All posts tagged "Wales"
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoTrouble in store for the All Blacks at No.7
It's an old joke, with a touch of truth about it. When an England supporter on tour in New Zealand pops...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoDragons fall to Benetton as they run out of puff
By Roger Panting Dragons ............. 21pts Tries: Westwood 27, Evans 50, Lewis-Hughes 73 Conversions: Evans 27, 50; O’Brien 74 Benetton ..............
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoScarlets 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.......................................
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 1 year agoJacques Vermeulen keen to join the fight
By Mark Stevens When push comes to shove, Exeter Chiefs forward Jacques Vermeulen is not one to shy away from the...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoFrench quick to dismiss ‘soft red’
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW ONLY France could ban one of their most notorious agents provocateurs for life,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoThe day Glasgow had the last word down in Cardiff
A MEMORIAL service is to be held at Dollar Parish Church on Friday week in honour of a Scot who carried...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBowring’s proud links to grand Welsh dynasty
THE rugby world was awash with tributes, praise and thanks from grateful coaches – many English as it happens from Stuart...
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Features
/ 1 year agoMurray out to make good in the land of his mother
TRP By SIMON THOMAS Probyn: Please don’t take captain George off too early >> Page 37 BLAIR Murray may have been...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoThat’s my lot, says Davies
FORMER British and Irish Lions centre Jonathan Davies has announced his retirement from professional rugby. The 36-year-old left the Scarlets at...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 year agoRGC: Flying The Flag For North Walian Rugby
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports “This is RGC, this is North Wales rugby” is an excellent mantra for an essential team...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoShould Nicky Smith be an automatic selection for Wales in the Autumn Internationals?
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Prop is one of the most crucial positions on the field, and many great players occupy...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoA tribute to Jonathan Davies – One of Wales’ best ever
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Wales said goodbye to another legend recently Jonathan Davies’ professional rugby career is over. It has...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoInsight into Heol-y-Cyw – An incredible Welsh grassroots club
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyan Sports From cities to the valleys, rugby is a way of life; it is the heartbeat...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoEngland omit Alex Mitchell from Autumn Internationals squad due to neck injury
Alex Mitchell has been left out of England’s squad for the autumn with a neck problem that places his involvement in...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoDafydd Jenkins to miss Wales’ Autumn Internationals as lock targets mid-December return
Exeter lock Dafydd Jenkins will miss Wales’ autumn internationals as he recovers from knee and shoulder operations. The 21-year-old, Wales captain...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 1 year agoJapan will be latest destination for Richie Gray
By Bryn Palmer Scotland lock Richie Gray will link up with World Cup winners Pieter-Steph du Toit and Aaron Smith when...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoWilliams available for Wales
WALES full-back Liam Williams will be available for the autumn internationals in November. The 33-year-old was absent for Wales’ 2024 Six...
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Latest News
/ 1 year ago10k run to training pays off for Temo Mayanavanua
By Jon Newcombe Every time Temo Mayanavanua sits down to watch the children’s TV show Cocomelon with his young son Elnathan,...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoBulls have too much in reserve for Ospreys
By Simon Thomas Ospreys ............ 19pts Tries: Lake 27, Conbeer 54, Morris 79 Conversions: Edwards 55, Walsh 80 Bulls ..................29pts Tries:...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoScarlets made to fight all the way
By Simon Thomas Cardiff ................. 19pts Tries: Millard 23, 40; Penalty 66 Conversion: De Beer 24 Scarlets ..............25pts Tries: Davies 33,...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoDouble boost for the Dragons
Preview Dragons v Lions Today. 3.30pm THE Dragons are boosted by the return of Wales prop Leon Brown and back row...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoVictor Matfield: Eben Etzebeth can reach 150 caps
By Grant Shub Victor Matfield, who played 127 Tests for the Springboks and recently relinquished his record to Eben Etzebeth, believes...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoMark Ella & Co were the true pass masters
Rugby Matters by Brendan Gallagher - A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Nineteen eighty four might have been...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoMitchell: We’ve got another gear to go
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... England v Canada Today. Kick-off 3am, BC Place, Vancouver THE Red Roses head into their final Test...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoWales breeze past drained Japan
By BEN JAYCOCK On the attack: Wales winger Nel Metcalfe Wales ............... 19 Japan .............. 10 WALES survived the threat of...
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Features
/ 1 year agoFrom 1 to 15: It’s all change
THEN AND NOW: BRENDAN GALLAGHER LOOKS AT HOW THE GAME HAS EVOLVED OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS, POSITION BY POSITION FIFTY...
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Miscellaneous
/ 1 year agoFran has hit ground running
Preview Trailfinders v Loughborough Today. Kick-off 12.45pm LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning’s new signing Francesca Goldthorp makes her second club debut today. The England...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoHartpury launch fightback to down Gordon’s
SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS IT was a thrilling round in the ACE League as the southern group continued to produce...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoMake your mistakes and learn from them
Coach to coach Steve Hill talks to Simon Culley, below, head of rugby at Durham University How and why did you...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoTuipulotu hat-trick steers Bath to victory
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS KEPU Tuipulotu announced himself on the senior stage with a 23-minute hat-trick in Bath’s win over...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 year agoBowen hat-trick sinks Swansea
Super Rygbi round-up By CARL FIELD WALES U18 speedster Tom Bowen ran in his second hat-trick of the season as leaders...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoEx-Wales coach Bowring dies
Thinker: Kevin Bowring FORMER Wales coach Kevin Bowring has died at the age of 70. Bowring, who became Wales’ first full-time...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoLudlow back in the fold
By BEN JAYCOCK GLOUCESTER director of rugby George Skivington recalled his captain Lewis Ludlow for yesterday’s derby with Bath having dropped...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoHarri Deaves – Wales’ next backrow superstar?
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports At a time when the national team is looking for world-class talent across the pitch, the...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoDo Wales have a chance at landing young gun Cameron Hanekom?
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Over the past decade, there has been a trend of players coming from overseas to compete...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoPremiership Rugby plays down talk of a British and Irish or Anglo-Welsh league
Premiership Rugby appears to have killed off proposals for a British and Irish or Anglo-Welsh league in favour of retaining a...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 1 year agoTom Willis: Ben Earl is an inspiration to all
By Adam Hathaway Saracens No.8 Tom Willis will be taking inspiration from clubmate Ben Earl when he heads into England training...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoI’d be happy to step up at 12 – Seb Atkinson
By Ben Jaycock Gloucester's Seb Atkinson aims to show he can be the solution to England’s problem at No.12. Atkinson was...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoI can take the pressure at No. 10, says Ben Thomas
By Simon Thomas Much is made about the difference between club and international rugby and it’s something Ben Thomas is able...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoWallace Sititi is following in father’s footsteps, but for how long?
By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed Cast your minds back, those of you who are sufficiently long in the tooth, to...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoHeartbreak for Dragons as Sharks snatch win
By SIMON THOMAS Dragons ............. 30pts Tries: Basham 18, Coleman 27, Williams 38, Carter 55 Conversions: Evans 19, 39 Penalties: Evans...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoI’m happy to play anywhere – Mason Grady
By Simon Thomas How best to utilise the talents of Mason Grady is one of the big debates in Welsh rugby....
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoWales squander chances to get past Italy
By SAM JACKSON Wales ................. 5 Italy ................... 8 WALES rued a lack of composure late on as they suffered a...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoLos Pumas have worked hard to forge own identity
Brendan Gallagher reports on how one country has built a rugby stronghold down in South America There was a time back...
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Features
/ 1 year agoI’ll play for Wales again, says Francis
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Strong man: Tomas Francis scoring for Wales against Georgia at last year’s World...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoEngland camps to improve skills
By BEN JAYCOCK Pack power: England bossed South Africa up front on their way to Junior World Cup success in the...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoWainwright named Player of the Year
DRAGONS No.8 Aaron Wainwright has been named the Wales men’s player of the year by the Welsh Rugby Writers’ Association (WRWA)....
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Features
/ 1 year agoHow London Welsh are working way back to top
William Gupwell goes down to south-west London to find a club out to rediscover itself London Welsh were once a club...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 year agoLloyd snatches it for Steelmen
Super Rygbi round-up By CARL FIELD EBBW Vale became holders of the new Super Rygbi Cymru Challenge Shield when they beat...
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Features
/ 1 year agoCampese:Schmidt is wrong man for Aussies
By CAMERON STEPHENS DAVID Campese delivered a blunt message regarding Joe Schmidt’s position as Australia’s head coach, claiming the Kiwi isn’t...
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