All posts tagged "Swansea"
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNorth takes centre stage in first start for 12 months
PREVIEW... Ospreys v Dragons Today. Kick-off 3pm, Swansea.com Stadium GEORGE North will make his first start in more than a year...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoOspreys sign Exeter fly-half Jack Walsh
The Ospreys have completed a deal to sign talented fly-half Jack Walsh from Exeter Chiefs. America-born, the 22-year-old has penned a...
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/ 4 years agoCardiff bag vital bonus as title race hots up
Premiership By ROB COLE Swansea ..............20 Cardiff ..................27 TWO years ago Cardiff were odds-on to win the Premiership title before Covid...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoZheng’s magic for Met sets up Exeter semi-final
BUCS RUGBY By NICK POWELL ROMA Zheng scored two tries and assisted another as Cardiff Met beat Cardiff Uni 34-33 in...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoDavies fluffs chance to be the hero
Premiership By ANTHONY WILSON Swansea ..............24 Pontypridd ..........25 JAMES Davies had the chance to be the hero for Swansea with a...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 4 years agoLate drama as leaders hit back in added time
Swansea ..............17 Newport ................24 THE Premiership leaders were pushed all the way by Swansea and had to rely on two tries...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoVale power their way to victory
Premiership By PAUL HOPKINS Ebbw Vale ............14 Swansea ................5 A POWER packed display from the Ebbw Vale pack earned their side...
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Features
/ 4 years agoGRIFFYDD EVANS
YOUNG GUNS CARDIFF UNI / LLANDOVERY FLANKER Cardiff University student Griffydd Evans is eager to step up to Scarlets first team...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLydiate returns to starting grid
By SAM JACKSON PREVIEW... Ospreys v Zebre Today. Kick-off 2pm, Swansea.com Stadium WALES flanker Dan Lydiate will make his first start...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoCarmarthen move into the play-off places
Premiership By ADAM PETERS Carmarthen ........22 Bridgend ..............17 KALLUM Evans struck twice to move Carmarthen Quins up into the play-off places....
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoEvans try swings seesaw for Drovers
Premiership By ROB COLE Swansea ..............20 Llandovery ..........25 DROVERS head coach Euros Evans asked for a reaction from his players after...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRecord number see Exeter march on
BUCS RUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK A penalty try gave Exeter University a 26-21 bonus point win as they won a thrilling varsity...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoJones stars as Gogs overcome the Swans
Premiership By PAUL HOPKINS RGC.............................29 Swansea................. 14 DION Jones struck twice to help steer the home side to a bonus-point win...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoIntercept try keeps Durham one clear of Exeter
BUCS ROUND-UP By BEN JAYCOCK DURHAM remain at the top of BUCS table after their 30-17 away win over third place...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoOspreys in charge as Webb pulls the strings
By STEFFAN THOMAS Ospreys ............23pts Tries: Protheroe 45, Parry 55 Conversions: Myler 46, 57 Penalties: Myler 29, 69, 75 Edinburgh..........19pts Tries:...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDurham lead way as top four battle intensifies
BUCS RUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK BUCS Super Rugby returned on Wednesday after its mid-season break with another enthralling round of action....
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoCushion wraps up bonus for Ironmen
Premiership By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea................. 15 Merthyr....................32 MERTHYR clinched a last-minute bonus point in an entertaining win over Swansea. It was...
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Features
/ 4 years agoVarsity match was all important
CAMBRIDGE, Wales and Lions wing Rowe Harding –a future High Court judge – was a wonderfully acute and pithy observer of...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSale Sharks v Wasps Preview: Sharks captain Ross returns
Captain Jono Ross returns to the side as Sale Sharks host Wasps at the AJ Bell Stadium in Saturday’s New Year’s...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoSale win away at Ospreys
Sale overcame a second-half Ospreys fightback to claim victory in the Heineken Champions Cup opening round in Swansea. Tries from Rohan...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoDavies on fire as Aberavon open their account
Premiership By STEFFAN THOMAS Aberavon ................29 Swansea................. 13 ABERAVON opened their Premiership account with a hard-fought bonus point victory. Jason Hyatt’s...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBig tackle count sees Ospreys win wrestle
By ROGER POANTING Ospreys ..............19pts Tries: Morris 32 Conversions: Myler 35 Penalties: Myler 17, 35, 58, 65 Ulster ..................13pts Tries: Penalty...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBargoed stay top but 12-try Pooler in pursuit
Championship round-up A DUAN Thomas hat-trick sent Pontypool on their way to an 82-3 thrashing of Tata Steel at home. Leighton...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCricket shrine is ‘ruined’ by Ospreys
Bounce back: Rob Simmons, centre, is mobbed after scoring for London Irish PICTURE: Getty Images THE Ospreys have been accused of...
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Features
/ 4 years agoDAFYDD JENKINS
YOUNG GUNS EXETER CHIEFS DAFYDD Jenkins casts an envious eye towards the two Welsh caps that his close pal Christ Tshiunza...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoIn-form Williams adds to Llanelli’s misery
By PAUL HOPKINS Llanelli.............. 19 Swansea..........27 SWANSEA survived a second-half scare to clinch victory and leave Llanelli winless after nine matches....
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoMarshall rides to the rescue for the Quins
Premiership Cup By PAUL HOPKINS Carmarthen Q.........24 Swansea................. 21 A LAST-MINUTE Steff Marshall penalty saw Carmarthen Quins defeat Swansea in a...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoAndrews casts his spell as Wizards stay top
Premiership Cup By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea.......... 20 Aberavon.......... 30 ABERAVON cemented their place at the top of the Premiership Cup west...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoGood Evans! It’s Drovers’ win No.21
Premiership Cup By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea.................. 17 Llandovery.............45 AN Ashley Evans brace helped Llandovery secure their 21st victory in a row...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRuddock turns to coaching role just like his dad before
By ROB COLE RHYS Ruddock is considering turning into a chip off the old block after trying his hand at coaching....
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoO’Brien on target for Llandovery
By PAUL HOPKINS Llandovery ..........21 Swansea ................5 LLANDOVERY made it 20 successive victories over Swansea as competitive rugby returned to Church...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSwansea leave no room for doubt
Welsh round-up By ROB COLE NEATH’S 150th anniversary celebrations got off to a familiar start as they welcomed their oldest rivals,...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHat-trick for Evans as Quins power on
Welsh Championship Cup round-up By STEFFAN THOMAS A LEWIS Evans hat-trick fired Maesteg Harlequins to the top of their WRU Championship...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoMichael Hooper shows his class in best Wallaby tradition | Peter Jackson
Another Bledisloe Cup series leaves the Wallabies captain on the losing side
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoEven the All Blacks honoured the quality of full-back Terry Price | Peter Jackson
The Welsh full-back revered by the Kiwis during the late 1950s
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Lions duo Dan Biggar and Courtney Lawes wanted by Toulouse
EUROPEAN champions Toulouse are looking to make a double swoop on Northampton Saints to take Lions pair Dan Biggar and Courtney...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoOspreys hooker Scott Otten told to retire at the age of 26
A neck injury suffered in January has led to medical experts advising Ospreys hooker Scott Otten to hang up his boots
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoOspreys chasing Crusaders star Havili
Havili is not the only Crusaders player the Ospreys are exploring bringing to Wales
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Features
/ 5 years agoFrom amateur to pro: George is ready for his club trial
Kyran Bracken reports on his progress of transforming Wanstead scrum-half George Hardy, 28, into a professional inside 12 months We are...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoAdam Jones aims to develop Harlequins’ mean streak after Gustard’s exit
A lengthy interview with Harlequins scrum coach Adam Jones, who delves into the road ahead for Quins in life after Paul...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLions lock Orie set for short stay at Ospreys
THE Ospreys look set to sign South African second row Marvin Orie from the Lions on a deal until the end...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoIt’s better, but more to come from Ospreys says Booth
Toby Booth and Dan Lydiate comment on the Ospreys upturn in fortunes, with a resurgent George North key
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoHighs and lows of Will Taylor’s rollercoaster rugby career, now settled at London Welsh
Taylor is now involved with London Welsh and runs a gym in Richmond
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Features
/ 5 years agoScreech looms on the Cardiff radar
CARDIFF Blues have targeted Dragons second row Matthew Screech as they seek to strengthen their front five. Screech has impressed for...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoJones fights to take Jake’s place for club and country
By ROB COLE Rising star: Morgan Jones MORGAN Jones is literally growing into the second row position at the Scarlets and...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoProtheroe has belief in new-look Ospreys
By ROB COLE Honest: Toby Booth Ospreys fan: Mat Protheroe is back home PICTURE: Getty Images THE all-conquering Leinster machine will...
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Features
/ 5 years agoAgile ‘Monkey’ saved the day for Wales at Stradey Park
PETER JACKSON The only time England ever ventured west of Swansea for a Test match, the honorary secretary of the Rugby...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBrian got two passes, then was dropped!
BRIAN Davies survived a stormy debut for Wales at Lansdowne Road in a draw against Ireland marred by an Arctic wind...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRavens swoop for another of Cardiff’s stars
BRIDGEND Ravens are set to sign Cardiff full-back Edd Howley as the capital side’s playing stock continues to plummet. With Cardiff...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBlues go quiet on Roberts’ Dragons move
JAMIE Roberts talking to The Rugby Paper in late March: “I told myself as soon as I left Cardiff that I’d...















