All posts tagged "Warren Gatland"
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoGood to see England leading northern light
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME WHO would have believed it? England the only Northern hemisphere team to...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoGatland: Change of ref did not help
From ADAM HATHAWAY in Marseille Warren Gatland claimed a change of referee put a spoke in the wheels of his Wales...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoFairytale finale for revived Pumas
From NICK CAIN Wales.................................. 17pts Tries: Biggar 14, T Williams 57 Conversions: Biggar 16, 57 Penalties: Biggar 21 Argentina ......................... 29pts...
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Shane Williams
/ 2 years agoThe only way is up for this team
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND IF IT was all a bit of a let down in the end, let’s not...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoGatland makes most of the late, late show
TIME-KEEPING has not been a strong point of teams in this tournament with most of them guilty of tardiness. Wales were...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoHawkins can’t wait to get going
By MARK STEVENS As one of Exeter’s new kids on the block, Joe Hawkins says the Chiefs are bang on track...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoExpect France to edge it in battle of wits
SOUTH Africa were at it again last week, looking to get a rise out of France, their opponents in Paris tonight,...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 2 years agoJones heads to Moana Pasifika
Former Wales fly-half and assistant coach Stephen Jones is set to head to New Zealand to link up with Super Rugby...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWales eye revenge to top Pool C
Wales are taking no risks in their final pool stage game on Saturday afternoon as they seek to secure top spot...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 2 years agoFarrell doesn’t get into my XV
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK AS England approach their last pool match against Samoa on Saturday, and the likelihood...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoIn Gats we trust! Old boss has new tricks
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND IF THE Wales win over Australia proved anything it is that in Gats we trust!...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoWallabies battling to avoid early exit
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Wales v Australia Today, 8pm, Parc Olympique Lyonnais Big test: Ben Donalson stars at fly-half for Australia...
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Shane Williams
/ 2 years agoMorgan needs to lead way for Wales
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND ONE thing is certain about today’s vital Pool C clash between Wales and Australia in...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoGatland happy with bonus point but admits there is work to do
WALES coach Warren Gatland said after the game: “I’m happy with the bonus point. If someone said you’d have 10 points...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoGreat to see the spine of a new team emerge
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND JOB DONE . . . just! Five vital points to Wales, but many of the...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoFiji miss chance to see off Wales
By BEN JAYCOCK Wales.............................. 32pts Tries: Adams 7, North 29, Rees-Zammit 48, Dee 66 Tries: Conversions: Nayacalevu 13, Tagitagivalu 17, Josua...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoWhy Vernon would take a dim view of this kicking game
PETER JACKSON Roughly 30 years ago, a new coach took charge of a junior club in a suburb of Cardiff, a...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWarburton: Ball in play time ‘crucial’ in France
By BEN JAYCOCK Sam Warburton believes fitness and management of ball in play time could be the difference in this World...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWebb tests positive for growth hormone
By Ben Jaycock Former Wales international Rhys Webb has tested positive for a growth hormone following an unexpected check by the...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoGatland: Penalty try verdict was harsh
By ROGER PANTING Wales head coach Warren Gatland said the yellow card issued to Rio Dyer played a large part in...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoMajor blow as Farrell set to miss Argentina
By BEN JAYCOCK at Twickenham Captain Owen Farrell could miss England’s World Cup opener against Argentina after being sent off in...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoEngland & Wales hit by injury concerns
Both England and Wales ended yesterday’s game with injury worries over senior players. Scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet was forced off for...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoEngland break cover to glimpse new life
By NICK CAIN England ..............................19pts Tries: Itoje 68 Conversions: Ford 68 Penalties: Farrell 10, 40+2, 42; Ford 76 Wales.................................. 17pts Tries:...
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Paul Rees
/ 2 years agoFord puts England on the front foot
PAUL REES There was a moment six minutes into the second-half which summed up England. Courtney Lawes stole a lineout near...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoNo excuses – Wales simply switched off
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND For about 60 minutes of England versus Wales, I wondered why I was watching it...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBorthwick decides to see the positives
By BEN JAYCOCK at Principality Stadium Steve Borthwick remained positive after seeing his England team get well beaten by an inexperienced...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoKolisi in line to face Wales
By SAM JACKSON South Africa captain Siya Kolisi is set to feature in the World Cup warm-up match against Wales on...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoBarrett J has keys to the kingdom
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Rugby is a game of infinite possibility, especially when it comes to dreaming up collective nouns. A...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWales squad player Evans joins Dragons
NEWS EXTRA DRAGONS have signed Wales squad member Cai Evans from Ospreys. Evans has played at full-back in recent times having...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoDragons get their man
The Dragons have won a three-way battle royale to land Ospreys full-back Cai Evans, who was named in Warren Gatland’s World...
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Features
/ 2 years agoBaldwin still glad he headed to Falcons
Jon Newcombe talks to Newcastle’s new defence coach and finds a man who is certain he has made the right decision...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWilliams heading for Japan
WALES and Lions wing Liam Williams has left Cardiff midway through his contract to join Kubota Spears in Japan. The 32-year-old...
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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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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoRFU failed to enforce regulatory standards
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Nothing holds a mirror up to all that is wrong with the elite...
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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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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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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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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoParra has his eye on a final flourish
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN For a while, it looked as if Morgan Parra’s season – and possibly his career – had...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoGatland: We showed some real character out there
By ROB COLE Warren Gatland finally believes he has got something to build on after watching his side plunder four tries...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoAu revoir! French requiem for old warrior
By PETER JACKSON France……………………………41pts Tries: Penaud 10, 77; Danty 34, Atonio 44, Fickou 49 Conversions: Ramos 12, 35, 45, 50, 78...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoStanding tall as we finish on a high
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND What a brilliant start by Wales at Stade de France and what an encouraging performance...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoChiefs lead chase for lock star Williams
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Rising star: Cardiff lock Teddy Williams is wanted in Exeter PICTURE: Getty Images Follow me...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Andy Booth: ‘I’ve got every cap bar the senior one’
The former Neath, Swansea, Cardiff, Cambridge University and Wales B scrum-half talks about his life in the game I played back...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoGreat shout, Warren! Rhys justifies his recall
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Buzzing: Rhys Webb celebrates Taulupe Faletau’s try Right: Rio Dyer PICTURES: Getty Images LET’S hope...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCotton: I can’t see Welsh win
By PETER JACKSON One of England’s all time greats has delivered a withering verdict on Wales as they struggle to stop...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoDelight for Grady after Xbox fantasy became reality
By ROB COLE Mason Grady has admitted he loved swapping video game idols George North and Taulupe Faletau for real live...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoItalian fire is starting to burn brightly
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND I used to love playing against Italy. Nine tries in nine games! But I also...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoTompkins set for Wales recall
By JON NEWCOMBE Saracens DoR Mark McCall says he will be surprised if Nick Tompkins was available to him in the...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoWRU now the laughing stock of world rugby
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Oh, what a week that was! I felt the pain along with every other Welsh...
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