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Bridgend’s happy new year continues

29 January 2023 0 comments

Premiership By ETHAN GEORGE Bridgend………………27 Newport……………….24 A GOOD opening month to 2023 simply got better and better as Bridgend made it three league wins in […]

Fish chips in to get Cardiff back on track

29 January 2023 1 comment

Premiership By ROB COLE Cardiff…………………. 30 RGC……………………….. 20 CARDIFF got back to winning ways after their last-gasp single-point defeat at home to Newport as they […]

Quins triumph in basement battle

29 January 2023 0 comments

Premiership By HARRY CORISH Llanelli…………………28 Carmarthen…………38 MARC Jones’ Carmarthen Quins seem to have found the winning formula at last, and this win not only completed […]

Battle-hardened Ironmen are just too strong

29 January 2023 0 comments

Premiership By JACK LONGSTAFF Swansea………………. 6 Merthyr……………….. 31 A BATTLE-HARDENED Merthyr put Swansea to the sword with an emphatic bonus-point victory. The visitors got off […]

Drovers delight as vital victory secured

29 January 2023 2 comments

By HUW THOMAS Llandovery…… 20 Ebbw Vale…….. 15 THE eagerly-awaited Premiership clash between third and fourth place saw the Drovers keep ahead of their Gwent […]

Wales in danger of losing 15 stars

22 January 2023 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON Wales are in danger of losing as many as 15 international players to English, French or Japanese clubs over the next nine […]

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22 January 2023 0 comments

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Students beat the freeze to go top six

22 January 2023 1 comment

Welsh round-up By HARRY CORISH Cardiff Met took advantage of their 3G pitch at Cyncoed to ward off the cold weather and get back to […]

Nove does the trick to send Pooler top

15 January 2023 0 comments

Championship round-up By ROB COLE PONTYPOOL celebrated moving back to the top of the table. They secured an impressive 54-3 win against Maesteg Harlequins, scoring […]

Ravens cash in after Haymen’s early card

15 January 2023 0 comments

By ROB COLE Bridgend……………… 18 Pontypridd……………. 8 Bridgend continued to pile misery on to Pontypridd’s season with an emphatic victory to move up to ninth […]

O’Brien late drop-goal sinks champs

15 January 2023 2 comments

By SIMON ROBERTS Cardiff…………………. 17 Newport………………. 18 Fly-half and captain Matt O’Brien’s injury-time drop-goal secured a major victory for Newport in the age-old derby against […]

Dion leads second-half fightback for RGC

15 January 2023 0 comments

By ROB COLE RGC………………………..26 Ebbw Vale…………… 14 RGC’s impressive second-half performance saw them pick up a first win in three games and end Ebbw Vale’s […]

All Whites reeling after Taylor heroics

15 January 2023 2 comments

By ROB COLE Swansea……………..33 Carmarthen…………34 Carmarthen Quins turned the form book on its head as they defeated Swansea by a single point to notch their […]

Ironmen show steely side for victory No.7

15 January 2023 0 comments

By SIMON ROBERTS Llandovery…………. 16 Merthyr………………..26 Merthyr kept their hopes of a play-off place in the Premiership alive with this impressive bonus-point victory at Llandovery […]

Foursome Saunders leads try rampage

15 January 2023 0 comments

Division One round-up By TRP REPORTER LLANGENNECH went on the rampage as they ran in 16 tries in their 106-10 win over Pembroke in what […]

Priestland undecided if he will continue playing next season

15 January 2023 0 comments

Rhys Priestland will not be looking at his phone every few minutes this week to see whether he has been picked in Wales’s Six Nations […]

Welsh All Blacks still top of the Championship

8 January 2023 0 comments

Championship round-up By ROB COLE Neath and Pontypool continue to slug it out at the top of the Championship, but for now the Welsh All […]

Wizards worthy of place among top table

8 January 2023 0 comments

Premiership By SIMON ROBERTS Aberavon……………..22 Swansea………………. 8 Aberavon produced a commanding display to keep them in second place in the Premiership with victory over big […]

Price right as Ravens call the shots

8 January 2023 2 comments

Carmarthen………… 14 Bridgend………………22 Bridgend secured their first league win since October 15, as they completed a remarkable second-half comeback to beat Carmarthen. The win sees […]

Cross keeps champions in pole position

8 January 2023 0 comments

By SIMON ROBERTS Merthyr……………….. 16 Cardiff RFC…………..22 Wing Dewi Cross crossed for his 14th try of the season as champions Cardiff cemented their position as […]

Ferriman powers Black & Ambers

8 January 2023 0 comments

By ROB COLE Newport………………. 20 RGC……………………….. 10 Both Newport and RGC came into the game looking to recover from defeats in their last game and […]

Strange on warpath despite battling victory

8 January 2023 2 comments

By SIMON ROBERTS Llanelli…………………26 Ebbw Vale……………36 Coach Jason Strange didn’t hide his disappointment with Ebbw Vale’s performance, despite a bonus-point win against Llanelli away at […]

Davies’ happy return inspires Drovers

8 January 2023 0 comments

By ROB COLE Pontypridd……. 12 Llandovery……23 Two late tries ensured victory for Llandovery at Sardis Road, which ensured the Drovers maintained their challenge at the […]

Five-try Newbridge in charge as they demolish Brecon

8 January 2023 0 comments

By ROB COLE Something had to give at the Welfare Ground as the two unbeaten teams, Newbridge and Brecon, met for the biggest game of […]

Players in Wales face 50% pay cuts

18 December 2022 1 comment

By PETER JACKSON Welsh rugby’s cure to its financial crisis will include pay cuts of up to 50 per cent for some players employed by […]

Welsh leagues round-up: Patterson shoots try double for Archers

18 December 2022 1 comment

By HARRY CORISH Cardiff Met versus Cross Keys was the only Championship game to survive this weekend’s temperatures as the Archers secured an impressive 39-26 […]

Andrew treble keeps Newport on a march

11 December 2022 1 comment

Premiership By CHRIS ANDREWS Merthyr………………..24 Newport……………….40 Newport eased to their fourth-straight win in the league with a dominant display against Merthyr. Oli Andrew scored a […]

Ponty pay the penalty after fightback

11 December 2022 0 comments

Premiership By GARY DAVIES Pontypridd…………..22 Ebbw Vale……………23 A late Keiran Meek penalty gave Ebbw Vale a fourth consecutive league win, despite a spirited Pontypridd comeback. […]

Gogs inflict more pain on miserable Quins

11 December 2022 0 comments

Premiership By SIMON JONES RGC………………………..40 Carmarthen………….. 3 Carmathen Quins’ thoroughly miserable season continued as they lost their fifth game in a row to stay firmly […]

Wizards conjure up win over leaders

11 December 2022 0 comments

Premiership By SIMON ROBERTS Aberavon…………….. 30 Cardiff………………….23 Aberavon got their Premiership campaign back on track as they stripped league-leaders Cardiff of their eight-match unbeaten record. […]

Phillips leaves it late for Amman

20 November 2022 2 comments

Division One round-up By ROB COLE AMMANFORD moved to the top of Admiral Division 1 West Central with a comfortable 32-15 home win over the […]

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20 November 2022 2 comments

Newport……………….33 Pontypridd………….. 16 O’Brien third all-time Black & Ambers By ROB COLE PONTYPRIDD’S plight continued as they lost their third game in a row to […]

Brave Ravens give faltering Drovers a fright

20 November 2022 1 comment

Llandovery………….28 Bridgend……………… 13 By HUW S THOMAS FORGET the scoreline. Bottom-side Bridgend came close to inflicting a surprise win over high-flying Llandovery. In the end, […]

Richards treble piles on Quins woe

20 November 2022 1 comment

Ebbw Vale……………38 Carmarthen Quins . .7 By ROB COLE MORGAN Richards’ hattrick fired Ebbw Vale to a comprehensive bonus-point victory over lowly Carmarthen Quins. The […]

Cross does the trick for the Blue & Blacks

20 November 2022 0 comments

Cardiff………………….45 Swansea………………..0 By STEFFAN THOMAS A DEWI Cross hat-trick helped Cardiff solidify their position at the top of the Premiership with a thrashing of Swansea. […]

Sinfield completes ultra challenge

20 November 2022 0 comments

By JAMES BOWEN LEICESTER coach Kevin Sinfield has raised £1.5m for charity after completing seven ultra marathons in seven days. He was greeted with huge […]

Wayward Wizards lose the knack of winning

20 November 2022 0 comments

RGC………………… 34 Aberavon……….26 By ROB COLE ABERAVON fell to their third successive defeat in the Indigo Premiership to drop to third in the table after […]

Drovers’ Maynard puts the boot into Llanelli

13 November 2022 1 comment

By STEFFAN THOMAS Llanelli………….. 21 Llandovery….. 54 LLANDOVERY’S impressive start to the season continued as they thrashed Llanelli at Parc y Scarlets. The Drovers’ pack […]

Cross deadly as champs hit the summit

13 November 2022 1 comment

Premiership By JAMES ROBERTS Bridgend……………… 16 Cardiff………………….43 CARDIFF made it a magnificent seven of seven to take full advantage of Aberavon’s second successive defeat and […]

Reed deadly to fire Black & Ambers

13 November 2022 0 comments

Premiership By ROB COLE Carmarthan Q……… 17 Newport……………….34 NEWPORT’S rise up the Indigo Prem table continued with another bonus-point win as they began to show […]

Ironmen leave it late before toppling Ponty

13 November 2022 0 comments

Premiership By ROB COLE Pontypridd………….. 18 Merthyr………………..24 THE Ironmen played a get out of jail card with the clock in the red as they conjured […]

Jones gives Whites the runaround

13 November 2022 0 comments

Premiership By ROB COLE Swansea…………….. 19 RGC………………………..47 THERE were tries aplenty at St Helen’s as RGC 1404 ran out convincing victors against Swansea. The North […]

Three off as fighting mars Steelmen victory

13 November 2022 1 comment

Premiership By HARRY CORISH Aberavon…………….. 17 Ebbw Vale…………..24 EBBW VALE turned around a 12-0 deficit early in the second half, and held on to record […]

Happy Harri’s double lifts Keys

13 November 2022 0 comments

Championship round-up By ROB COLE WALES U18 centre Harri Ackerman made a big impression on his debut for Cross Keys as he romped away to […]

Mayall’s try ends Bridge’s resistance

30 October 2022 2 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS RGC………………………..27 Bridgend……………… 13 Theo Mayall’s late try helped RGC overcome a stubborn Bridgend outfit. Paul Short opened the scoring for the visitors […]

Wizards hope to cast a spell on Aberavon

30 October 2022 0 comments

Preview Newport v Aberavon Today. 3pm Veteran: Elliot Frewen YOU’D expect a clash between the unbeaten leaders of the Indigo Premiership against the team languishing […]

Amman look to Lewis for inspiration

23 October 2022 0 comments

Division One Cup round-up ■ By ROB COLE AMMANFORD got ready for their top-of-the-table showdown with unbeaten Bonymaen by coming from behind to beat Bridgend […]

Yardley sin-bin crucial as Ravens let it slide

23 October 2022 0 comments

Premiership Cup round-up ■ By ROB COLE ABERAVON rode an early storm at the Brewery Field, before bagging eight tries, and 34 second-half points, to […]

Jones rounds off romp for cherry and whites

23 October 2022 1 comment

Allianz Prem XVs Cup ■ By TOM BULMER DMP Sharks……………0 Gloucester-H……….93 GLOUCESTER-Hartpury took an emphatic bonus point from their trip to the Darlington Arena in […]

Lightning fail to strike as Martin keeps cool

23 October 2022 0 comments

■ By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Saracens……………..23 Loughborough L…. 19 IT was the boot of Lisa Martin that made the difference, as Saracens edged home against Loughborough […]

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