All posts tagged "Wales"
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 month agoWales captain Jac Morgan declares love for Ospreys amid uncertain club future
Jac Morgan has declared his love for the Ospreys, but the Wales captain faces an uncertain club future with his region...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 month agoAlex Mitchell backs Tommy Freeman to make seamless transition to outside centre for England
Alex Mitchell is backing Tommy Freeman to make a seamless transition to outside centre if his Northampton Saints team-mate is repositioned...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoSaracens are leading the chase for Jac Morgan
Saracens are heading the race to sign Wales skipper Jac Morgan as he considers a move away from the Ospreys.
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoWelsh regions to be cut to three, announces WRU
The number of professional men’s teams in Wales is to be cut from four to three within three years.
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 month agoSteve Tandy glad to have Louis Rees-Zammit back in the Wales squad
Bristol Bears wing Louis Rees-Zammit is back in the Wales squad after a two-year absence and an attempt to make it...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 month agoMark Jones is tipping Morgan Morse to make a big impact with Wales
Few people know new Wales squad member Morgan Morse better than Mark Jones. He worked with him at Wales U20s and...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 month agoFighting weight is key to Rory Hutchinson’s Scotland hopes
Rory Hutchinson has been one of Northampton Saints’ top performers this season having been told not to lose weight when on...
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Letters
/ 1 month agoBritish/Irish League is the way forward
THE attendance figures for Leinster v Munster (51,589) and Lions v Scarlets (1,771) on October 18 highlight a major problem with...
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoJeremy Guscott: England are buzzing and ready to have a go
The reboot of the international season starts for England when they face Australia at Twickenham on Saturday, and they go into...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 month agoWe should have won that, says Wainwright
■ By LUKE JARMYN Dragons ............... 19pts Tries: R Williams 37, Coghlan 59, Burrows 75 Conversions: De Beer 38, 60 Ospreys...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 month agoBrendan Gallagher: Don’t hold Noah Caluori back – he’s too good
So a supernova named Noah Caluori, whose vapour trails lingered long in the sky over Hendon last Saturday night, is now...
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Features
/ 1 month agoPaul Rees: Time for Steve Borthwick to put his foot on the accelerator
Paul Rees considers whether Saracens flyer Noah Caluori deserves his England chance in this year’s Autumn Series.
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoHarlequins’ Jack Walker promise fans to fix inconsistency
Jack Walker says Harlequins owe their supporters after an inconsistent start to the Prem campaign left the club playing catch-up.
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoPeter Jackson: Wingers who fly high in their teens
Those teenagers who dare to wing it across the international stage belong to a galaxy of meteoroids once flown by England’s...
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoPeter 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...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 month agoDrovers back on top of table
Super Rygbi round-up By CARL FIELD LLANDOVERY reclaimed top spot after collecting maximum points from a 35-17 victory over 14-man Bridgend...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 month agoLouis Rees-Zammit back in Wales squad after two-year absence
Louis Rees-Zammit is back in the Wales squad after a two-year absence and an attempt to make it in the NFL.
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 month agoEdinburgh captain Magnus Bradbury wins Scotland recall for autumn internationals
Edinburgh captain Magnus Bradbury has been recalled to the Scotland squad for the upcoming autumn internationals more than three years after...
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International Rugby
/ 2 months agoWales head coach Steve Tandy calls in trio to backroom staff on interim basis
Wales head coach Steve Tandy has brought in Duncan Jones, Dan Lydiate and Rhys Patchell to his backroom team on an...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoHuw Bevan takes new role at Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers have appointed WRU interim performance director Huw Bevan as head of rugby operations – a newly established role following...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoOspreys flanker Harri Deaves is determined to prove his worth
Proving the doubters wrong has always been a motivation for Harri Deaves and it continues to drive him on now as...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoAnderson 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...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoPrem: Kieran Marmion grabs his main chance at Bristol Bears
Bristol Bears may be overrun by injuries, but Kieran Marmion is among those who have seized the moment.
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoDREAM TEAM
JAMES JOHNSTON, THE FORMER SAMOA, HARLEQUINS, SARACENS, WORCESTER WARRIORS, BRIVE & ROUEN PROP, SELECTS THE BEST XV HE’S PLAYED WITH OR...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 months agoChris Hewett: The two-team solution has worked for Scotland
On a bad road day – the sad truth is that most days turn bad the moment you sit behind the...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoPeter Jackson: Long march of players from distant lands
The All Blacks are heading this way via Chicago reinforced by another bountiful raft of converts from their treasured trawl of...
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Features
/ 2 months agoPaul Rees: Striving for an impact – The bench rules, OK
Paul Rees looks at the evolving role of the eight substitutes and how coaches are using them tactically.
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Features
/ 2 months agoMy Life in Rugby: Will Owen – Today, it’s our baby who runs the show
Former Birmingham Moseley, Rotherham, Doncaster and Coventry centre, now player-coach at Clifton, Will Owen, reflects on his life in rugby.
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 months agoBrendan 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...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoA 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...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 months agoBaldwin’s red sinks Drovers
By CARL FIELD Super Rygbi round-up EBBW Vale made it 24 points from a possible 24 after they defeated 14-man Llandovery...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoPat Lam: Bristol Bears’ injury crisis the worst I’ve ever seen
Pat Lam is looking to boost his Bristol squad after suffering more injury problems during yesterday’s victory over Exeter at Ashton...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoInjury problems are mounting out west
■ By PAUL REES BRISTOL’S early season injury crisis meant that they were without 15 backs at a training session last...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoUnions make stand against R360
EIGHT of rugby’s leading unions released a shared statement insisting any player who joins rebel circuit R360 will be banned from...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoI’ve still got a lot to learn, admits Ospreys’ Dewi Lake
Wales star Dewi Lake insists he has only reached 70-80 per cent of his potential as he outlines the areas of...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoWe need more games a season
I READ with interest Peter Jackson’s article regarding the demise of Saturday afternoon rugby and agree fully with his comments. In...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoNick Cain: Absurd rule banning Jack Willis from England
The high esteem in which Jack Willis is held at his club Toulouse, in French rugby circles in general, and regularly...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoHarlequins v Saracens preview: Having Marcus Smith back is huge for us, says Jason Gilmore
Marcus Smith has been charged with sparking Harlequins’ attack as he makes his first appearance of the season against Saracens today...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoCardiff lock Josh McNally – I’ve still got a lot left in the tank
Josh McNally may be 35 now, but the Wales-based lock who won one England cap in 2021 has no intention of...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 months agoOspreys in charge as they break their duck
■By SIMON THOMAS Ospreys .............................24pts Tries: Cokanasiga 15, Morse 18, Ratti 74 Conversions: Edwards 16, 19, 75 Penalty: Edwards 59 Zebre......................................0pts...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoPeter Jackson: David Bishop in search of the final reckoning
Of all the Test scrum-halves in all the world, David Bishop stands apart from the rest. He is the only one...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoWhen stats don’t tell whole story
NEW Zealand (population 5.33m) sounded a fanfare of trumpets over attendances for the All Blacks’ sold-out ‘blockbuster’ six home matches totaling...
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Features
/ 2 months agoPaul Rees: Springboks now the ones to beat
Paul Rees looks back on South Africa’s Rugby Championship triumph and ahead to the Autumn Series.
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoRhys Tudor: We are one big family at Caldy
New Caldy winger Rhys Tudor says he’s been “blown away” by life at Paton Field and how well the humble Wirral...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 months agoBrendan Gallagher: No-one is immune to this awful disease
I wonder if, by chance, you can guess what the following had in common: American photographer Eddie Adams; Japanese karate master...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 months agoBrendan Gallagher: Furious little bull who was as hard as nails
Imagine being a French rugby international in the tumultuous decade between 1971 and 1981.
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoPair sign for Cardiff
CARIDFF have signed centres Will Rigg and Osian Roberts on short-term loan deals to ease an injury crisis in midfield with...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 2 months agoEvans: Drovers face tough test
Super Rygbi ■ By ROB COLE EUROS Evans is under no illusions as to how precarious Llandovery’s two-point lead is at...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoRugby’s international heavyweights join forces to deliver big blow to R360
Rugby’s international heavyweights have joined forces to deliver a significant blow to the proposed breakaway league R360 by declaring any player...
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Features
/ 2 months agoChile snatch their place at the top table to qualify for 2027 World Cup
Chile’s historic 31-12 victory over Samoa ensured South America will have three teams at the 2027 World Cup, with Brazil and...












