All posts tagged "Swansea"
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRuddock takes on new role at Ospreys
MIKE Ruddock has been appointed Ospreys development director on a three-year contract. The former Wales coach became the Welsh region’s performance...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHarlequins play hard-ball with Welsh region’s pursuit of Adam Jones
Toby Booth wants to lure the Harlequins scrum coach to Ospreys in the PRO14
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoOspreys in battle to sign Quins scrum ace Jones
By ALEX BYWATER ADAM Jones is a main target for new Ospreys head coach Toby Booth who wants to sign the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSpare a thought for the so-called pariahs of the game
I COULDN’T believe my eyes last week when I read that between them the two Welsh football clubs, Swansea and Cardiff...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNicky Thomas urged to make Ospreys chance count
Former coach Bernard Jackman believes the Ospreys is a the final chance for Thomas to show his Wales potential, yet to...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDAN BIGGAR ON…
...Gareth Anscombe’s arrival spurring him on I made a joke and said I was happy coming off the bench last season,...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGivvons spun them a golden yarn in Oldham
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Star man: Alec Givvons, bottom row, third left, with the Oldham team of...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoBattered captain Brooks calls time at Drovers
■By ROB COLE LLANDOVERY captain Richard Brooks is leaving the club after nine seasons in the Welsh Premiership. No.8 Brooks, 31,...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWales make it painful viewing for Red Rose
KICKING off at 9pm this Friday (May 8), S4C will fill the rugby void by rerunning the first of three Wales-Eng-...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years ago‘The Bish’ deserved so much more
I THOROUGHLY enjoyed Brendan Gallagher’s piece about wasted talents, especially about David Bishop. I followed the All Whites during the 80s...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Muscleman Chris Jones rates power of prayer now
Peter Jackson journeys back to the Vale in the 1980s by having a chat with Treorchy's 'Hatchet prop' Chris Jones
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoMuscleman Chris rates power of prayer now
Back in the day when the hatchet men ruled the roost in both football codes, Chris Jones ran a reign of...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLydiate is crucial to Ospreys’ revival
Key signing: Ospreys blindside Dan Lydiate PICTURE: Getty Images DAN Lydiate could prove to be the signing of next season for...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Mr Prickly Alun Wyn Jones leads the world for grumpy PR
Peter Jackson analyses the poker face of Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones through his years sat in front of the media
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoOscar strikes late as RGC snatch away victory
Premiership ■By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea ………24 RGC ………………25 A LAST-GASP Oscar Lennon try saw RGC battle back from behind to clinch...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBristol Bears’ Welsh exile Mat Protheroe signs for Ospreys
A player capable of making the move into Test rugby by playing under Wayne Pivac's nose?
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWhite wall keeps Wizards at bay
By ROB COLE Premiership Swansea ……………13 Aberavon ……………10 SWANSEA staged a remarkable defensive display in injury time to repel a 50-phase...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 6 years agoChampions rocked by first-minute Whites try
By PAUL HOPKINS Merthyr …………5 Swansea ……..10 SWANSEA earned a shock victory over champions Merthyr as The Wern took a storm...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNewport away from danger
Welsh Premiership Newport …………………………17 Swansea………………………0 NEWPORT’S steady climb to safety continued with a win at Rodney Parade. They are now 15...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoWebster would not have been in the pink
THROUGHOUTa distinguished career for Swansea, Wales and the Lions, Richard Webster never lost sight of his oldschool values. They served him...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoPlumtree served his time well
NOBODY can accuse John Plumtree of cutting corners during his apprenticeship for a position among the All Black coaching elite, one...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoRavens secure crucial victory to ease fears
By PAUL HOPKINS BRIDGEND eased their relegation concerns with a determined win over regional rivals Swansea. In the opening exchanges a...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoAll Blacks confident Mooar will leave Scarlets
By SAM JACKSON NEW Zealand coach Ian Foster is ‘really confident’ Scarlets boss Brad Mooar will become part of his coaching...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBlues ride luck after triple yellow
By ALEX BYWATER Decisive: Jarrod Evans scores for Blues PICTURE: Huw Evans CARDIFF Blues sealed a first league win at the...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Days of romance, song and drama with Lions
Peter Jackson looks back on the 1955 British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa, when attitudes were different but the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDays of romance, song and drama with Lions
PETER JACKSON Miss: Van der Schyff hangs his head No touring team in any theatre of global sport can match the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBritish & Irish League ‘coming in 2022’ says club owner
Stakeholders CVC are driving a merger between the Premiership and PRO14
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoOspreys’ boss: Losing our coach is just a blip
■By STEFFAN THOMAS Tough times: Rob Davies Coaches? Carl Hogg and Mark Jones Stood down: Allen Clarke PICTURES: Getty Images CRISIS?...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSuddenly Davies has joined the ‘bad guys’
AS CHIEF executive of Cardiff RFC pre-regionalisation, Gareth Davies defied the WRU and put them in the English Premiership alongside Swansea....
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDrovers make it 18 in a row over Whites
By PAUL HOKPINS Swansea ……14 Llandovery …16 A BERIAN Watkins try kept up Llandovery’s hoodoo on Swansea as they made it...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoCronin late try so vital for Irish
MUNSTER head coach Johann van Graan stressed the importance of Munster’s lastminute try which secured them a winning bonus point. Replacement...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRGC bounce back for victory after a lean spell
By PAUL HOPKINS Premiership RGC 1404 ........21 Swansea ..........3 A POWERFUL display by the RGC pack was enough for victory. After...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Kamikaze man ‘Shiggy’ has made real impact
Peter Jackson charts role of Shigeru Konno as one of the forefathers of Japanese rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoIt’s Cardiff’s day as the errors mount up
By PAUL HOPKINS CARDIFF maintained their excellent start to the season in an error-strewn affair at the Arms Park. James Davies...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNagy in the points as All Whites put on a show
■ By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea ………33 Llanelli ……………5 TWO Max Nagy tries helped Swansea to a perfect start to the season...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoStudents rally to tame Lions
Loughborough…40 Leicester L……29 KIERAN Curran helped Loughborough Students start the seven-day countdown to the new season on a winning note. The...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoNo Peter, so my job gets harder
PRESS officers have long been redefined in my trade as prevention officers, notorious for blocking access to the more interesting interviewees...
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Features
/ 7 years agoGrasshoppers joined Wasps as rugby insects
LIKE many a good idea, the formation of Preston Grasshoppers came about during a meeting in a pub, The Bull Hotel,...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCardiff Uni lose Davies to Bridgend
By ROB COLE CARDIFF University are looking for a new director of rugby following the departure of Alun Wyn Davies to...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWorld Cup hat-trick – yet Webbe had no idea
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Unknowing hero: Glen Webbe in action for Wales Glen Webbe will forever be...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSecond-half Whites magic stuns Wizards
By JOHN MURPHY Swansea ........24 Aberavon........14 SWANSEA finished with a midweek win as Aberavon let their early lead, and scrum dominance,...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoThe Great Escape is still a possibility for Bedwas
■ By PAUL HOPKINS Bedwas …28 Swansea …25 BEDWAS kept alive their hopes of Premiership survival with a tense bonus point...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBedwas hit six but know victory may not be enough to survive
By ROB COLE Aberavon ……19 Bedwas ……….38 BEDWAS hit the Wizards for six as they kept alive their hopes of Premiership...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWorld-wide bidding war starts for fly-half Sam
Wanted: Sam Davies OSPREYS fly-half Sam Davies has got four clubs from around the world looking to lure him away from...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRatti impresses as Whites dent Cardiff’s title ambitions
By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea …20 Cardiff …17 CARDIFF’S Premiership title hopes were dented after they suffered a narrow reverse against Swansea...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNightingale swoops to keep Bulls’ survival hopes alive
By PAUL HOPKINS Bargoed …31 Swansea …26 BARGOED kept their faint hopes of Premiership survival alive with a thrilling bonus-point victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWhites find true colours as Jeffries bags winner
■By PAUL HOPKINS Carmarthen Q…19 Swansea …21 ALEX Jeffries’ last-gasp try secured victory for Swansea in a Carmarthen Park thriller. It...
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Latest News
/ 7 years ago2005 Slam? Mike had more fun at Swansea
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Done it! Welsh scrum-half Dwayne Peel celebrates at the final whistle as Wales...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoRampant Pury put Trent to the sword
■ By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP A FINAL bit of league action was completed on Wednesday with two rearranged games confirming...
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