All posts tagged "Swansea"
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGatt’s the way to do it for brilliant Bridgend
By PAUL HOPKINS Bridgend …….24 Swansea ……….0 BRIDGEND eased to a comfortable win at home over a poor Swansea side at...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoDavies urges Ospreys to reclaim their place at top of Celtic league
By STEFFAN THOMAS BRADLEY Davies has challenged Ospreys to retake their place as Welsh rugby’s standard bearers after a poor campaign....
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNeath churn out derby victory in the Swansea mudbath
Principality Premiership Swansea 7 Neath 17 NEATH took home the spoils in a hard-fought derby match against Swansea at a muddy...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE NEATH AND WALES FULL-BACK PAUL THORBURN Born in Germany but Welsh through and through, to captain my country on ten...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSweeney saves the day as Ponty run riot against the Whites
■ By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea …19 Pontypridd …54 A CERI Sweeney inspired Pontypridd hit a half-century in a breathtaking win over...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWhites stalled as Bedwas defence halts late rally
By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea 15 Bedwas 20 A LATE Swansea onslaught wasn’t enough as a heroic Bedwas defensive effort earned them...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPrincipality Premiership
Cardiff …53 Swansea …25 CARDIFF put Swansea to the sword with a comprehensive victory. They led through two Gareth Thompson penalties...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoNamibian star Klim will add speed to Ospreys line
■ By STEFFAN THOMAS THE Ospreys have signed Namibian international wing Lesley Klim on a twoyear deal. Doncaster Knights flyer Klim,...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDoncaster Knights prop Ian Williams dies after collapsing at training session
(Photo: Getty Images) By Adam Ellis Doncaster Knights have announced prop Ian Williams has passed away, aged 27, after collapsing at...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSwansea celebrate as Wizards worry over Andrews injury
By PAUL HOPKINS Aberavon 7 Swansea 19 SWANSEA recorded backto- back victories for the first time since their return to the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBath are in it to win it now Ewels tells competition
By ALEX BYWATER CHARLIE Ewels warned Bath’s rivals his team are out for Anglo-Welsh Cup success after they booked a home...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJones on song as magnificent Pooler dump Quins out of the Cup
By JAY BAYFORD Pontypool ……23 C’marthen Q ….8 NATIONAL Championship leaders Pontypool shocked Carmarthen Quins to progress to the Cup quarter-finals...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoChief Warlow expecting tough last 16 test from Wizards
By CARL FIELD PREVIEW Newport v Aberavon Sunday January 28. Kick-off 2.30pm NEWPORT tackle Aberavon at Rodney Parade this afternoon with...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoFarewell to Hale, one of Cardiff rugby’s favourites
CARDIFF’S oldest player (definitely) and Wales’ most venerable player (arguably) passed away this week when Graham Hale died aged 97. Remarkably...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoHealy heads new coaching team for Germany after axe falls on Potgieter
By JON NEWCOMBE In: Paul Healy Out: Kobus Potgieter GERMANYhave announced a new coaching team on the eve of the Rugby...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBargoed …38 Trebanos…27
■By PETER GREENING BARGOEDand Trebanos served up a cracking cup tie with 50 points on the scoreboard by half time. The...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDREAM TEAM
RICKY PELLOW, THE EXETER COACH AND FORMER BATH AND CORNISH PIRATES No.9, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS…PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST…...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
LLOYD EVANS GLOUCESTER FLY-HALF Lloyd Evans makes no bones about the fact he is frustrated. As a fly-half of considerable game-breaking...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoLlandovery defence secures consecutive victories
By JAY BAYFORD Swansea …14 Llandovery …18 LLANDOVERY made it back-to-back wins in the Principality Premiership with victory at Swansea –...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoJenkins set to follow Williams to Ospreys
By STEFFAN THOMAS ELLIS Jenkins looks set to swap Cardiff Blues for the Ospreys for the start of next season. The...
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Peter Jackson
/ 8 years agoLack of stardust on show in Swansea
A GRAND total of 44 players, the majority of them internationals, will be missing when Ospreys kick off against Glasgow in...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRGC stay on track after edging past Swansea in a thriller
By DEAN JONES RGC1404……….35 Swansea ………34 RGC remain in control of the Principality Premiership West after a tense home win over...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoProtheroe benefiting from time with Bruce
GIFTED full-back Mat Protheroe believes testing himself under Premiership legends Pat Lam and Bruce Reihana at Bristol will help him fulfil...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoJackson column: How Clem Thomas seized once in a lifetime opportunity
Ahead of Wales v New Zealand, Peter Jackson recalls when Clem Thomas overcame personal tragedy
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPrice is right for Quins as five-try Jack sparkles
By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea …21 Carmarthen …43 A FIVE-TRY haul by star winger Jack Price helped Carmarthen to a comprehensive victory...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoAlun-Wyn’s whingers put rugby morality to shame
IN SWANSEA last weekend, rugby surrendered another piece of the moral high ground they like to think separates them from football....
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Features
/ 8 years agoBig cats make meal of careless Ospreys
By SAM JACKSON OSPREYS coach Steve Tandy slammed his side’s high error count as they were thrashed 44-25 in Bloemfontein. The...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDrovers stay on top after putting Whites to the sword
By TIM LEWIS Llandovery ….32 Swansea ……….9 LLANDOVERY scored four tries as they thrashed Swansea to consolidate their position at the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHowe holds his nerve to snatch a draw for All Whites
By STEFFAN THOMAS Swansea …16 RGC 1404 …16 SWANSEA were held to a 16-16 draw by RGC 1404 in what was...
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Peter Jackson
/ 8 years agoPeter Jackson: Top Cat still carries the bruises from Meads’ knee
Clive Rowlands woke up yesterday with the same ache in his lower back, just as he has woken up every Saturday...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoLacklustre Ospreys get rocket from Tandy
By ALEX BYWATER OSPREYS head coach Steve Tandy accused his players of a lack of effort at a rain-soaked Liberty Stadium....
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCome back Lions, the Ospreys need you says Dan
By STEFFAN THOMAS OSPREYS full-back Dan Evans hopes his side’s returning British & Irish Lions can boost Steve Tandy’s men following...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoQuins battle past Swansea in scrappy encounter
By TIM LEWIS C’marthen Q 10 Swansea 6 CARMARTHEN Quins made it back-to-back wins in the West Conference of the Principality...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPrincipality Premiership
Swansea …22 Bridgend …6 BRIDGEN Dwere made to pay for two yellow cards in the final ten minutes as they slipped...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSwansea …28 Aberavon…41
ABERAVON took the early season bragging rights over local rivals Swansea with a thrilling triumph at St. Helens. The hosts got...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWales face more woe over Walker
By PETER JACKSON WALES are concerned over the immediate future of the wing they have been trying to pick for the...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoLondon Welsh double act with a five-year masterplan
The John Dawes suite at Old Deer Park is adorned with memorabilia from the bygone age when London Welsh were the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 8 years agoAction man Alun-Wyn is charging towards record
If his track record is anything to go by, Alun-Wyn Jones will pass another landmark towards the end of the coming...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoYstalyfera …17 Neath…38
By SAM DAVIES NEATH hit Ystalyfera for six in an entertaining warm-up match at the Ynysydaren Ground. Outside centre Richard Smith...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoDragons renamed
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons’ name has been changed to Dragons following their takeover by the Welsh Rugby Union. The decision means only...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHowley’s leveller is crucial in fight for play-offs
By JAMES LLOYD Swansea 32 Neath 32 NEATH remain on course for a Tier Two play-off place after Ed Howley’s last-gasp...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoKeys cut open by Neath
Neath 59 Cross Keys 14 NEATH inflicted a first defeat of the season for Cross Keys after a dominant win in...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSwansea swept aside as Newport keep up unbeaten run
By BEN JAMES Newport 28 Swansea 10 NEWPORT kept their unbeaten record in Tier Two as they brushed aside Swansea with...
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Young Gun
/ 9 years agoYoung Gun: Will Jones – Wales U20s captain
Enjoying the student life while trying to become a professional rugby player is not easy but Wales U20s captain Will Jones...
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Features
/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
WILL JONES WALES U20s CAPTAIN Enjoying the student life while trying to become a professional rugby player is not easy but...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher remembers the 1977 Lions tour
History has not been kind to the 1977 Lions and, coming after the triumphs of 1971 and 1974, they were, perhaps,...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: The day Big Bad Jim forgot his old pals act
The years keep rolling by but when it comes to dispensing their own brand of rough justice, a pair of Welsh...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson column: Rugby has become too destructive for own good
The human wreckage of one club’s season can be gauged from some brutal facts – 30 significant injuries requiring more than...
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Young Gun
/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: James Grayson- England U18s and Saints fly-half
James Grayson is only at the start of what he hopes will be a successful career but whatever happens the past...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Dan Biggar is the man to lead Ospreys on glory run
Dan Biggar goes to work this afternoon in a place surrounded by volcanic mountains, a suitable location for an Osprey who...
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