All posts tagged "Cardiff"
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United Rugby Championship
/ 9 months agoCardiff forced to battle to keep Dragons out
■ By ROGER PANTING Cardiff ...............22pts Tries: Sebastian 19, Mann 28, Adams 46 Conversions: Sheedy 19, 46 Penalty: Sheedy 70 Dragons...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 9 months agoPontypool give Ebbw a fright
Super Rygbi round-up ■ By CARL FIELD EBBW Vale went 14 points clear after beating Pontypool 52- 38 in a bottom...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoDella-Savina sets team goals for Cardiff battlers
■ By JOSEPH TERRY CARDIFF University captain Gabriela Della-Savina admits her side’s results have been hard to face this season however...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 months agoCardiff 17-21 Scarlets: Blue and Blacks shocked as they are floored by Gareth Davies
Scarlets’ veteran scrum-half Gareth Davies rolled back the years to score two tries as his side pulled off a remarkable victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 months agoNorthampton Saints’ George Hendy – If I’m on the pitch, I’m happy
George Hendy does not care about the number on his back as long as he is in the starting line-up for...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoWhen Bishop took his life in his hands for
NO sports book can be more worthy of gate-crashing into the best sellers’ list this Christmas than The Bish, an autobiography...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoGloucester are like the Wales of old…
They’re off: Jac Morgan and, right, Dewi Lake PICTURES: Getty Images and Alamy WELSH rugby suffered another self-inflicted blow last weekend...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoAfrican Violet sit top of the tree at Xmas
BUCS RUGBY By JOSEPH TERRY LOUGHBOROUGH prepare for Christmas leading Men’s BUCS Super Rugby after four wins on the bounce. The...
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Features
/ 9 months agoSteelmen too good for Pooler
Welsh Rugby Super Rygbi round-up By ROB COLE EBBW Vale moved nine points clear at the top of Super Rygbi Cymru...
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Features
/ 9 months agoBeddau have eye on top spot
Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD BEDDAU moved to within a point of the summit in the Welsh Premiership with a comprehensive...
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Chris Hewett
/ 10 months agoChris Hewett: Glad we were spared Gianni Infantino’s sycophancy
Just for once, we must congratulate World Rugby on getting it right. Their staging of the pool draw for the next...
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Columnists
/ 10 months agoPeter Jackson: The Big Brekky feeding the soul as well as body
On the filthiest of winter mornings last Tuesday, when the squalls rattled everybody and everything, the old boys from the glory...
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Columnists
/ 10 months agoPeter Jackspn: You’ve still got a few more years to go yet, Leigh Halfpenny
Jimmy Gopperth went to within a fortnight or so of turning 42 when he finally ran out of road down in...
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Challenge Cup
/ 10 months agoSheedy hits the mark to snatch it for Cardiff
■ By ROGER PANTING Cardiff ...............29pts Tries: Nott 7, Bowen 12, Southworth 65, Thomas 75 Conversions: Halfpenny 8, Sheedy 65, 75...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoL’borough triumph to take top spot
BUCS RUGBY ■ By JOSEPH TERRY LOUGHBOROUGH moved top of the BUCS Super Rugby table, after defeating Exeter 49-40 in a...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 10 months agoFranchi treble fires Steelmen
Super Rygbi round-up By CARL FIELD CAPTAIN Joe Fran-chi’s hat-trick inspired Super Rygbi Cymru leaders Ebbw Vale to maximum points in...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 10 months agoMerthyr sweep Ponty aside
Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD WELSH Premiership champions Merthyr maintained their 100 per cent winning record and struck a blow in...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 10 months agoTierney’s new year date to return full-time
WRU chief executive Abi Tierney will return to fully resume her position in the new year. Tierney has been undergoing medical...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 10 months agoSouth Africa lock Eben Etzebeth gets 12-week ban for eye gouge
South Africa lock Eben Etzebeth has been banned for 12 weeks for an eye gouge on Wales flanker Alex Mann.
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Challenge Cup
/ 10 months agoNew full-back Young shows his class in Cardiff defeat
■By SIMON THOMAS S Francais .......38pts Tries: Ibo 17, 50; Halaifonua 42, Scelzo 60, Foursans-Bourdette 64, Laloi 73 Conversion: Foursans-Bourdette 43,...
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Columnists
/ 10 months agoPeter Jackson: When Dafydd James asked ref to end the misery
When the roof caved in on Wales and their predicament cried out for someone to put a humane end to the...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoCardiff Met claim capital bragging rights
BUCS RUGBY ■ By JOSEPH TERRY CARDIFF Met defeated Cardiff 31-29 securing a Clash double in a back-and-forth tie at Arms...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoChamps Hartpury revving up says prop Alexander
NEWS EXTRA ■ By JOSEPH TERRY HARTPURY loosehead George Alexander believes the tide has turned on his side’s stuttering BUCS Super...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 10 months agoSuperb Steelmen show true mettle
Super Rygbi round-up ■By CARL FIELD EBBW Vale march on at the top of Super Rygbi Cymru after a 45-24 win...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 10 months agoPontypridd close in on leaders
Premiership round-up ■By CARL FIELD PONTYPRIDD moved to within four points of defending Welsh Premiership champions and current leaders Merthyr after...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoWoeful Wales hit new low in Cardiff
By SAM JACKSON WALES slumped to a record home defeat to South Africa in Cardiff to end their international year on...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 10 months agoWales 0-73 South Africa: Steve Tandy’s pointless side put to shame in 11-try thrashing
A weakened Wales suffered an all-time record home defeat in a brutally one-sided contest at the Principality Stadium.
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United Rugby Championship
/ 10 months agoHat-trick for Hughes as Cardiff play power game
■By SIMON THOMAS Zebre .................14pts Tries: Licata 30, Zanon 74 Conversion: Farias 31, 75 Cardiff ..............29pts Tries: Hughes 13, 18, 40;...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 months agoBrendan Gallagher: Bravo referee Matt Carley for taking no nonsense
Of all the subjects that have irritated me in recent years – apart from the hardy annual of blatant forward passes...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoGrace signs for Sale following trial period
SALE Sharks have signed Wales dual-code winger Regan Grace on a contract until February following a trial. Grace had been without...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoLeaders crash to another home defeat
BUCS RUGBY By JOSEPH TERRY JUST three points separate the top three as this season’s unpredictability continued in men’s BUCS Super...
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoWales lock Pyrs powers Hartpury title bid
NEWS EXTRA By JOSEPH TERRY BANGOR-born farm girl Alaw Pyrs is leading the charge for Hartpury University this term, fresh from...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 10 months agoFive-try Steelmen end Quins winning streak
Super Rygbi round-up By CARL FIELD SUPER Rygbi Cymru leaders Ebbw Vale picked up another double bonus-point victory as they scored...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 10 months agoBrendan Gallagher: Time for Wales to build attack around Louis Rees-Zammit
In the macho unforgiving world of elite sport and especially rugby there is meant to be no consolation in defeat and...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 10 months agoWales prop Danny Southworth says working with Gethin Jenkins is awesome
New Wales prop Danny Southworth has revealed how he draws inspiration from loosehead legend Gethin Jenkins.
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Club Rugby
/ 10 months agoL’borough hold on to keep a grip in icy conditions
BUCS RUGBY ■By JOSEPH TERRY LOUGHBOROUGH held on to defeat Cardiff Met at the Arms Park 19-15 in Men’s BUCS Super...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 months agoSmit joins Cardiff
CARDIFF have signed Cornel Smit from URC rivals Bulls, the 28-year-old centre who can also play fly-half and wing. He will...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 10 months agoSwansea fight hard for draw
Super Rygbi round-up By ROB COLE SWANSEA came back from the dead at the electric Brewery Field to snatch a 29-29...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 10 months ago10-try Ironmen go on rampage
Premiership round-up By ROB COLE MERTHYR went on the rampage against Cardiff Met at The Wern in the only Premiership match...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 10 months agoWales v All Blacks is always big – Dale MacLeod
Dragons’ Kiwi coach Dale MacLeod insists that playing Wales remains a big deal in his native New Zealand.
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Autumn Internationals
/ 10 months agoWales flanker Alex Mann happy to share limelight with his best mate
Alex Mann admits it’s a surreal feeling to be on Wales duty at the same time as his best mate Isaak...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 10 months agoPaul Rees: The most significant win for England under Steve Borthwick
England’s players formed a U shape as New Zealand started the haka, and on a day when their indomitable will took...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 10 months agoWales 24-23 Japan: Jarrod Evans hits the target as Steve Tandy’s side steal it at the death
An 83rd-minute penalty from replacement Jarrod Evans deprived Japan of a deserved first victory in Wales in a dramatic finish.
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Latest News
/ 10 months agoHartpury manage to get things sorted
BUCS RUGBY By JOSEPH TERRY JUST one top-half team in Men’s BUCS Super Rugby won this week as action resumed after...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 months agoOran Murphy: I owe it to myself to give it another crack
Loughborough University loosehead Oran Murphy has been spearheading the African Violet charge to yet another title attack in a formidable pack,...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 10 months agoBeddau can’t stop Merthyr
Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD REIGNING champions Merthyr went top of the Welsh Premiership after beating Beddau 22-15 at the Wern...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 11 months ago‘Fast and explosive’ Louis Rees-Zammit back in ‘happy place’ after Wales return
Louis Rees-Zammit is determined to bring star quality to rugby after returning from his 18-month spell in the NFL “heavier, faster...
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Club Rugby
/ 11 months agoIsaac Marsh: From Gloucester to Cardiff Met – chasing the next chapter
“I heard life is what passes when you're too busy living.” The opening line of Zach Bryan’s “Late July” makes you...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 11 months agoWales suffer heavy defeat to Argentina in Steve Tandy’s first match as head coach
Wales began the Steve Tandy era with an emphatic defeat as Argentina claimed a record 52-28 victory in Cardiff.
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Letters
/ 11 months agoAbandon fully professional rugby in Wales – it is not working
WELSH rugby is in dire straits. I believe it is a position that is irrecoverable with the current regional model and...
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