All posts tagged "Cardiff"
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoAtkinson enjoying life at Gloucester
By PAUL REES Seb Atkinson is ending the season on a high having feared his career might be over just as...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoCardiff show their class to overcome problems
By ROGER PANTING Ospreys ............... 21pts Tries: Parry 45, Thomas 63, Lake 67 Conversions: Anscombe 45, 63, 67 Cardiff ................ 38pts...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCardiff international duo jump ship to Harlequins
HARLEQUINS have signed Wales tight head Dillon Lewis and fly-half Jarrod Evans from Cardiff ahead of next season. Lewis, 27, has...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoDragons swoop in for Scarlets No.9 Blacker
DRAGONS have signed Wales squad scrum-half Dane Blacker from Scarlets. The 24-year-old will be reunited with former coach Dai Flanagan at...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoNo guarantees for Leinster
WITH the Champions Cup Final being in Dublin this year I’ve been reading many comments saying that Leinster are being handed...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoBlue & Blacks given a final workout
By GRAHAM HARDY Carmarthen Q..14 Cardiff RFC.......23 The Quins certainly saved their best until last as they got stuck into reigning...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoWatson goes on tour at Castres
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER England winger Anthony Watson has moved a step closer to moving to France next season...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBevan to swap US for Wales
NEWS EXTRA THE WRU has appointed Huw Bevan as its interim performance director. He replaces Nigel Walker, who became interim chief...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoCardiff pay price for poor discipline
By BEN JAYCOCK Benetton ......................... 27pts Tries: Smith 20, Lamaro 56, Watson 68 Conversions: Umaga 21, 57; Albornoz 70 Penalties: Umaga...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoFish leads fightback in Cardiff’s crucial win
Premiership By ROB COLE Cardiff......................32 Aberavon................. 15 DAN Fish rolled back the years on his 100th appearance for his home town...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoRegions agree six year deal
A new six-year deal between the Welsh Rugby Union and the nation’s four professional teams has been signed. The deal involving...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoSmith late try hands Pooler a final shot
Championship round-up By PHILIP ANSTEY FORTY years on from their first WRU Challenge Cup win at the old National Ground, Cardiff...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoWilliams leaves it late to add bonus point
By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea................... 8 Cardiff......................29 Cardiff's charge towards the Indigo Premiership top spot gained momentum with a bonus-point victory over...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoWarren keeps Drovers’ dream alive
By HUW S THOMAS Bridgend.................... 8 Llandovery............. 31 The Indigo Premiership leaders resisted the gritty challenge of much improved Bridgend to...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoFive-star Black & Ambers eye silverware
By BRYN ROGERS Pontypridd................ 7 Newport...................34 Newport are back in the hunt for a top-four finish, and a potential league-and-cup double,...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoEight-try Ironmen pile on Llanelli misery
By ROB COLE Llanelli................ 7 Merthyr.............50 A bad week for the Llanelli players ended in even worse fashion as they conceded...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoLong ban for Rizzoli
ROOKIE Italian prop Luca Rizzoli’s World Cup hopes have been dashed by a nine-match ban for ‘physical abuse’ in last week’s...
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Peter Jackson
/ 4 years agoTime to stop the rot that is dragging WRU down
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Had Shakespeare been around to rewrite Hamlet as a footballing fiasco, a tiny...
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Young Gun
/ 4 years agoYoung Guns: Leinster & Ireland U20s hooker Jack Boyle
After securing back-to-back Grand Slams in the U20s Six Nations, the future of Irish rugby is looking extremely bright, and Tyro...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGloucester recruit giant Cardiff centre Llewellyn
NEWS EXTRA GLOUCESTER have signed Cardiff centre Max Llewellyn. The 6ft 5in, 16st 5lbs 24-year-old qualifies to play for both Wales...
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Latest News
/ 4 years ago‘Steward red was not right’
By ADAM HATHAWAY in Dublin Ellis Genge leapt to the defence of Freddie Steward after the full-back’s red card put England...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 4 years agoTitcombe steers Loughborough to first title
BUCS SUPER RUGBY By CAMERON STEPHENS Loughborough were crowned BUCS Super Rugby champions for the first time ever after their dramatic...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 4 years agoDrovers get back on track
Welsh Premiership Swansea................... 9 Llandovery.............35 The Drovers responded to Merthyr overtaking them in the table to move into second place by...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 4 years agoFog can’t stop Merthyr
Welsh Premiership Ebbw Vale ................ 9 Merthyr....................24 Ebbw Vale’s play-off hopes took a hit as Merthyr came to Eugene Cross Park...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoMatthews leads way for 10-try Pooler
Championship round-up By ROB COLE PONTYPOOL picked up another five points as they ruthlessly disposed of bottom of the table Tata...
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Nick Cain
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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
/ 4 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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