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Welsh Rugby

/ 3 weeks ago

Beddau 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...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 weeks ago

‘Shunto’ spent his career on the bench

THE village of Penclawwd, renowned for its cockles and for sending a pair of schoolboy half backs to run rings round...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Brendan Gallagher

/ 4 weeks ago

Brendan Gallagher: When Pumas gave Wales a tough time

The record books tell us that Wales and today’s opponents, Argentina, have contested 22 Tests since their first official meeting in...

By Brendan Gallagher

Welsh Rugby

/ 4 weeks ago

Ponty return to winning ways

Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD WELSH Premiership pace setters Pontypridd bounced back from last weekend’s first league defeat at Neath by...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Letters

/ 1 month ago

WRU 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...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 month ago

Neath take down leaders Ponty

Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD NEATH inflicted a first league defeat of the season on Welsh Premiership leaders Pontypridd after coming...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Ospreys v Scarlets – EPCR Challenge Cup – Swansea.com Stadium

Columnists

/ 1 month ago

Peter 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...

By Peter Jackson

Welsh Rugby

/ 1 month ago

Seven up for teenager Jones

Premiership Cup round-up TALENTED teenage winger Joseff Jones helped himself to seven of Merthyr’s 12 tries as the Iron-men recorded a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Anderson joins Scarlets

SCARLETS have signed No.8 Fletcher Anderson from the Super Rugby Pacific champions the Crusaders. The 22-year-old, who also played for Tasman...

By The Rugby Paper Team

David Bishop, right, was targeted in every game he played

Brendan Gallagher

/ 2 months ago

Brendan Gallagher: David Bishop – Unforgiven and unforgettable

Not many sporting books have been cobbled together with the co-authors flat on their backs 200 miles apart, but that’s what...

By Brendan Gallagher

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

A fresh name will be on the trophy for U18s

By JOSEPH TERRY THE latest champion of the St Joseph’s College Rugby Festival will have been crowned by close-of-play today as...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

/ 2 months ago

Davies makes sure for Ponty

By CARL FIELD Premiership round-up PONTYPRIDD remain two points clear at the top of the Welsh Premiership after their 26-19 bonus-point...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 months ago

Scarlets keen on hooker

DWAYNE Peel says Scarlets are fighting to keep hooker Marnus van der Merwe after his club exploits made him a Springbok....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

/ 2 months ago

Ten-try Ponty crush Newbridge

Premiership round-up TABLE toppers Pontypridd ran in 10 tries on their way to a thumping 66-17 victory over Newbridge at Sardis...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

/ 2 months ago

Ponty bounce back for maximum

Premiership round-up WELSH Premiership leaders Pontypridd bounced back from the disappointment of surrendering their grip on the WRU Premiership Cup with...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

/ 2 months ago

Neath knock Ponty out of cup

Premiership Cup round-up ■By CARL FIELD HOLDERS Pontypridd are out of the WRU Premiership Cup after going down 23-19 to Neath...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 months ago

At 98, Roy signs off from his column

FOR Roy Lewis, Ebbw Vale’s home match against Aberavon last weekend marked the end of perhaps the longest road ever travelled...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 3 months ago

Beddau make it three in a row

Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD NEWLY-promoted Beddau’s dream start to life in the Welsh Premiership continues after they made it three...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

/ 3 months ago

Davies double sparks Ponty

Premiership round-up ■By CARL FIELD PONTYPRIDD made it two bonus-point wins from two after seeing off Narberth 35-12 at Sardis Road...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

/ 3 months ago

Jones snatches it for Merthyr

Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD BEN Jones’ last-gasp penalty snatched a dramatic opening day 22-19 victory for reigning champions Merthyr at...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 3 months ago

Nick Cain: Two-team model in Welsh rugby has little chance of success

The precipice on which Welsh rugby is perched rests on two disastrous decisions made on either side of the Millennium which...

By Nick Cain

Miscellaneous

/ 3 months ago

Maestro Ring is ahead of the game

AT the top of his game circa 1984 when Cardiff succeeded against the Grand Slam Wallabies where England, Ireland, Scotland and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 3 months ago

Peter Jackson: Four into two Welsh clubs will be fraught with problems

A few more traumatic days in the soap opera of Welsh rugby provided another startling example of the game’s enduring capacity...

By Peter Jackson

Latest News

/ 5 months ago

The time Gale was a force of nature

AUBREY Gale belonged to a rare breed, those never granted national recognition despite their rare achievements, in his case for Llanelli...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 months ago

I’ve never seen so many smiles at any tournament

International Mixed Ability Rugby Tournament Steve Hill reports from Pamplona in Spain about an event supported by the European Commission and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 5 months ago

Craig Warlow – Living the Game, Leading the Next Generation

“Wilder than the wind and stronger than a storm.” Dylan Gossett was talking about romantic love in Stronger Than a Storm....

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 6 months ago

It wasn’t pretty but we made it, says Keenan

By JOHN FALLON Leinster ..............................33pts Tries: Lowe 5, Gibson-Park 10, Osborne 46, Keenan 60 Conversions: Prendergast 11, 47 Penalties: Prendergast 35,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 months ago

From Roman Roads to Rugby Fields: The Enduring Legacy of Cowbridge RFC

By Pete Ryan “Not the best place, but there’s diamonds in the mud.” Gerry Cinnamon’s lyrics capture the muddy, uncertain Welsh...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

/ 7 months ago

Merthyr march on but Pontypridd trip up

Premiership round-up CHAMPIONS Merthyr wrapped their campaign with a bonus-point win as they ran in seven tries to defeat Llangennech 45-22....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

/ 7 months ago

Ken Owens eying a move into politics

Ken Owens, aka the Sheriff of Carmarthen, is planning to plunge into the whirlpool of politics as a Labour candidate at...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 months ago

TRP

Probyn: The women’s game is not paying for itself Jones taking on desert walk to raise funds to fight cancer ■...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 8 months ago

Peter Jackson: Where the ghosts of the greats still roam in Welsh Rugby

By Peter Jackson - The man truly in the know In the golden days when the sun never set on Welsh...

By Peter Jackson

Latest News

/ 8 months ago

Pete Ryan: Bridgend’s College Pathway

By Pete Ryan For exclusive stories and all the detailed rugby news you need, subscribe to The Rugby Paper website, digital edition, or...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

/ 8 months ago

Ponty cut loose in cup triumph

Cup Finals round-up PONTYPRIDD ended their 11-year wait to taste glory again at the Principality Stadium after defeating Cross Keys 43-12...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Miscellaneous

/ 9 months ago

Laughton signed the best

NEVER in the once troubled conflict between the codes can anyone have made life so uncomfortably hot for the RFU and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 11 months ago

Remembering the days when Cardiff set the standard in club rugby

A new year beckons, one that will mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of Cardiff Rugby Club, modestly subtitled The...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Challenge Cup

/ 12 months ago

Wales duo out for revenge

■ By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Scarlets v Black Lion Today. Kick-off 1pm, Parc y Scarlets WALES internationals Sam Costelow and Gareth...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Welsh Rugby

/ 1 year ago

Quins power past Bridgend

Super Rygbi round-up By CARL FIELD CARMARTHEN Quins director of rugby Steff Thomas was pleased to see his side bag their...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Farewell Baler, the dedicated driver of our gang of misfits

SO farewell then Baler – Steve Bale – a prince among men as well as a most talented versatile wordsmith mainly...

By The Rugby Paper Team

United Rugby Championship

/ 1 year ago

Scarlets on fire to send the Bulls to first defeat

By Simon Thomas Scarlets ............................ 23pts Tries: Macleod 11, Murray 41, Rogers 72 Conversion: Lloyd 12 Penalties: Lloyd 40, 52 Bulls.......................................

By The Rugby Paper Team