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Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Cardiff Blues 11-20 Munster: Munster spoil Blues return to Arms Park

Ellis Jenkins shows remarkable signs of being back to his best so soon after his recovery from a long-term knee injury

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

Fly-half pair join Pirates

RUGBY SHORTS CORNISH Pirates have signed Cardiff Blues flyhalf Luke Scully on loan. The 20-year-old joins the Championship side a day after...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Dream Team

/ 5 years ago

Dream Team: Exeter Chiefs and Wales wing Alex Cuthbert

The British & Irish Lions tour winner of 2013 selects a star line-up based on the best he has played with...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Connacht 32-17 Cardiff Blues: Flyer Wootton hits quick-fire double to kill off the Blues

Connacht wing Alex Wootton scored two tries in five minutes to make it a tough trip to Galway for Dai Young's...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Ealing aim to spoil PRL party with unbeaten promotion run

By STEFFAN THOMAS Deep thinker: Stephen Shingler STEVEN Shingler wants to take Ealing Trailfinders to the Premiership before moving into coaching....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Dai Young gets to know ‘talented’ young guns at Cardiff Blues

A little time off has allowed interim director of rugby Dai Young to survey the talent that ranges across all levels...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Gallagher Premiership

/ 5 years ago

Confirmed: Rhys Priestland to depart Bath for Cardiff Blues

As revealed by TRP last month, Cardiff Blues have snapped up Rhys Priestland who will leave Bath at the end of...

By A Wood

The Rugby Paper

/ 5 years ago

Ellis makes try-scoring return after two years out

Cardiff Blues …34pts Tries: Summerhill 12, 20, Lane 26, Jenkins 36, Harris 58, Millard 69 Conversions: Tovey 21, 27, 37 Scully...

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Features

/ 5 years ago

New blood joins Reds

NEWS EXTRA JERSEY Reds have signed three more players ahead of the new Championship season. Back row Tim Grey (Cardiff Blues)...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Lions lock Orie set for short stay at Ospreys

THE Ospreys look set to sign South African second row Marvin Orie from the Lions on a deal until the end...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

It’s time we delivered Alun Wyn tells Wales

By ALEX BYWATER Fit again: Alun Wyn Jones thunders into the Scots PICTURES: Getty Images A0e Six Nations. World record cap...

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Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Josh Adams expects Dai to put sting in Cardiff Blues attack

Dai Young is the lift Blues need to get their attack back firing, says Wales wing Adams

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Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Scarlets 10-13 Cardiff Blues: Ace Jarrod Evans pushes his case for Wales

Fly-half Jarrod Evans inspires Blues to narrow win at Parc y Scarlets

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 5 years ago

Rotherham and Jersey Reds sing praises for Ed Robinson

Jon Newcombe speak to the coaches who know Ed Robinson, the Jersey Reds coach who will join up with Eddie Jones

By Jon Newcombe

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Dai Young must target Blues academy says Ring

Welsh rugby great Mark Ring says Dai Young's main priority in fixing Cardiff Blues lies in a revamping of the region's...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

Bring back old guard to steady the ship | Shane Williams

A number of Dragons players can hold a big value in Wayne Pivac's Six Nations plans, writes Shane Williams

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

Screech looms on the Cardiff radar

CARDIFF Blues have targeted Dragons second row Matthew Screech as they seek to strengthen their front five. Screech has impressed for...

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Columnists

/ 5 years ago

Dai Young ticks all the boxes | Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson looks at the abrupt exit of Cardiff Blues and the mishandling of a situation prior to making the apt...

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Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 5 years ago

WillGriff John tells Sharks he’s off back to Wales

Plus, the future of Wasps hooker Tommy Taylor at the Ricoh Arena

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Returning Dai eager to move Blues forward

DAI Young will return to Cardiff Blues as interim director of rugby following head coach John Mulvihill leaving the Welsh region....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 5 years ago

Toby Booth has got my Ospreys playing with pride again | Shane Williams

Shane Williams sees a much more empassioned demeanour about the Ospreys since Booth's arrival

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Dai Young returns to Cardiff Blues as interim director of rugby

Ex-Wasps director of rugby returns to Arms Park with a view to a longer stay potentially in the offing

By A Wood

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Shane Lewis Hughes battling to stay ahead of the pack

HE MAY have ended 2020 on a high by winning three Welsh caps, but the first priority in the New Year...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Head coach John Mulvihill calls it quits at Cardiff Blues

Australian Mulvihill was in the final year of his contract at Cardiff Blues, who lie fourth in Conference A

By A Wood

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Harlequins aces point way for Cardiff Met Freshers

Rob Cole talks to Cardiff Met rugby director Danny Milton on successes of Alex Dombrandt and Luke Northmore

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Cardiff Blues offer Rhys Priestland a route home from Bath

CARDIFF BLUES are leading the race to land Rhys Priestland when his contract with Bath runs out at the end of...

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Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Cardiff Blues 3-17 Ospreys: Toby Booth game plan blows Blues away

John Mulvihill condemns high penalty count in unconvincing performance against Ospreys

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Lloyd Williams excited to learn off Wales ace Dwayne Peel

The pending arrival of skills coach Peel at Cardiff Blues can only push the club forward, says scrum-half Williams

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 5 years ago

Dragons 12-13 Cardiff Blues: Josh Turnbull try completes Blues’ late comeback

James Candy reports from Rodney Parade on a Boxing Day defeat for Dean Ryan's Dragons

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 5 years ago

Ex-Wales wing Aled Brew calls time after 17 years

FORMER Wales wing Aled Brew has retired from rugby at the age of 34. Brew’s short-term deal at Scarlets has come...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

Ospreys set to pick over parts of striken Cheetahs

Probyn: Ban rush defences to reduce brain injuries ■ By STEFFAN THOMAS THE Ospreys are looking to take advantage of the...

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Newcastle Falcons won against Castres in the Challenge Cup

Champions Cup

/ 5 years ago

Castres 17-26 Newcastle: Falcons respond in style but miss bonus

Tries from Sam Stuart, Tom Arscott and Josh Basham hand Newcastle victory in southern France

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

PETER JACKSON

THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Wales miss out on the great SA invasion Welsh Kiwi: Hadleigh Parke PICTURE: Getty Images...

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Features

/ 5 years ago

Davies demands fair share of funding to save game

■By STEFFAN THOMAS PROFESSIONAL rugby in Wales is facing a fight for survival with the regions calling for a £30-40m injection...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

Davies demands fair share of funding to save game

■By STEFFAN THOMAS PROFESSIONAL rugby in Wales is facing a fight for survival with the regions calling for a £30-40m injection...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Champions Cup

/ 5 years ago

Hallam Amos’ acrobatics put Cardiff clear of Falcons

Newcastle Falcons brilliant start to the 2020-21 campaign comes stuck against Cardiff Blues in the Challenge Cup

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 5 years ago

TEAMS: Will Butler returns from injury for start of Worcester’s Challenge Cup campaign

Selection news for all of the Challenge Cup's opening round of competition, as Worcester Warriors travel to Pau

By A Wood

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Ulster coach Dwayne Peel to make Wales return at Cardiff Blues

Former Bristol Bears attack coach Peel has signed a 'long-term contract' to swap Ulster for Cardiff Blues

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Columnists

/ 5 years ago

Shane Williams: It still wasn’t enough but Wales took a step forward

Read Shane Williams' verdict on Wales' loss to England at Parc y Scarlets, and how it relates to the pressure on...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Paper

/ 5 years ago

Aaron will remain a Dragon predicts Ryan

By ALEX BYWATER Staying: Aaron Wainwright DRAGONS director of rugby Dean Ryan is confident he will be able to hold on...

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The Rugby Paper

/ 5 years ago

Boyd signs until 2022

NORTHAMPTON director of rugby Chris Boyd, has signed a contract extension until at least the end of the 2021/22 season. Kiwi...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Paper

/ 5 years ago

Botham puts his beef into giving Pivac hope of a better future

By PETER JACKSON Wales........................18pts Tries: Rees-Zammit 25, Webb 76 Conversions: Sheedy 26 Penalties: Sheedy 9, 51 Georgia........................0pts WITHIN half an hour...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Cooney on hand to keep Ulster on track

ULSTER skills coach Dan Soper believes the advantage lies with Glasgow Warriors ahead of their clash at the Kingspan tomorrow evening,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Max determined to build on that close encounter with Baabaas

By ALEX BYWATER Experience: Max Llewellyn enjoyed mixing with stars MAX Llewellyn hopes his all-too-brief but “crazy” experience with the Barbarians...

By The Rugby Paper Team