All posts tagged "Wales"
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoGatland releases Carre after he fails to hit targets
Cardiff prop Rhys Carre has been released from Wales’ World Cup training squad having “failed to meet individual performance targets”. “Rhys...
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Young Gun
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Scarlets & Wales U20 scrum-half Archie Hughes
Archie Hughes is looking to show the Scarlets and the world what he can do at the U20s World Championship later...
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Features
/ 3 years agoSleeping giant that is struggling to wake up
Peter Jackson consults his stats book to see which teams are the best-supported in Europe’s big leagues Crowd pleasers: Leicester Tigers...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWilliams heads out of Cardiff for Trailfinders
LLOYD Williams will join Ealing Trailfinders before the 2023-24 season following his exit from Cardiff. The scrum-half was one of seven...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoJones keen to keep his name in the frame for Wales
By GARY FITZGERALD Wyn Jones strolls out at Twickenham today determined to prove a point as he comes to terms with...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoBob right to break barriers
THAT was an excellent letter/article by Bob Reeves in last Sunday’s TRP. I have heard from friends involved in grassroots rugby...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoChampions but without a trophy
CARDIFF RFC won the Welsh Premiership championship by six points, but they won no trophy because somebody in the Welsh Rugby...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoBorthwick must pull off a minor miracle
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Steve Hansen isn’t wrong when he says that the 2023 World Cup draw is...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 3 years agoVernier voted best in women’s Six Nations
France centre Gabrielle Vernier was named the Women’s Six Nations player of the championship. The 25-year-old received almost half of the...
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Features
/ 3 years agoTrio complete an incredible journey
Ben Jaycock talks to Ed Jackson, the former Wasps forward who took up mountaineering after hurting his back. Having been forced...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoEligibility rules have failed the Pacific Islands
THE decision of former England tighthead Henry Thomas to become a Welshman is a relatively minor example of the Test rugby...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoTomi aiming for top after switch back to Scarlets
By LUKE JARMYN Welsh flyer Tomi Lewis is adamant that moving back to his native land and working with head coach...
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Sevens World Series
/ 3 years agoGB sevens players pondered boycott
By BEN JAYCOCK Several Great Britain Sevens players thought about refusing to participate in this weekend’s London leg of the World...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoSharks deserve far more recognition
BRENDAN GALLAGHER Rugby has its favourites and we in the media are as guilty as any of promoting them above others...
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Features
/ 3 years agoWales refs fail to make the World Cup grade
Jon Newcombe talks to WRU head of refereeing Paul Adams about the dearth of top officials in Wales For the first...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoFish is my kind of player – reliable and committed
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND I WAS gutted when I read that Dan Fish is going to miss Cardiff ’s...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoJames steps up as Cardiff take on the Black & Ambers
Premiership semi-finals By ROB COLE PREVIEW... Cardiff v Newport Today. Kick-off 5.30pm, Arms Park Llandovery v Merthyr Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Church...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 3 years agoLynagh’s late strike ends Reds hoodoo
Super Rugby Pacific round-up By BEN JAYCOCK Queensland Reds broke their New Zealand hoodoo to end the Chiefs’ unbeaten start to...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoThomas defends decision to defect
By PETER JACKSON Henry Thomas will start work on his unprecedented transfer from England to Wales this month – 16 years...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoEligibility laws that need to be changed
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE recent international eligibility law that allows Henry Thomas to be selected by...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoHow a pair of English-born props could foil Red Rose
Tomas Francis, the 71-cap Wales tighthead who has been first choice for Warren Gatland in both his incarnations as Wales coach,...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoGatland can get Wales on top again
CHRIS HEWETT Few people on God’s earth know more about professional Welsh rugby than Warren Gatland, who successfully coached the Test...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoQuins set to get more out of Wilson
Harlequins could be looking to reshuffle their coaching team this summer as they want Danny Wilson, below, to have a bigger...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoMy Team of the Season shows promise for future
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND The silverware for the season is set to be handed out without any Welsh involvement....
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Young Gun
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Ospreys & Wales U20s prop Louis Fletcher
With a rapid rise in experienced Welsh players leaving the country, the URC regions are now more reliant than ever on...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoCross at the double for table-toppers Cardiff
Welsh Premiership Cardiff......................39 Merthyr...................... 7 By ROB COLE Dewi Cross hoisted his try tally for the season to 19 as he...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoTop ten for Newport
Newport...................52 Llandovery.............33 By TOM WILLIAMS A late penalty try saw Newport clinch a 10th league win in a row by downing...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWales prop Smith staying at Ospreys
NICKY Smith has signed a contract extension with Ospreys. The 29-year-old Wales loosehead had been touted as a possible recruit for...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoIn this Sunday’s TRP: 07/05/23
With the Women’s Six Nations finished and all play-off places decided in the Premiership, there is something of a feeling of...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoBiggest Bets on Rugby
The sport of Rugby is one of high intensity that requires a high degree of strategy, skill and physical prowess. It...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoRugby World Cup France 2023: A Celebration of Rugby and Culture
France is getting ready to welcome the world for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, which will be the second time they...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoRugby World Cup 2023: The ultimate guide for rugby fans
The Rugby World Cup 2023 is coming to France in less than a year, and it promises to be a spectacular...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoHawkins ruled out by 25-cap restriction
By PETER JACKSON Wales are on the verge of banning Joe Hawkins from international selection following an investigation into his transfer...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoJersey cut out cake and find extra edge
By LUKE JARMYN Swapping ‘Bake Off ’ for Dojang on a Thursday is one of many things Jersey have done to...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoLitterick on way to Wales
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Harlequins are poised to lose 24-year-old prop Rhys Litterick to Cardiff, the club they recently...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoToo many changes for me
I am surprised at nPeter Jackson. In his article last week about Mark Evans’ involvement with Fiji, he states that Wales...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoArresting sight of Coulman’s solo gallop
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW AT Twickenham more than 50 years ago, Mike Coulman did something that had...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoProud Lions standing the test of time
PETER JACKSON Despite having celebrated his 93rd birthday earlier this month, Lewis Jones might consider himself a bit of a Johnny-come-lately...
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Young Gun
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Bristol prop James Halliwell
James Halliwell hopes to be named in England’s U20s squad for this summer’s Junior World Cup after spending the season learning...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoDon’t change kicking rules, says Muir
NEWS EXTRA By NICK POWELL ENGLAND prop Maud Muir says that the key to improved goalkicking in the women’s game is...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoGoalkicking needs better coaching – Muir
Red Roses prop Maud Muir says that the key to improved goalkicking in the women’s game is more emphasis on coaching...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoHow Far Will England Go at the Upcoming 2023 Rugby World Cup?
Since reaching the Rugby World Cup final four years ago, England have endured a turbulent time in the international arena. They...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoWales face danger of no team in Heineken Champions Cup
EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE Wales are in danger of not having any representation in the Heineken Champions Cup for the first...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoEvans is plotting another Fiji shock
By PETER JACKSON A globe-trotting Welshman has become a major part of Fiji’s grand plan to make World Cup history repeat...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoYoung suspended
Dai Young has been suspended as Cardiff director of rugby. The 55-year-old was not with the team for yesterday’s final game...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoNew deal for Smith
BY NEIL FISSLER Ospreys have seen off competition from the Premiership to keep hold of Wales loosehead Nicky Smith who has...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBiarritz lead chase for Webb
BY NEIL FISSLER Biarritz are on the verge of completing a deal for Wales and Lions scrum-half Rhys Webb as the...
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Features
/ 3 years agoMavericks who can light up the game
Paul Rees looks at the big-match characters who cause problems for coaches but who delight fans Chris Ashton was always going...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoAfter 23 years, it’s all over for Myler
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The longest career of the 21st century came to a cruelly anti-climactic end...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSaracens lead hunt for Wales prop Smith
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Saracens have held talks with Wales loosehead Nicky Smith about a switch to the Premiership...
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