All posts tagged "Cardiff"
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoRichards suffers off day as Cardiff slip up
Premiership Cup By ALEX BYWATER Cardiff......................25 Newport...................28 NEWPORT’S fine Premiership Cup form continued as they stayed top of the eastern conference...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoJapan has a yen for showing clubs matter
CHRIS HEWETT ALL that publicity about the setting up of a new “global” 12-a-side tournament and positioning it as rugby’s answer...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoAll Blacks’ Halloween show pulls in the cash
By PETER JACKSON Wales..................16 pts Tries: J Williams 60 Conversions: Priestland 60 Penalties: Anscombe 6, 40+2; Priestland 52 New Zealand ..54...
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/ 4 years agoBish was ahead of his time, today he’d be a national hero
OVERSEEING Neath’s halcyon days during the Fifties and early Sixties as coach was Roy Bish, a fine centre who combined his...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCardiff ride out Lee-Lo red to claim derby spoils
By ALEX BYWATER Cardiff ................31pts Tries: L Williams 22, Amos 38, Penalty 50 Conversions: Evans 22 Penalties: Evans 7, 27, 56,...
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Features
/ 4 years agoYoung Guns: Glasgow Warriors lock Max Williamson
Scotland will boast plenty of experience at next year’s U20 Six Nations after prioritising first-year academy players in their squad last...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMillfield boys top of the class again
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE were all sorts of sports to enjoy...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoDavies too strong as Ebbw’s poor run goes on
Premiership Cup By JARED EVITTS Ebbw Vale........ 16 Merthyr............. 20 EBBW VALE came up just short for a fourth successive game...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBeetham belter wraps up fightback
Premiership Cup By FREDDIE BENNETT RGC............................... 8 Cardiff...................... 15 CARDIFF overturned a half-time deficit to beat RGC 1404 in Colwyn Bay....
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDoctor Amos calls time
By SAM JACKSON CARDIFF and Wales fullback Hallam Amos will retire at the end of the season to focus on his...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPriestland keeps the Sharks at bay
By ROGER PANTING Cardiff ................23pts Tries: Morgan 9, Halaholo 26 Conversions: Priestland 9, 26 Penalties: Priestland 6, 68, 76 Sharks ................17pts...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEdinburgh show heart to hold off Bulls fightback
By BRYN PALMER Edinburgh ........17pts Tries: Immelman 7 Penalties: Van der Walt 28, 32, 36; Bennett 73 Bulls ....................10pts Tries: Coetzee...
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Features
/ 4 years agoBEN MURPHY
YOUNG GUNS Murphy feels his Lucs in on dual-reg WORCESTER WARRIORS LOOSEHEAD As one of 14 players to head out of...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCudd makes return to lead Josh’s Quins pack
By ROB COLE NIC Cudd used to play with and against Cardiff skipper Josh Turnbull, but these days he is being...
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Features
/ 4 years agoPleased to have left Welsh politics behind
STEFFAN THOMAS talks to former Cardiff coach Jason Strange about his switch to Rugby League JASON Strange has always been someone...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoWhy Clive Griffiths will dodge All Blacks showdown | Peter Jackson
On the last Saturday of this month, Clive Griffiths could have been watching Wales-New Zealand in Cardiff free of charge. He...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDavies states his case for new-look Wales
NEWS EXTRA By ALEX BYWATER SEB Davies has told Wayne Pivac his ballplaying and handling ability can make him a standout...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoQuinnell’s All Black hat-trick is still supreme | Peter Jackson
When it comes to Welshmen performing hat-tricks on the international stage, Tommy Cooper could claim to have outscored John Charles, Ian...
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Features
/ 4 years agoBath’s Cokanasiga, Spencer sidelined
RUGBY SHORTS SHORTSSHORTSENGLAND and Bath pair Joe Cokanasiga and Ben Spencer, are both out for an unspecified amount of time with...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWales star North aims to back for Christmas
RUGBY SHORTS OSPREYS three-quarter George North hopes to return from a serious knee injury during the festive period this season. The...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoDai is ready to bring son Thomas Young home to Wales
WASPS are bracing themselves for a raid by former boss Dai Young who is eying up a family reunion with son...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoBevan hat-trick sees Cardiff hit 60 points
By STEFFAN THOMAS Cardiff ..................60 RGC1404 ..................5 ELLIS Bevan ran in a hattrick as Cardiff annihilated RGC1404. The hosts started strongly...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRowley sets the pace for Ystrad
Championship round-up By STEFFAN THOMAS YSTRAD Rhondda advanced to the Championship Cup play-offs after a hard-fought 31-17 home victory over Beddau....
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Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoRugby Players and their Day Jobs
As with all professional sports, a rugby career doesn’t exactly go hand in hand with longevity. As many of today’s top...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGabby gets the URC gig with BBC
By ALEX BYWATER GABBY Logan, right, is set to be the marquee signing for BBC Wales’ coverage of the new United...
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/ 4 years agoIn action at last, and Woods can’t wait!
By ALEX BYWATER GREG Woods has spent 18 months away from coaching and that is why he is convinced both he...
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/ 4 years agoCORNISH PIRATES
Head of Rugby: Alan Paver/Gavin Cattle Captain: Nicolas De Battista Ground: Mennaye Field Capacity: 4,000 Pirates are going to be one...
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Features
/ 4 years agoIf we had Battle of Gnoll now we’d all be in jail!
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER LIONS, WALES, NEATH, OSPREYS, RICHMOND AND BRISTOL HOOKER BARRY WILLIAMS Good memories: Barry Williams playing...
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Features
/ 4 years agoThe brooding Lamaison is victim of a bar brawl
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPirates captain De Battista on mission to make up for lost time
MIKE SINCLAIR NICOLAS De Battista is aiming to make a big impact this season with a new-look Cornish Pirates side after...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoHarlequins 45-33 Cardiff Blues: Quins put on show for their new boss
TABAI Matson smiled broadly after seeing for himself the kind of fighting spirit, character and skill which helped enabled Harlequins to...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPre-season friendlies
Coventry ................60 Nottingham............10 By CHRIS WEARMOUTH COVENTRY put Nottingham to the sword in perfect conditions at Butts Park Arena. Cov’s intent...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoVoters ‘No’ to Dexter and Carwyn | Peter Jackson
TED DEXTER would have been amused to be classed in the same bracket as Carwyn James and Clem Thomas. By standing...
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Features
/ 4 years ago‘We chased the Prem dream and went bust’
LONDON Welsh might have been a powerhouse in the amateur era of the 1960s and 1970s, supplying seven members of the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoBoobbyer quit at his peak to aid post war reconciliation
BRIAN Boobbyer was arguably Uppingham’s finest ever rugby player – certainly in modern times – but, as a committed Christian who...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBaa-Baas women to follow men at Twickers
BARBARIAN Women are set to play South Africa at Twickenham in a doubleheader with the men on November 27. It will...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoWales can feed off grassroots energy | Shane Williams
Can the feel-good return of rugby to the grassroots permeate to the top level of the game in Wales?
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoQuins off to a flyer with big cup upset
Welsh Championship Cup round-up By STEFFAN THOMAS MAESTEG Harlequins stunned Neath to record a shock 32-23 home victory over the Welsh...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWELSH RESULTS
WRU CHAMPIONSHIP CUP: GROUP 1: Cross Keys 13 - 33 Bargoed GROUP 2: Cardiff Met 47 - 22 Beddau GROUP 3:...
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/ 4 years agoCut subs to force front five to get fit, says Cardiff S&C guru Trystan Bevan
Trystan Bevan shares the view of Ian McGeechan and Willie John McBride that the number of replacements must be reduced
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/ 4 years agoCardiff strive for more with Bok four looming
CARDIFF chairman Alun Jones has told his team and Welsh rugby as a whole they will have to raise their game...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGB star earns Sarries deal
SARACENS have given winger Ben Harris a new long-term contract. The 21-year-old was part of Great Britain’s Sevens squad at the...
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/ 4 years agoWelsh Premiership: Dead-eye Jones kicks Bargoed to first round win
TWO penalties from Steffan Jones enabled Bargoed to launch their WRU Championship Cup campaign with a 13-7 home win over Bedwas....
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoGareth Baber gets his hands on a medal at last | Peter Jackson
Welshman Gareth Baber followed the successes of Ben Ryan five years ago in Rio by taking Fiji to gold in Tokyo
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoFarewell to Newlands, mecca of memories | Chris Hewett
Newlands was the beating heart of rugby in the Western Cape and for the Springboks for decades
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPivac: Now we face big test in the autumn
The Wales head coach reacts to his side's 33-11 defeat to Argentina in Cardiff
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoHardest job was getting ‘Dommers’ off cakes! | Peter Jackson
Cardiff Met director of rugby Danny Milton talks to Peter Jackson about Alex Dombrandt's time in BUCS Super Rugby
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoGritty England grind way to Grand Slam
By ADAM ELLIS England ............27pts Tries: O Bailey 5, Bates 15, Relton 43, 70 Conversions: Mathews 6, 16 Penalties: Mathews 10...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoJack van Poortvliet has got the world at his feet | Brendan Gallagher
NO Junior World Cup this year, or last, and therefore no junior world player of the year for either season but...
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Features
/ 4 years agoYoung Gun: Cornish Pirates flanker Will Gibson
Will Gibson was involved with the academy at Exeter Chiefs before heading to Cardiff Met, signing a one-year deal at Pirates...












