All posts tagged "Cardiff"
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Latest News
/ 5 days 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
/ 5 days 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
/ 5 days 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
/ 5 days 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
/ 5 days 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
/ 5 days 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
/ 5 days 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
/ 5 days 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
/ 2 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
/ 2 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
/ 2 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
/ 2 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
/ 2 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
/ 2 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 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
/ 3 weeks 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
/ 4 weeks 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
/ 4 weeks 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
/ 4 weeks 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
/ 4 weeks 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
/ 4 weeks 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
/ 4 weeks 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
/ 4 weeks 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
/ 4 weeks 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
/ 4 weeks 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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Latest News
/ 1 month agoExeter power past Hartpury to give them six of the best
BUCSRUGBY EXETER overpowered defending champions Hartpury 33-14 for six unbeaten matches, a victory that could be the passing of the BSR...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoMorris shows way for Ebbw
Welsh Rugby Super Rygbi round-up By CARL FIELD HOOKER Ieuan Morris marked his 50th Ebbw Vale appearance with a four-try salvo...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoNeath take down leaders Ponty
Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD NEATH inflicted a first league defeat of the season on Welsh Premiership leaders Pontypridd after coming...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoWelsh regions to be cut to three, announces WRU
The number of professional men’s teams in Wales is to be cut from four to three within three years.
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 month agoMark Jones is tipping Morgan Morse to make a big impact with Wales
Few people know new Wales squad member Morgan Morse better than Mark Jones. He worked with him at Wales U20s and...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 month agoLloyd keeps his nerve to snatch it for Cardiff
■ By ROGER PANTING Cardiff ...............20pts Tries: Mulder 6, Adams 14, Sebastian 42 Conversion: Lloyd 15 Penalty: Lloyd 73 Edinburgh .........19pts...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoCambridge banking on home wins
■ By BEN JAYCOCK CAMBRIDGE back row Ardal Yallop says next month’s back-to-back home games against Nottingham and Richmond will be...
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoPeter Jackson: Ospreys have good reason to spit blood
When the WRU delivered its damning verdict on the Ospreys and Scarlets, the judges ought to have been suitably dressed for...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoExeter on rampage as they demolish Durham
BUCS RUGBY By JOSEPH TERRY MEN’S BSR league leaders Exeter demolished Durham 45-7 securing a fifth win from five, buoyed by...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 month agoDrovers back on top of table
Super Rygbi round-up By CARL FIELD LLANDOVERY reclaimed top spot after collecting maximum points from a 35-17 victory over 14-man Bridgend...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 month agoSeven up for teenager Jones
Premiership Cup round-up TALENTED teenage winger Joseff Jones helped himself to seven of Merthyr’s 12 tries as the Iron-men recorded a...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoHuw Bevan takes new role at Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers have appointed WRU interim performance director Huw Bevan as head of rugby operations – a newly established role following...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoAlun Lawrence enjoying his whirlwind return at Cardiff
It’s safe to say Alun Lawrence has grabbed his second chance at Cardiff with both hands.
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoHarlequins’ Will Porter: Beating Saracens is just the start for us
Harlequins scrum-half Will Porter has warned his side there is more to winning the Prem than turning over bitter rivals Saracens.
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoPrem: Kieran Marmion grabs his main chance at Bristol Bears
Bristol Bears may be overrun by injuries, but Kieran Marmion is among those who have seized the moment.












