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/ 12 years ago

Matthew Rees returns to training

Cardiff Blues have today announced that club captain Matthew Rees has been given the all clear to return to full-time training....

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Peter Jackson

/ 12 years ago

Peter Jackson: The ancient battleground welcomes Warren Gatland again

So Warren Gatland has felt it necessary to make a pre-emptive strike aimed at reducing the hostility level towards him in...

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Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Gloucester sign son of Wasps boss

Gloucester have signed Thomas Young until the end of the season with the possibility of extending his stay if he impresses....

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Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Dave Ewers extends Exeter stay

Dave Ewers today signed a new contract which will keep him at Exeter for another two years. A product of the...

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English Gallagher Premiership

/ 12 years ago

Saracens bait Adam ‘Hair Bear’Jones with £300k

Saracens have entered the bidding war for Wales and Lions star Adam Jones offering him £300,000 a season

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Dream Team

/ 12 years ago

Dream Team: Richard Hill – former Bath & England scrum-half

1. Gareth Chilcott – I liked forwards who frightened the opposition and Gareth scared the hell out of them. Fortunately he...

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Brendan Gallagher

/ 12 years ago

Bredan Gallagher: Nutter who made Jim Telfer’s class of ’84 finest of all

Jim Telfer shakes his head in amusement and then caves in completely and laughs uproariously. It happens occasionally: “All really good...

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Peter Jackson

/ 12 years ago

Peter Jackson: Italy arrive in Wales on a wing and a blessing

Italy come to Cardiff for the opening match in the Six Nations next month armed with something different, a Papal blessing....

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Dream Team

/ 12 years ago

Dream Team: Nathan Thomas – former Wales, Bath and Llanelli back row

1. Iestyn Thomas – No frills or nonsense, a great player who would consistently get on with his job and lived...

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Jeff Probyn

/ 12 years ago

Jeff Probyn: Why didn’t BT deal with the other leagues as well?

As the European row still rumbles along with a myriad of possible outcomes, it’s time to reflect on what started it....

By Jeff Probyn

Brendan Gallagher

/ 12 years ago

Brendan Gallagher reminisces about some unique times with a hell-raising rugby fanatic

The security guard’s radio crackled around a deserted Twickenham: “Lawrence Of Arabia and a Man Called Horse are leaving the stadium....

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Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Unconvincing Wales beat Tonga

Despite an average display, Wales claimed their second win of the Autumn with a 17-7 success over Tonga in Cardiff tonight....

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Featured

/ 12 years ago

WRU given four weeks to keep Sam Warburton and Co. in Wales

The Welsh Rugby Union have been given four weeks to come up with a deal to prevent another quartet of Lions...

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My Life in Rugby

/ 12 years ago

My Life in Rugby: Sam Vesty – former Leicester, Bath & England utility back

One game that really sticks out was the 2009 Heineken Cup semi-final at Cardiff Blues where we were involved in the...

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Autumn Internationals

/ 12 years ago

‘Mental block’ is stopping Wales

Wales will have to smash a ‘mental blockage’ when they go big-game hunting against the Springboks in Cardiff on Saturday.

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Latest News

/ 12 years ago

RaboDirect Pro12 round 7 teams

Cardiff Blues v Treviso Cardiff Blues: Dan Fish; Tom Williams, Richard Smith, Dafydd Hewitt, Chris Czekaj; Gareth Davies, Lewis Jones; Sam Hobbs,...

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Peter Jackson

/ 12 years ago

Peter Jackson: Regrets? I’ve got a few about Cup admits Ring

Once upon a time long ago, Mark Ring found himself within touching distance of lifting the European Cup in his very...

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Peter Jackson

/ 12 years ago

Peter Jackson: Pullin much more than a master of the one-liner

John Pullin has long deserved special mention in the folklore of Anglo-Irish rugby, not so much for what he did on...

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Featured

/ 12 years ago

Toulon in ‘illegal’ move for Leigh Halfpenny

European champions Toulon were at the centre of an illegal approach row last Saturday over a cheeky attempt to sign Leigh...

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Young Gun

/ 12 years ago

Young Gun: Tom Chapman – Worcester wing/scrum-half

Tom Chapman is only 19 but the speedster has already been on the books of Saracens, Bath and Blackheath. But after...

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Featured

/ 12 years ago

A red wave rolls off the Solent to remember Cliff

Towards the end of an inspirational life, Cliff Morgan found himself confronted one day by the question of mortality and his...

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Featured

/ 12 years ago

Leigh Halfpenny told: Move to France will hurt career

Leigh Halfpenny has been warned about paying ‘a massive price’ for moving to France, even it makes him the highest paid...

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20 Questions

/ 12 years ago

20 Questions: Gavin Cattle – Cornish Pirates scrum-half

Been anywhere nice on holiday? I had a few days on the Scilly Isles and the rest of the time has...

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Peter Jackson

/ 12 years ago

Peter Jackson: World Cup is a fitting finale for Hair Bear

PeOnly one prop has lasted long enough to win four Grand Slams – Jason Leonard over a period spanning the last...

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Featured

/ 12 years ago

Leigh Halfpenny is a £1m target for the French clubs

Leigh Halfpenny’s Welsh future is to be thrashed out in London this week as three French clubs prepare to make him...

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Latest News

/ 12 years ago

Wasps’ Lee Thomas retires

London Wasps centre Lee Thomas has been forced to retire from the game having failed to recover from a ruptured Achilles...

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Jeff Probyn

/ 12 years ago

Jeff Probyn: High ticket prices will keep kids away from World Cup

Well that’s it for another four years (12 if you’re Australian), the end of another Lions tour with all the angst...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Peter Jackson

/ 12 years ago

Peter Jackson: The first time ten Welsh stars won it for the Lions

Lewis Jones was playing cricket in Plymouth one Saturday afternoon long ago when he took the first step towards joining the...

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Young Gun

/ 12 years ago

Young Gun: Owen Jenkins, Wales U20s winger

The son of former Wales hooker Garin Jenkins and part of the Welsh U20s squad at the Junior World Championships –...

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Peter Jackson

/ 13 years ago

Peter Jackson: Leigh’s the guardian ‘angel’ for home club

Gorseinon RFC have done more than their bit for the international game over the last half century – from Onllwyn Brace...

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Featured

/ 13 years ago

Joe Launchbury launchpad is thanks to boss Dai Young

Do you believe in fate? Joe Launchbury does, and why not after a season in which he scaled the heights with...

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Latest News

/ 13 years ago

Wales call in Patchell for the injured Priestland

Cardiff Blues fly-half Rhys Patchell has been called upon by Wales to replace Rhys Priestland for their two-Test tour of Japan....

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Peter Jackson

/ 13 years ago

Peter Jackson: You’re lucky George, they said Lewis sold his soul

Lewis Jones remembers what it was like when he left Llanelli, how all hell broke loose over his transfer to Leeds...

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Latest News

/ 13 years ago

RaboDirect Pro12 round 20: teams

Cardiff Blues v Zebre Cardiff Blues: Halfpenny; Williams, Evans (Capt.), Roberts, Robinson; Patchell, Jones; Filise, Breeze, Andrews; Reed, Paulo; Paterson, Copeland,...

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Latest News

/ 13 years ago

Jamie Roberts to kick-off tribute to Dr jack Matthews

Jamie Roberts will get a chance to ease his pre-British & Irish Lions squad selection nerves when he kicks-off a special...

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Featured

/ 13 years ago

Sevens ace Cory Allen set to be Wales’ next big thing

It hardly seems fair for Wales to unearth another back with the size of Goliath and accuracy of David’s slingshot but...

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Jeff Probyn

/ 13 years ago

Jeff Probyn: Selection of Marler cost England the game

As the wheels fell off England‘s Chariot in Cardiff I couldn’t help thinking that it was probably for the best. The...

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My Life in Rugby

/ 13 years ago

My Life in Rugby: Glenn Gelderbloom – former Western Province, Leicester and Plymouth centre

I’ve got my wife Sacha to thank for two Heineken Cups and three Premiership titles because she convinced me when I...

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Peter Jackson

/ 13 years ago

Peter Jackson: Trust me, Cardiff jinx waits for Lancaster!

At a dinner in London some years ago, the English defined their rugby relationship with the Welsh as one based on...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 13 years ago

RaboDirect Pro12 round 17: teams

Connacht v Zebre Connacht: Henshaw ; Poolman, Griffin, Murphy, Duffy (Capt.); Parks, Marmion; Wilkinson, Harris-Wright, White; Kearney, Browne; Muldoon, Faloon, McKeon. Replacements:...

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