All posts tagged "Wales"
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNew women’s union will offer protection
By PAUL REES DANIELLE Waterman set up the Women’s Rugby Association, which launched last week, to ensure players do not lose...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoChampions or chumps? Cup caters for them all
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW In the Super League for the overhyped, baseball’s World Series has long been...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoVersatility can boost Seb’s bid
By STEFFAN THOMAS THE versatility tag has been a hindrance for many players, but Seb Davies believes it can help him...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoGriffiths cuts loose for Quins
By STEFFAN THOMAS Carmarthan Q ........ 30 Llanelli .................... 13 CARMARTHEN Quins earnt the west Wales bragging rights as they comprehensively...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMaddocks faces big French test
By STEFFAN THOMAS BARRY Maddocks has worked at the cutting edge of professional rugby for 20 years, and now faces one...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNorth to miss start of the Six Nations
By PETER JACKSON In the roar: Joe Marchant celebrates scoring Harlequins’ fourth try against Cardiff PICTURE: Getty Images GEORGE North’s comeback...
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Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoRugby in 2022 – Preview & Predictions
Rugby union fans have plenty to look forward to in 2022, with the calendar packed with a host of top-class events...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 4 years agoDanielle Waterman launches women’s players union
Former England full-back Danielle Waterman has launched a players union for women in the Premier 15’s. The Women’s Rugby Association (WRA)...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoSale win away at Ospreys
Sale overcame a second-half Ospreys fightback to claim victory in the Heineken Champions Cup opening round in Swansea. Tries from Rohan...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoWhy doesn’t Curry cut mustard for best XV?
CHRIS HEWETT THIS column does not make a habit of agreeing with World Rugby, but this being the season of goodwill,...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoOut-of-form Sale wary of deadeye Anscombe
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Ospreys v Sale Today. Kick-off 1pm, Swansea.com Stadium SALE’s last visit to Wales in April ended with...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoWe don’t fear anyone says Ospreys captain Webb
RHYS Webb’s style of captaincy is to lead by deed more than word, but the scrum-half ’s leadership skills have been...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGalvanised Ospreys can spring a surprise
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND I WAS with James Hook at the start of last week when he mentioned Ifan...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoIrish following same points pattern as their glory year
By PAUL REES WHEN London Irish reached the Premiership final in 2009, they took at least a point from every match...
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Features
/ 4 years agoKingsholm, Welford Rd host Roses
RUGBY SHORTS ENGLAND will play their 2022 Women’s Six Nations home games at Gloucester’s Kingsholm and Leicester’s Welford Road. Kingsholm will...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWinless, injury-hit Bath bring in backline cover
NEWS EXTRA PREMIERSHIP basement boys Bath have signed former Scarlets wing Tom Prydie on a short-term deal and Edinburgh centre Jordan...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoStrange return rocked by Thompson
By FREDDIE BENNETT Merthyr.................... 31 Ebbw Vale............... 13 JASON STRANGE’S first game back in charge of Ebbw Vale ended in disappointing...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoFabulous Finn puts Saints to the sword
By ROB WILDMAN Northampton ..14pts Tries: Skosan 29, Fraser 48 Conversions: Biggar 29, Furbank 49 Racing 92..........45pts Tries: Lauret 8, 42,...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoLooking Ahead to Six Nations 2022
The Six Nations may not be the biggest rugby competition in the world, but it’s certainly one of the most loved....
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHayward is U20s boss
RUGBY SHORTS FORMER Wales internationals Liza Burgess and Byron Hayward have been appointed to age-grade coaching roles by the WRU. Ex-Wales...
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Features
/ 4 years agoRugby was religion in the Douai sixth form
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools IT’S over 22 years since anybody laced up their boots and...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoThe cooped-up players deserve our sympathy
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND WALES’ four regions begin their European campaigns this weekend and they will head into the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPugh heads up Wales 7s
RUGBY SHORTS RICHIE Pugh is leaving his role as a coach at Ospreys to become the WRU head of Sevens. Ex-Wales...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLyn leaves Russia job
RUGBY SHORTS LYN Jones has stepped down as Russia coach after three years in charge. Former flanker Jones, 57, who won...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEuro Cup turmoil as Covid traps the teams
By ALEX BYWATER EUROPEAN Rugby chiefs are said to be “worried” and “concerned” for the start of next month’s Champions Cup...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCricket shrine is ‘ruined’ by Ospreys
Bounce back: Rob Simmons, centre, is mobbed after scoring for London Irish PICTURE: Getty Images THE Ospreys have been accused of...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoHigh-flying Bears bring back their big guns
PREVIEW... Bristol Bears v Wasps Today, Kick-off 2.30pm BRISTOL centre Phoebe Murray believes the team have what it takes to “go...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoURC must be transparent on what happens next
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND In limbo: Cardiff and Scarlets players do not know when they can return to Wales...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoThomas: I’m still in charge of the team
By PAUL REES Leading voice: Ted Hill welcomes the arrival of Steve Diamond to Sixways PICTURES: Getty Images STEVE Diamond takes...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoNo problem in Cardiff? Read these tweets, WRU
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The Welsh Rugby Union maintained a stony silence all week in the face...
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Features
/ 4 years agoThinking prop Ray believed persistence trumped all
Peter Jackson remembers the life of Ireland‘s great British Lion Ray McLoughlin When they laid Ray McLoughlin to rest last Wednesday,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoThe smoking priest fired up Crescent
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools CRESCENT College in Limerick – now styled Crescent Comprehensive – lies...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoSinckler must change his technique or lose place
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME What can I say, last weekend the northern hemisphere rugby unions did...
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Features
/ 4 years agoDAFYDD JENKINS
YOUNG GUNS EXETER CHIEFS DAFYDD Jenkins casts an envious eye towards the two Welsh caps that his close pal Christ Tshiunza...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHook: Rugby must find room for entertainers
By ALEX BYWATER JAMES Hook has urged rugby’s authorities to ensure the game’s great entertainers are given a platform to star...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoEnthralling series but the big issues need addressing
WORLD Rugby recently dispensing lifestyle advice you could find in a GP surgery leaflet reflects their woeful inability to resolve the...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoBest thing about England’s autumn was their tries
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THE last round of the autumn series made everyone’s weekend – it was pretty...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoGloucester young guns smash six past Chiefs for another bonus point
By ANDREW DEERING Gloucester........45pts Tries: Taylor 15, Morris 19, Morgan 26, 32; Barton 44, Reeves 76 Conversions: Evans 15, 21, 27,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSadly, Wales fan Craig is not alone
IT WAS so sad to read Peter Jackson’s article last week about the experiences of Craig James, but sadly I can...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRememberance Day honours true bravery
I HAVE long felt that the language commentators used during matches is inappropriate. Last Sunday, Rememberance Sunday, a commentator during the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoBerry has been squashed by Erasmus controversy
COLIN BOAG Watching last weekend’s match between Wales and Fiji I was somewhat bemused by referee Nic Berry’s performance. I can’t...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoResurgent Wales aim to keep improving
Preview... Wales v Canada Today, Kick-off 5pm AFTER a revival in fortunes in wins over Japan and South Africa, Wales face...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoWizards in top shape for showdown
By ROB COLE Aberavon..............22 Carmarthan Q......... 17 ABERAVON will battle it out with Llandovery for the top spot in the Premiership...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPremiership highlights show set for Welsh makeover
By STEFFAN THOMAS THE Gallagher Premiership is set to hit Welsh language television with S4C poised to show highlights of English...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoIce-cool Priestland provide Wales with
By PETER JACKSON Wales ................29pts Tries: Elias 23, Tompkins 48 Conversions: Biggar 24, 48 Penalties: Biggar 6, 16, 38, 65; Priestland...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoNo guff, just gumption from my top XV pundits
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST It is falling-off-a-log easy to poke fun at the battalions of exrugby professionals who earn a living...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPatchell makes his return for Scarlets
By SAM JACKSON WALES fly-half Rhys Patchell returned after more than a year as Scarlets development side took on Dragons A...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEason selects strongest line-up for Japan
Preview... Scotland v Japan Today, Kick-off 4.10pm SCOTLAND head coach Bryan Easson has made just one change to the side that...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPhillips’ hat-trick on Test comeback
Wales ..............29 South Africa ..19 CARYS Phillips made a mockery of the decisions of previous head coaches not to select her...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoMerthyr rack up six of the best in late show
Premiership Cup By DAFYDD HUGHES Merthyr............. 61 Pontypridd.......32 MERTHYR went into overdrive in the second half as they hit their nearest...












