All posts tagged "Cardiff"
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoCrowley deserves the credit for Azzurri surge
NICK CAIN It is a travesty that Italy were fighting to avoid retaining the Wooden Spoon against Wales, because this Azzurri...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoRGC turn it on in warm-up for cup
Premiership By ROB COLE RGC.............................42 Pontypridd................ 3 RGC gave Pontypridd six of the best as they got in the mood for...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoBlue & Blacks keep ahead of pack
Premiership By ROB COLE Cardiff......................23 Bridgend.................. 18 CARDIFF hit back from their defeat at Llandovery to ensure they remain top of...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBarton’s penalty keeps Exeter in the hunt
BUCS RUGBY By CAMERON STEPHENS REIGNING champions Exeter ensured the race for the BUCS Super Rugby title will go to the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoLawrence will take the blows
By GARY FITZGERALD Ollie Lawrence is prepared to enter his special inner “dark place” against France knowing his body will have...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoYoung: Smaller squads will affect player welfare
Cardiff head coach Dai Young has concerns over player welfare as the Welsh regions prepare to have their squads severely reduced....
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Latest News
/ 3 years ago‘Lewis’s drive has got him to the top’
By BEN JAYCOCK Following his standout performance in England’s win in Cardiff last weekend, Lewis Ludlam’s former youth coach Andy Howe...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoDelight for Grady after Xbox fantasy became reality
By ROB COLE Mason Grady has admitted he loved swapping video game idols George North and Taulupe Faletau for real live...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 3 years agoResilient Notts stay in play-off race with Bath win
BUCS RUGBY By CAM STEPHENS Newcomers Nottingham secured their place in BUCS Super Rugby next season with a 24-19 victory over...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoHughes helps Drovers pile on pressure
By HUW S THOMAS Llandovery......37 Cardiff...............20 Lllandovery produced their best performance of the season to close the gap at the top...
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Latest News
/ 3 years ago£2m and rising – the cost of shambolic start to Six Nations
By PETER JACKSON Wales are paying a fearful price for their shambolic start to the Six Nations in lost prize money...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoDowson: Mitchell will add to caps
By PAUL REES Phil Dowson has backed Alex Mitchell to add to his England caps after the Northampton scrum-half came off...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoCardiff ride luck to stay in the race
By ROGER PANTING Cardiff ................. 30pts Tries: Lane 2, 6; Ratti 49, Thomas 80 Conversions: Thomas 49, 80 Penalties: Thomas 13,...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoWhen the boys of ’68 were set to strike
PETER JACKSON Only two world wars have interrupted the annual England-Wales fixture since its inception on Mr Richardson’s Field in the...
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Schools / Universities
/ 3 years agoSamuel Whitbread winners at Ipswich
SCHOOLS RUGBY By CAMERON STEPHENS Samuel Whitbread Academy began their sevens season in style by winning the second edition of the...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoNumber 13 proves lucky for Pooler
Championship round-up By ROB COLE PONTYPOOL completed the double over Admiral rivals Neath to make 13 wins out of 13 and...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoLaw stays grounded as business end nears
PREVIEW... Cardiff RFC v Llanelli By ROB COLE Today. Kick-off 2.30pm CARDIFF head coach Steve Law is taking nothing for granted...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoGatland’s desperate to stop the rot
By ROB COLE Wales have suddenly turned into a penalty machine and Warren Gatland says he has got to find a...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoBorthwick criticism was dig at Eddie – Marler
By GARY FITZGERALD Joe Marler has backed Steve Borthwick over his forthright condemnation of England’s Calcutta Cup flops. But even the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoPilgrimage to Murrayfield which is still going after 60 years
PETER JACKSON At six o’clock last Wednesday morning a bus pulled away from the Miners Arms out into Lewis Street on...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 3 years agoNotts on course to survive after Met victory
BUCS RUGBY By CAMERON STEPHENS New boys Nottingham took a giant leap towards ensuring their BUCS Super Rugby survival as they...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoTop two warm up for main event
Championship round-up THE stage is set for the biggest game of the season next weekend in the Championship when Neath host...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoRuthless Ireland take no time to quash talk of a Welsh restoration
By PETER JACKSON Wales .................................. 10pts Tries: Williams 46 Conversions: Biggar 46 Penalties: Biggar 14 Ireland............................... 34pts Tries: Doris 2, Ryan...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoWin at Murrayfield or it will be a long campaign
SHANE WILLIAMS Warren Gatland and his coaching team know they can fix the problems they saw in the performance and the...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoLamaro: It’s time for someone else to get Wooden Spoon
By GARY FITZGERALD Confident: Lamaro MICHELE Lamaro feels it is time for “someone else” to be awarded the Wooden Spoon and...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBurnell has big boots to fill in Jersey
PROMISING young flyhalf Ben Burnell has become the newest member of Jersey Reds’ squad as he joins the Championship side from...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 3 years agoGarside on target to keep Bath in charge
By Nick Powell Bath remain joint top of the table with Exeter after Alfie Garside’s last-minute penalty gave them a 20-17...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoUnbeaten leaders Pooler go seven-up
Championship, Nat 1 round-up PONTYPOOL ran in seven tries in their 49-7 home win over Cross Keys to move seven points...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoScottish link-up helping Scott to develop
By BEN JAYCOCK Edinburgh born and bred Cameron Scott has gone outside his comfort zone this season to play on loan...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 3 years agoCherry feeling tops after shock victory
BUCS RUGBY By ELISE HAMERSLEY Nottingham started their first game of 2023 in style with a nail-biting 20-17 win over Loughborough...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoChampionship round-up
By ROB COLE HOLDERS Neath, Pontypool, Ystrad Rhondda and Cross Keys advanced to the semi-finals of the WRU Championship Cup, while...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoFish chips in to get Cardiff back on track
Premiership By ROB COLE Cardiff...................... 30 RGC............................. 20 CARDIFF got back to winning ways after their last-gasp single-point defeat at home...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoI don’t expect call from Warren, says Cardiff boss Young
By LUKE JARMYN It will be an unexpected surprise if Warren Gatland contacts the head coaches of the four Welsh regions...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoSix Nations squads in-depth: Ireland
Ulster's Jacob Stockdale has been recalled to Ireland’s 37-man Six Nations squad, but Munster fly-half Joey Carbery is a notable absentee....
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoThirsty fans prepare for opening time
The whiff of the Six Nations is blowing on the wind, its imminent arrival heralded by proclamations in Dublin and Cardiff...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoDuckham’s Eden Park win
■ I have no association with Saracens, but it was noticeable to watch them against Lyon. Their attack was much quicker...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoStudents beat the freeze to go top six
Welsh round-up By HARRY CORISH Cardiff Met took advantage of their 3G pitch at Cyncoed to ward off the cold weather...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCuthbert helps Ospreys achieve stunning double
By SIMON ROBERTS Ospreys ............35pts Tries: Cuthbert 22 , 54; Tipuric 64, Morris 77 Conversions: C Evans 24, 55, 65 Penalties:...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoHalfpenny’s boot proves the difference for Scarlets
By ROGER PANTING Scarlets ........... 20pts Tries: Steff Evans 22, McNicholl 54 Conversions: Halfpenny 22, 54 Penalties: Halfpenny 10, 63 Cheetahs...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoStuart: It will be tough but we’ll do our best
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Cardiff v Newcastle Today. Kick-off 1pm, Arms Park SCRUM-HALF Sam Stuart insists Newcastle haven’t given up hope...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoIt’s like a cup final – Annett
Preview Bath v Toulon Kick-off 3.15pm BATH’S Challenge Cup game against Toulon was postponed yesterday because of flooding. The game will...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 3 years agoExeter men and women prepare for restart
By ELISE HAMERSLEY BUCS fixtures return in two weeks and preparations are ramping up in Exeter as both teams hope to...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoO’Brien late drop-goal sinks champs
By SIMON ROBERTS Cardiff...................... 17 Newport................... 18 Fly-half and captain Matt O’Brien’s injury-time drop-goal secured a major victory for Newport in...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoSecond-half blitz puts Pirates in control
By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates ..37pts Tries: Crane 5, Wyatt 53, 79, Kessell 58, Tuima 75 Conversions: Bazalgette 53, Robson 75,...
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Young Gun
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Wales U18 fly-half Jacob Symes
Welsh rugby’s latest young talented fly-half Jacob Symes departs for Australia in February to play for Eastern Suburbs in the highly...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Cardiff Met University lock Brandon Harvey
American second row Brandon Harvey was hurt by his country of birth’s failure to qualify for the 2023 World Cup but...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoPlayers in Wales face 50% pay cuts
By PETER JACKSON Welsh rugby’s cure to its financial crisis will include pay cuts of up to 50 per cent for...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoWales dream drives Grey through the pain
By LUKE JARMYN Dreams of playing for Wales again and getting another shot at top tier professional rugby in the URC...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoAdams shows he’s the man for Gatland
By LUKE JARMYN Newcastle........... 10pts Tries: Stuart 44 Conversions: J Thomas 45 Penalties: J Thomas 30 Cardiff................. 47pts Tries: Adams 8,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoHow baseball kept Bish on right track
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Ken Poole, the head of economic development for...
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