All posts tagged "Dragons"
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 days agoScarlets end up on top in battle of the basement
■By ROGER PANTING SCARLETS convincingly won the battle of the league’s bottom two with a bonus-point victory, which took them above...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 days agoDee battles hard to win his place back
■By SAM JACKSON DRAGONS hooker Elliot Dee will make his first appearance since the opening weekend of the season today. Dee,...
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Columnists
/ 2 weeks agoPaul Williams: Wales’ young guns are showing the way
Watching Welsh rugby’s recent performances, or reading about Welsh rugby’s political events, can have a premature ageing effect on the faces...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 weeks agoCardiff Met likely to stand in way for Hartpury
NEWS EXTRA ■ By JOSEPH TERRY HARTPURY University women’s head coach Rob Ford tempered Women’s BUCS Super Rugby title hopes after...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoDragons 15-15 Benetton: The Welsh side go close to making it five in a row
There was late drama at Rodney Parade as the Dragons narrowly missed out on a fifth successive home win after drawing...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 weeks agoLondon Scottish 24-21 Chinnor: Quick-fire Scots hold on to deny the Villagers
London Scottish, putting on one of their best displays of the season, held on at the death to secure five points...
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News Extra
/ 1 month agoInjury rules out Hunt
DRAGONS tighthead Rob Hunt is unlikely to play again this season after having surgery on his left hamstring. The 29-year-old suffered...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoQuartet sign up for Quins
HARLEQUINS have signed four forwards on short-term loans as cover for four Prem Cup matches this month. Dragons pair, tight-head Luke...
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoPaul Williams: Ospreys deserve a stay of execution
Finding yourself on rugby’s ‘death row’ is a terrifying position. Especially for Ospreys’ players, staff and the official supporters’ club.
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoOverseas players are not to blame
THERE are currently some hugely popular gameshows in the UK – The Traitors and Pointless being two examples. But in Welsh...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoOspreys 19-13 Dragons: Keelan Giles steps up to steal victory for the home side
Keelan Giles scored a 79th-minute try to end another turbulent week for Ospreys with a morale-boosting victory over Dragons in a...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoLondon Scottish 27-10 Cambridge: Guy Rogers at the double to give lift to the Exiles
London Scottish clinched a vital bonus point win against a chaotic Cambridge side to secure their fourth win of the season...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoPaul Williams: At last we can see signs of stability for Steve Tandy’s Wales
Have you ever had someone try to tell you something really important? But instead of taking in that information, you’re instead...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 months agoSuper-sub Coombes turns match for Munster
■By SIMON THOMAS Munster ...........22pts Tries: Gleeson 39, Coombes 57, 64 Conversions: Butler 40, 65 Penalty: Butler 75 Dragons ............20pts Tries:...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 months agoDragons 35-12 Newcastle Red Bulls: Resurgent Welsh region take down Alan Dickens’ side
Newcastle Red Bulls’ impressive performances in the Challenge Cup came to an abrupt halt as resurgent Dragons virtually booked qualification for...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 months agoBayonne 13-22 Leinster: Another late show makes sure of top spot for the Irish province
Leinster ensured top spot in Pool 3 and secured a home last 16 tie by grinding out a hard-fought victory over...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 months agoBaxter sets sights on a home draw in last 16
■ By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Exeter Cardiff Chiefs v Today. Kick-off 1pm, Sandy Park EXETER Chiefs head into today’s final pool...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 months agoPREVIEW…Lyon v Benetton
Today. Kick-off 1pm, Matmut Stadium de Gerland LAST season’s finalists Lyon face a do or die clash against pool leaders Benetton...
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Challenge Cup
/ 2 months agoDragons have no answer to Benetton’s brilliance
■By SIMON THOMAS Benetton ......... 74pts Tries: Izekor 14, Ratave 18, Fekitoa 33, Odogwu 37, 55; Umaga 40, 65; Lynagh 51,...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoAaron Wainwright confirms his Leicester Tigers move
Leicester Tigers have confirmed the signing of Wales No.8 Aaron Wainwright from Dragons at the end of the season.
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoAaron Wainwright heading to Leicester Tigers as Welsh exodus continues
Wales back row Aaron Wainwright will become the latest star to leave Welsh rugby, with the Dragons player set to join...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 months agoChris Hewett: We must guard our friends in the north
There are a mere 320 miles of road separating Exeter from Newcastle, the geographical poles of top-flight rugby in England, and...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 months agoMunster left at gate by Ulster
■ By SAM JACKSON Ulster ..............28 Munster ............ 3 ULSTER dominated the second half to run away with a resounding victory....
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoDragons 28-5 Scarlets: There’s no stopping Filo Tiatia’s resurgent side
Having not won a single game in 13 months, resurgent Dragons have now won three games in less than three weeks,...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoLeinster 52-17 Connacht: Leo Cullen’s side turn on the style to dispatch Connacht
Leinster ran in seven tries to destroy Connacht and make it a clean sweep in their festive derbies.
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoEaling Trailfinders 34-33 Worcester Warriors: Craig Hampson comes to the rescue
In a thrilling one-point match, Ealing Trailfinders extended their unbeaten league streak to 19 matches against a battling Worcester Warriors side...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 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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Latest News
/ 3 months agoSo sad to see end of Boxing Day duels
LIKE the half-time orange, the magic sponge and the tweed-jacketed referee, a Boxing Day chock-a-block with ferocious local derbies has gone...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 months agoWRU delays decison on how to cut team
THE WRU remains undecided as to how to cut a professional men’s side having announced in October it wants to reduce...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoDragons in a battle to keep Aaron Wainwright
Dragons are fighting to prevent No.8 Aaron Wainwright following Jac Morgan and Dewi Lake out of Wales.
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoAmazon app is helping Ospreys second row Ryan Smith feel at home
Ryan Smith has been busy with his online shopping since arriving in Wales from Australia.
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 months agoDragons get their act together in battling win
■ By ROGER PANTING Dragons ............ 48pts Tries: Burrows 17, Hope 25, 61; Rosser 32, Penalty 44, Dyer 51 Conversions: O’Brien...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 months agoDragons looking to end poor run
Preview ■ By SAM JACKSON Dragons v Lyon Today. 3.15pm. Rodney Parade DRAGONS believe today’s clash with Lyon can act as...
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Latest News
/ 3 months agoPerpignan say Reece is joining them – but is he?
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Class act: Sevu Reece runs in a try for New Zealand against Wales last month PICTURE: Getty...
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Letters
/ 4 months agoWRU acts like it has a death wish
ALTHOUGH supporters of Welsh rugby will have suspected it for some time, there is evidence to suggest the WRU has a...
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Challenge Cup
/ 4 months agoWales stars return as Dragons hunt first win
■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Perpignan v Dragons Today. Kick-off 1pm WINLESS Dragons are desperate to secure their first triumph of the...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 months agoLeinster rescue bonus win after Penny let off
■By ROGER PANTING Dragons ............. 10pts Tries: Screech 31 Conversions: de Beer 31 Penalties: O’Brien 47 Leinster ............ 24pts Tries: Soroka...
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National League 2E
/ 4 months agoWelsh dragons breathing fire again after top victory
By JONATHAN SHANKLAND London Welsh.42pts Guernsey...........17pts Double: Frankie Souto on his way to scoring PICTURES: Gareth Williams Ben Davies touches down...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 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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Latest News
/ 4 months agoHughes moving to coaching role
FORMER Scarlets and Dragons centre Steff Hughes has retired aged 31 to concentrate on coaching. The former Wales Under-20 cap made...
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Letters
/ 5 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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Latest News
/ 5 months agoSmith focuses on playing
WALES prop Nicky Smith says the squad will not “bury heads in the sand” over the prospect of a professional club...
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Letters
/ 5 months agoWRU are going to make same mistakes again
WITH the Welsh Rugby Union having announced the reduction of professional teams in Wales from four to three, I fear that...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoLewis on sidelines for a while
WALES prop Dillon Lewis is braced for a lengthy spell on the sidelines after tearing his calf. Lewis, 29, picked up...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoWelsh regions to be cut to three, announces WRU
The number of professional men’s teams in Wales is to be cut from four to three within three years.
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 months agoMark Jones is tipping Morgan Morse to make a big impact with Wales
Few people know new Wales squad member Morgan Morse better than Mark Jones. He worked with him at Wales U20s and...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 5 months agoWe should have won that, says Wainwright
■ By LUKE JARMYN Dragons ............... 19pts Tries: R Williams 37, Coghlan 59, Burrows 75 Conversions: De Beer 38, 60 Ospreys...
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Columnists
/ 5 months agoPeter Jackson: Ospreys have good reason to spit blood
When the WRU delivered its damning verdict on the Ospreys and Scarlets, the judges ought to have been suitably dressed for...
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International Rugby
/ 5 months agoWales head coach Steve Tandy calls in trio to backroom staff on interim basis
Wales head coach Steve Tandy has brought in Duncan Jones, Dan Lydiate and Rhys Patchell to his backroom team on an...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoHuw Bevan takes new role at Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers have appointed WRU interim performance director Huw Bevan as head of rugby operations – a newly established role following...
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