
Bath, the holders of the Prem Cup, kept alive their hopes of retaining the trophy with a convincing bonus-point victory over...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoBevan joins Bristol on short-term deal
BRISTOL Bears have signed Cardiff and Wales scrum-half Ellis Bevan on a four-week loan to help ease the club through their...
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