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Jenkins takes Welsh captaincy in Six Nations squad announcement

16 January 2024 0 comments

21-year-old Dafydd Jenkins has been handed the Wales captaincy as Warren Gatland named five uncapped players in his Six Nations squad. The announcement was overshadowed […]

Faletau facing extended layoff

14 January 2024 0 comments

Wales’ injury hit Taulupe Faletau will not return to action before the Six Nations, ruling out any chance of the No.8 being named in Warren […]

Chiefs enter Grady chase

14 January 2024 0 comments

Exeter Chiefs are among a clutch of Premiership clubs interested in signing Mason Grady, who could become the next Wales star to cross the Severn […]

Charismatic Farrell the right choice for Lions

14 January 2024 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK ANDY Farrell is a very good choice as Lions head coach of the 2025 tour of Australia. It […]

Full-back Hopkins is star of the show as fans pay tribute to JPR

14 January 2024 0 comments

By SIMON THOMAS Ospreys………….25pts Tries: Hopkins 40, 50, Giles 63 Conversions: Edwards 51, 64 Penalties: Edwards 34, 43 Perpignan……….. 3pts Penalties: McIntyre 46 ON a […]

Farrell to take charge of Lions in 2025

11 January 2024 0 comments

Andy Farrell has been named as the British and Irish Lions head coach for the tour to Australia in 2025. Farrell, 48, has coached Ireland […]

Ruddock puts his son in the frame

7 January 2024 0 comments

Former Wales Grand Slam coach Mike Ruddock hopes Warren Gatland will consider his son, Rhys Ruddock, for an international return this year. The 33-year-old Rhys […]

Tactical subs are spoiling the game

7 January 2024 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK REDUCING the number of tactical substitutes is something I’ve wanted for a long time, and it’s great that […]

Rees-Zammit in line for big Japan payday

7 January 2024 0 comments

WALES superstar Louis Rees-Zammit could be set to jump aboard the oriental gravy train after Mie Honda Heat made an offer to sign him when […]

Borthwick puts his foot on the accelerator

7 January 2024 0 comments

Paul Rees looks at how England, without Owen Farrell at the helm, could turn into an attacking force Steve Borthwick’s England promise to look very […]

Time for new flier to make his choice

7 January 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW IMMANUEL Feyi-Waboso has been given a timely reminder that Wales wishes him to resist overtures from England […]

Bristol and Bath chasing Welsh prop

31 December 2023 0 comments

BY NEIL FISSLER West Country rivals Bath and Bristol are battling over Wales loosehead Nicky Smith, who could activate a get-out clause written into his […]

Reasons to be cheerful for rugby’s year ahead

31 December 2023 0 comments

Paul Rees canvasses the views of Premiership directors of rugby and finds there is a fair amount of optimism IT IS another year the professional […]

Gloucester close in on deal for Atkinson

24 December 2023 0 comments

By NEIL FISSLER Gloucester are in talks to do a deal that will see them sign former Wasps fly-half Charlie Atkinson from Premiership rivals Leicester […]

Howley back with Wales

17 December 2023 0 comments

ROBERT Howley will return to the Wales coaching staff as a technical coach for the Six Nations following a fouryear absence. Warren Gatland’s former assistant […]

Day Wales played a game of four halves

26 November 2023 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW It’s built beneath the mountain, beneath the coal and clay, It’s where we make the outside halves […]

Simon Shaw playing for the Lions in 2009

Shaw stood the test of time

26 November 2023 0 comments

When they come to rank the all-time great individual performances by British and Irish Lions, Simon Shaw’s in the forbidding temple of Springbokdom at Loftus […]

All Eyes on the Six Nations 2024

21 November 2023 0 comments

We’ve seen the Six Nations teams in action in France in the concluded Rugby World Cup, and based on form, it provides an early indication […]

Good cop, bad cop worked well, says Lake

19 November 2023 0 comments

By SIMON THOMAS Dewi Lake has revealed just how much he learned about captaincy with Wales at the World Cup amid his “good cop, bad […]

Hanekom chews over Wales option

19 November 2023 0 comments

By ROB COLE His elder brother was the first to dip his toe into Welsh rugby and now the Bulls No.8 Cameron Hanekom is mulling […]

When relegation battle was the key

19 November 2023 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Twenty years on from England’s World Cup triumph – Wednesday is the […]

Cardiff left to count cost of their errors

12 November 2023 0 comments

■By SIMON THOMAS Cardiff …………… 12pts Tries: Grady 23, Lee Lo 53 Conversions: De Beer 53 Bulls ………………. 18pts Tries: Papier 11, De Klerk 14 […]

Halfpenny prepares to bow out against Baabaas

2 November 2023 0 comments

Leigh Halfpenny is set to make his final appearance for Wales, as Warren Gatland’s men prepare to take on a Barbarians side led by former […]

Good to see England leading northern light

22 October 2023 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME WHO would have believed it? England the only Northern hemisphere team to make it to the […]

Gatland: Change of ref did not help

15 October 2023 0 comments

From ADAM HATHAWAY in Marseille Warren Gatland claimed a change of referee put a spoke in the wheels of his Wales side as they crashed […]

Fairytale finale for revived Pumas

15 October 2023 0 comments

From NICK CAIN Wales……………………………. 17pts Tries: Biggar 14, T Williams 57 Conversions: Biggar 16, 57 Penalties: Biggar 21 Argentina ……………………. 29pts Tries: Sclavi 68, Sanchez […]

The only way is up for this team

15 October 2023 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND IF IT was all a bit of a let down in the end, let’s not forget that many people […]

Gatland makes most of the late, late show

15 October 2023 0 comments

TIME-KEEPING has not been a strong point of teams in this tournament with most of them guilty of tardiness. Wales were over an hour late […]

Hawkins can’t wait to get going

15 October 2023 0 comments

By MARK STEVENS As one of Exeter’s new kids on the block, Joe Hawkins says the Chiefs are bang on track as they ready themselves […]

Expect France to edge it in battle of wits

15 October 2023 0 comments

SOUTH Africa were at it again last week, looking to get a rise out of France, their opponents in Paris tonight, by suggesting some of […]

Jones heads to Moana Pasifika

8 October 2023 0 comments

Former Wales fly-half and assistant coach Stephen Jones is set to head to New Zealand to link up with Super Rugby side Moana Pasifika, coached […]

Wales eye revenge to top Pool C

5 October 2023 0 comments

Wales are taking no risks in their final pool stage game on Saturday afternoon as they seek to secure top spot in Pool C and […]

Farrell doesn’t get into my XV

1 October 2023 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK AS England approach their last pool match against Samoa on Saturday, and the likelihood of a quarter-final against […]

In Gats we trust! Old boss has new tricks

1 October 2023 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND IF THE Wales win over Australia proved anything it is that in Gats we trust! There were those who […]

Wallabies battling to avoid early exit

24 September 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES PREVIEW… Wales v Australia Today, 8pm, Parc Olympique Lyonnais Big test: Ben Donalson stars at fly-half for Australia PICTURES: Getty Images EIGHT […]

Morgan needs to lead way for Wales

24 September 2023 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND ONE thing is certain about today’s vital Pool C clash between Wales and Australia in Lyon – both teams […]

Gatland happy with bonus point but admits there is work to do

17 September 2023 0 comments

WALES coach Warren Gatland said after the game: “I’m happy with the bonus point. If someone said you’d have 10 points from the first two […]

Great to see the spine of a new team emerge

17 September 2023 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND JOB DONE . . . just! Five vital points to Wales, but many of the plaudits to the Portuguese. […]

Fiji miss chance to see off Wales

17 September 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Wales………………………… 32pts Tries: Adams 7, North 29, Rees-Zammit 48, Dee 66 Tries: Conversions: Nayacalevu 13, Tagitagivalu 17, Josua Tuisova 73, Biggar 30, […]

Why Vernon would take a dim view of this kicking game

17 September 2023 0 comments

PETER JACKSON Roughly 30 years ago, a new coach took charge of a junior club in a suburb of Cardiff, a drop goal or two […]

Warburton: Ball in play time ‘crucial’ in France

3 September 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Sam Warburton believes fitness and management of ball in play time could be the difference in this World Cup. Warburton, who won […]

Webb tests positive for growth hormone

26 August 2023 0 comments

By Ben Jaycock Former Wales international Rhys Webb has tested positive for a growth hormone following an unexpected check by the French Anti-Doping Agency carried […]

Gatland: Penalty try verdict was harsh

20 August 2023 0 comments

By ROGER PANTING Wales head coach Warren Gatland said the yellow card issued to Rio Dyer played a large part in his side’s 52-16 defeat […]

Major blow as Farrell set to miss Argentina

13 August 2023 1 comment

By BEN JAYCOCK at Twickenham Captain Owen Farrell could miss England’s World Cup opener against Argentina after being sent off in the warm-up win over […]

England & Wales hit by injury concerns

13 August 2023 0 comments

Both England and Wales ended yesterday’s game with injury worries over senior players. Scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet was forced off for England with a leg […]

England break cover to glimpse new life

13 August 2023 0 comments

By NICK CAIN England …………………………19pts Tries: Itoje 68 Conversions: Ford 68 Penalties: Farrell 10, 40+2, 42; Ford 76 Wales……………………………. 17pts Tries: Penalty 59, T Williams […]

Ford puts England on the front foot

13 August 2023 0 comments

PAUL REES There was a moment six minutes into the second-half which summed up England. Courtney Lawes stole a lineout near Wales’s line, prime attacking […]

No excuses – Wales simply switched off

13 August 2023 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND For about 60 minutes of England versus Wales, I wondered why I was watching it – it hadn’t been […]

Borthwick decides to see the positives

6 August 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK at Principality Stadium Steve Borthwick remained positive after seeing his England team get well beaten by an inexperienced Wales side in Cardiff […]