All posts tagged "Cardiff"
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/ 5 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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/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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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/ 5 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
/ 5 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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/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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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/ 5 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
/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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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/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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...
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/ 5 years agoEngland U20s make one change for Grand Slam clash against Italy
Head coach Alan Dickens makes one change at fly-half for the final round of the U20 Six Nations
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/ 5 years agoPeel: In my heart I knew I had to join Scarlets
Scarlets role was the one Dwayne Peel always wanted, even if it meant upsetting the capital
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Features
/ 5 years agoLeague great Steadman takes reins at Ionians
Boss: Graham Steadman GRAHAM Steadman is relishing his return to rugby after taking up a key role at Hull Ionians. The...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoWales 68-12 Canada: Halfpenny injury takes the gloss off Wales’ ten-try romp
DESPITE a ten-try thrashing of Canada, an injury to Leigh Halfpenny marred the afternoon for Wales. On his 100th...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoI fear it looks quite serious for Leigh | Shane Williams
THERE is no other way for me to start other than by wishing Leigh Halfpenny all the best. For his 100th...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoExeter Chiefs are watching England U20 star Sam Riley
EXETER Chiefs are keeping tabs on Harlequins’ England U20 hooker Sam Riley just a week after losing the Premiership final to...
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/ 5 years agoBlues bring in Bailey
BEDFORD have signed flanker Bailey Ransom from Newcastle. The 24-year-old former Millfield pupil joined Falcons’ senior academy set-up in 2019 and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoBreakfast is essential in your life with the Lions
YOU’VE seen the DVD many times – Living with the Lions – but frankly that’s only the half of it. The...
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/ 5 years agoSacked Hayward back in Cardiff with Canada
BYRON Hayward will be back on the international stage in Cardiff this week eight months after losing his job with Wales....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoHistory of Lions v Springboks
Brendan Gallagher charts some outstanding episodes from the 13 tours undertaken by the Lions to South Africa from 1891 onwards Riding...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoMilkman delivers a dynasty | Peter Jackson
WHEN Trevor Brennan landed in Toulouse shortly after the turn of the century, the former Dublin milkman hardly imagined he had...
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/ 5 years agoUndercooked Wales set for gruelling week of fitness work
By ALEX BYWATER Experienced head: Wales captain Jonathan Davies WALES head coach Wayne Pivac admits he fears his team will be...
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/ 5 years agoThomas’ rapid rise can inspire Cardiff lads says Law
NEWS EXTRA By ROB COLE NEW Wales squad member Ben Thomas is set to become the pin-up boy at Cardiff Arms Park...
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/ 5 years agoCuthbert: Winners’ medal would ease pain of last season
ALEX Cuthbert would love nothing more than to leave Exeter Chiefs this summer with a Premiership winner’s medal safely tucked into...
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/ 5 years agoJonathan Davies leads new-look Wales into battle
JONATHAN Davies will captain Wales in their summer Tests against Canada and Argentina. Coach Wayne Pivac has named five uncapped players:...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoHearing fans’ roar makes you feel like Superman | Shane Williams
WHEN I played in front of 75,000 screaming Welsh fans at Principality Stadium it used to make me feel like Superman....
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/ 5 years agoCardiff 37-12 Zebre: Dashing backs give Dai Young boost for future
BLUES ended their inconsistent season with a far from convincing victory over bottom of the table Zebre at the Arms Park....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoDragon’s early fire smothered by Glasgow
By STEFFAN THOMAS Dragons..............16pts Tries: Owen 16 Conversions: S Davies 13 Penalties: S Davies 21, 77 Drop goals: D Davies 31...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoKnox grabs late winner to keep Munster in running
By JOHN FALLON Munster ............31pts Tries: N Scannell 30, 37, Wycherley 35, Knox 75 Conversions: Carbery 30, 36, 38, 75 Penalties:...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHitt won’t let his lack of playing pedigree impede climb to the top
By ALEX BYWATER A DECADE ago, Christian Hitt was working at grassroots level as a rugby development officer for the WRU...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoMacKay’s motto uniting Caerau Ely
ALEX BYWATER talks to Liam Mackay, a reformed man looking to make a difference For most of the last year, the...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoGavin fires the dream for Wood’s Raiders | Peter Jackson
If he so wished, Aaron Wood could put one hand on his heart, the other on the bible and solemnly swear...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoOne point ends Bulls hopes of unbeaten season
SOUTH AFRICA RAINBOW CUP By ADAM ELLIS A GUTSY performance from the Lions ended the Bulls’ pursuit of an invincible season, as Jake...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoToulouse 22-17 La Rochelle: Heavyweight collision lacks real sparkle but Toulouse won’t care
All the action from Twickenham as Toulouse lifted a fifth Champions Cup trophy to become the undisputed kings of Europe
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoReferees go upstairs more than Casanova | Chris Hewett
Half an hour into a bristling, bruising West Country derby in the early 1990s, the genial Bristol beanpole Andy Blackmore was...
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