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Jamie Roberts signs on for another season at the Dragons

10 March 2021 0 comments

The former Harlequins and Bath centre has signed a new deal to stay at Dean Ryan’s Dragons

Cardiff Blues want big pay-off for Dwayne Peel

7 March 2021 0 comments

CARDIFF BLUES are holding out for substantial compensation before allowing Dwayne Peel to make an emotional return to the Scarlets. The former Wales and Lions […]

Exclusive: Danny Cipriani and Alun Wyn Jones eye Japan’s Top League jackpot

7 March 2021 2 comments

Peter Jackson and Neil Fissler report on two more blockbuster moves potentially in the works for Cipriani and Alun Wyn Jones to join the Top League

Ealing Trailfinders beat Richmond 33-24 in pre-season match

Gordon will swap Edinburgh for Ealing

7 March 2021 2 comments

EALING Trailfinders have agreed a deal that will see Edinburgh centre Matt Gordon move to west London. The crash ball Australian, 26, played for Queensland […]

Sione Tuipulotu targets Scotland World Cup squad

7 March 2021 0 comments

Could the current Top League player be Scotland’s next centre?

Injury-stricken Keelan Giles finally reaches 50 for Ospreys

7 March 2021 2 comments

One of the most unfortunate players in Wales when it comes to injuries, but Keelan Giles says that is all in the past as he reaches a milestone for Ospreys

Mooar: Wales need their star names playing for the regions

7 March 2021 0 comments

Former Scarlets head coach Brad Mooar is still keeping a keen eye on events in Wales, while balancing his role in the All Blacks set-up

Wales & Scarlets scrum-half Kieran Hardy

Wales hit by Kieran Hardy Six Nations injury blow

4 March 2021 1 comment

Hardy will return to the Scarlets to receive treatment on the hamstring injury which forced him to be replaced late on against England

Scarlets plan to hijack Cardiff Blues deal with Dwayne Peel

3 March 2021 1 comment

Cardiff Blues issue hands-off warning to Welsh rivals planning to make room for Peel in their coaching structure with Glenn Delaney

Ex-Saracens flanker Kelly Brown to leave Glasgow Warriors this month

23 February 2021 2 comments

The specialist ruck coach will return to London after moving to Glasgow last summer with his family

Private ownership vital for regions’ future says Jones

19 February 2021 1 comment

Former chief executive of Sport Wales, Huw Jones, tells Steffan Thomas why it is imperative for the Dragons to become privately-owned by majority

Veteran prop WP Nel re-signs with Edinburgh

18 February 2021 2 comments

Scotland international tighthead prop WP Nel has signed a new two-year contract at PRO14 outfit Edinburgh, the club has announced. The 34-year-old has agreed a […]

Dai Young gets to know ‘talented’ young guns at Cardiff Blues

18 February 2021 1 comment

A little time off has allowed interim director of rugby Dai Young to survey the talent that ranges across all levels at Cardiff Blues, ahead of the return of the PRO14 next weekend

Confirmed: Rhys Priestland to depart Bath for Cardiff Blues

17 February 2021 0 comments

As revealed by TRP last month, Cardiff Blues have snapped up Rhys Priestland who will leave Bath at the end of the season

Fly-half Sam Davies agrees extension to stay with Dragons

17 February 2021 1 comment

The competition at fly-half for Wales will remain high with Davies’ committment to the Dragons leaving Wayne Pivac with Biggar, Anscombe, Evans, Sheedy, and Costelow all as options

Dan Baker coming back to the Dragons

14 February 2021 0 comments

BY NEILFISSLER THE DRAGONS have agreed a deal with former Wales No.8 Dan Baker who has been playing in France since leaving the Dragons last […]

Josh Macleod out for six months with ruptured Achilles

14 February 2021 0 comments

The reason why Macleod was a late withdrawal from Wales’ Six Nations squad for their trip to Scotland is now known

Wales flanker Dan Lydiate to miss the rest of the season

9 February 2021 0 comments

Welsh fears are realised as its confirmed Dan Lydiate has suffered an ACL knee injury, and will undergo additional scans to determine his recovery

Josh Adams expects Dai to put sting in Cardiff Blues attack

28 January 2021 0 comments

Dai Young is the lift Blues need to get their attack back firing, says Wales wing Adams

Fijian No.8 Viliame Mata signs Edinburgh extension

26 January 2021 2 comments

Star back row commits to Edinburgh, joining Scotland stars Jamie Ritchie and Hamish Watson in doing so

Dai Young must target Blues academy says Ring

21 January 2021 0 comments

Welsh rugby great Mark Ring says Dai Young’s main priority in fixing Cardiff Blues lies in a revamping of the region’s academy

Sam Johnson commits to Glasgow Warriors

19 January 2021 0 comments

The 15-cap Scotland centre has agreed an extension at Scotstoun

Wasps’ Ben Vellacott ready to relocate to Scotland?

19 January 2021 0 comments

Dan Robson holds the keys to the Wasps backline and that has seen one PRO14 side contact Vellacott

Glasgow 23-22 Edinburgh: Tyro No.10 Thompson in command for Warriors

17 January 2021 0 comments

Edinburgh pass up on victory at Scotstoun after missed conversion late on by Jaco van der Walt

It’s better, but more to come from Ospreys says Booth

17 January 2021 1 comment

Toby Booth and Dan Lydiate comment on the Ospreys upturn in fortunes, with a resurgent George North key

International A league great idea says Glenn Delaney

16 January 2021 0 comments

A new British, Irish and Italian ‘A’ League is moving closer to being formalised

Liam Williams banned for three games and will miss Wales’ Six Nations opener

14 January 2021 1 comment

The Scarlets wing was given a red card for a high tackle on Shane Lewis-Hughes in the Welsh derby with Cardiff Blues

Edinburgh and Scotland back row Jamie Ritchie

Scotland flanker Jamie Ritchie signings longest contract in Edinburgh’s history

14 January 2021 0 comments

The 26-cap Scotland forward has joined Hamish Watson in signing lengthy contract extensions at Edinburgh

Toby Booth signals interest in Scarlets No.8 Jac Morgan

14 January 2021 1 comment

As reported in The Rugby Paper last Sunday, the Ospreys want to bring the former Wales U20 skipper to the Liberty Stadium

Steve Phillips isn’t right man for the top WRU job insists Moffett

13 January 2021 0 comments

Current WRU chief executive doesn’t hold the acumen to turn things around in the long-term, according to ex-Welsh rugby boss

Edinburgh raid Harlequins for two of their first-team stars

12 January 2021 1 comment

James Lang and Glen Young will both move north to Edinburgh at the end of the season

Dai Young returns to Cardiff Blues as interim director of rugby

7 January 2021 0 comments

Ex-Wasps director of rugby returns to Arms Park with a view to a longer stay potentially in the offing

Shane Lewis Hughes battling to stay ahead of the pack

7 January 2021 3 comments

HE MAY have ended 2020 on a high by winning three Welsh caps, but the first priority in the New Year for Shane Lewis-Hughes is […]

Scotland flanker Hamish Watson agrees new Edinburgh deal

6 January 2021 0 comments

Edinburgh head coach Cockerill hails Watson’s committment to PRO14 club

Head coach John Mulvihill calls it quits at Cardiff Blues

5 January 2021 0 comments

Australian Mulvihill was in the final year of his contract at Cardiff Blues, who lie fourth in Conference A

Wales loosehead Wyn Jones set to stay at Scarlets

5 January 2021 3 comments

Some good news coming the way of the Scarlets after Jake Ball announced he will depart

Cardiff Blues offer Rhys Priestland a route home from Bath

3 January 2021 3 comments

CARDIFF BLUES are leading the race to land Rhys Priestland when his contract with Bath runs out at the end of the season. The former […]

Leinster 24-35 Connacht: Champions stunned by stone cold Carty

2 January 2021 0 comments

Connacht come away from the RDS with bonus-point win, as Jack Carty stars

Lloyd Williams excited to learn off Wales ace Dwayne Peel

1 January 2021 2 comments

The pending arrival of skills coach Peel at Cardiff Blues can only push the club forward, says scrum-half Williams

Roberts: New South Africa challenge is step up for PRO14

1 January 2021 2 comments

The Wales and British & Irish Lions centre talks about the new Rainbow Cup competition that will see four South African teams join the PRO14

Exclusive: Saracens looking to arrange friendlies with incoming South African franchises to PRO14

30 December 2020 7 comments

Neil Fissler reports on Saracens seeking to prepare for the Championship’s kick off in March with a series of friendlies against the top South African sides