All posts tagged "Cardiff"
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoMerthyr facing final challenge
Welsh Rugby Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD LLANDOVERY will lock horns with Merthyr in next month’s WRU Premiership Cup final at...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoNarberth stay clear at the top
Championship round-up NARBERTH made it 16 wins out of 16 in Welsh Championship West as they defeated Ammanford 47-10 with a...
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Paul Rees
/ 1 year agoBorthwick’s conundrum: Stick or twist for Ireland
PAUL REES It was England’s first real test this Six Nations as they faced a team that expected to defeat them...
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Summer Tours
/ 1 year agoWales to play Boks in double header at HQ
Four heavyweights of world rugby will grace the Twickenham turf in an historic double header on June 22 – with a...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 1 year agoEdwards in firing line as France lose rhythm
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK IT’S too easy to say that France have fallen off and are no longer the team...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoRattled, but Irish still on course for slam
By PETER JACKSON Ireland................................ 31pts Tries: Sheehan 21, Lowe 32, Frawley 68, Beirne 81 Conversions: Crowley 22, 33, 68, 82 Penalties:...
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Peter Jackson
/ 1 year agoSwift move to fit in another international
ANOTHER so-called Test match is squeezed into a congested calendar with such indecent haste that nobody can be sure as to...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoWhen the B grade was full of A stars
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER AS England A crank back into action today...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoWe need to progress, both on and off pitch
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME NOW the teams have had their week off hopefully they have had...
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Schools / Universities
/ 1 year agoHartpury crowned National League champs
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Hartpury women sealed their second successive Women’s National League (league) crown with a 76-21 victory over...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoLee-Lo red too much for Cardiff to live with
By ROGER PANTING Cardiff ................................. 12pts Tries: Thomas 18, Timani 46 Conversions: de Beer 18 Connacht .......................... 16pts Tries: Dooley 62...
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Six Nations
/ 1 year agoAssiratti goes from novice to mainstay
By ROB COLE A year ago Keiron Assiratti was wondering how he could prop up his family, never mind the Welsh...
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Peter Jackson
/ 1 year agoIreland’s class will be hard to overcome
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW IF ONLY Wales could take an old leaf out of the record book...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoShort-term contract takes Grace to Bath
By SAM JACKSON Former Wales rugby league star Regan Grace has signed a short-term contract with Bath. The 27-year-old switched to...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoDREAM TEAM
RORY BARTLE, THE FORMER NORTH OTAGO, LONDON SCOTTISH, JERSEY REDS, GLOUCESTER & WALES U20S LOCK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS...
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U20 Six Nations
/ 1 year agoMorse: Warburton is my inspiration
By SIMON THOMAS Rising star Morgan Morse has revealed how he has drawn inspiration from the words of former Wales and...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 1 year agoTo have played 41 times for Wales is a blessing
My Life in Rugby with Emyr Lewis - The former Wales, Llanelli & Cardiff No. 8 looks back on his career...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 1 year agoDefeat to Bath leaves Swansea in trouble
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS It's nearly crunch time in the BUCS Super Rugby and Round 15 of 18 this season...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 year agoNewport make it seven in a row
Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD HOOKER Henry Palmer grabbed a hat-trick to inspire second-placed Newport to a 31-15 win at Merthyr....
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 year agoBargoed blow race wide open
Championship round-up THE top of the table clash in Championship East went the way of Bargoed who won 40-25 at leaders...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoAnglo-Welsh league ‘depends on money’
By PAUL REES Premiership coaches have given their backing to Warren Gatland’s call for an Anglo-Welsh league – as long as...
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Six Nations
/ 1 year agoWilliams sets his sights on Wales return
By BEN JAYCOCK Liam Williams has left the door open on a return to the Test scene for Wales’ summer tour...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoScotland heartbreak after TMO has the final word in late drama
SIX NATIONS 2024 By BRYN PALMER Scotland ............................ 16pts Tries: White 7 Conversions: Russell 9 Penalties: Russell 22, 30, 58 France.................................20pts...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoThat was a try – but the record will not reflect it
SIX NATIONS 2024 BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE is a three-volume book to be written on false dawns, shattered dreams and broken hearts...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 1 year agoBath keen to attract Grady
Bath have emerged as the leading contenders to sign Wales wing Mason Grady, below, when his Cardiff contract expires this summer....
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 year agoLegend who had no wish to be one
Paul Rees says it was hard not to fall in love with rugby as a young boy, watching his hero play...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 1 year agoPepper’s late show clinches thriller for Durham
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS Scrum-half Max Pepper scored two late tries, one in overtime, to give Durham a famous win...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 year agoNewport lead pack behind Drovers
Welsh round-up By CARL FIELD NEWPORT moved up to second in the Premiership table after they beat RGC 43-17 to make it...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoScotland call in Darge for defining game against France
Preview: Scotland vs France (Saturday, 2:15pm) Scotland have brought in Rory Darge to start ahead of the dropped Jamie Ritchie as...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoRussell relief as Scotland hold on to keep Wales at bay
By ROGER PANTING at Principality Stadium Scotland captain Finn Russell was hugely disappointed with his side’s second-half performance yesterday after Wales...
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Challenge Cup
/ 1 year agoKeen demand to host Euro finals weekend
By JON NEWCOMBE Dominic McKay, chairman of European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR), has revealed that interest in hosting European club rugby’s...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoScotland hold off amazing Wales revival
SIX NATIONS 2024 By PETER JACKSON Wales................................. 26pts Tries: Botham 47, Dyer 53, Wainwright 60, Mann 68 Conversions: Lloyd 54, 61,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoWhy you don’t give up on your dreams
SIX NATIONS 2024 BRENDAN GALLAGHER It's been said before but needs reiterating on a regular basis but there is no sporting...
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Peter Jackson
/ 1 year agoColossus following in family tradition
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW A teenaged colossus introduced himself to the Six Nations late on Friday night...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoUnlucky Bev had just the two caps
It was remiss of this column not to note the passing of former Bristol and England prop Bev Dovey last month...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 1 year agoSwansea claim a bonus to climb off bottom
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS The home stretch of BUCS Super Rugby settled into its flow after a hugely entertaining, and...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 1 year agoDrovers run eight tries past Cardiff Welsh round-up
By ROB COLE LLANDOVERY scored eight tries at the Arms Park to complete the double over Cardiff and stretch their lead...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoHamer-Webb has Wales in his sights
Former England U20s wing Gabriel Hamer-Webb is targeting Wales honours after signing a permanent deal to join Cardiff next season. The...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoNorth and Kinghorn miss out on Cardiff clash
Preview: Wales vs Scotland (Saturday, 4:45pm) Wales’ George North and Scotland’s Blair Kinghorn will both be absent from the two countries’...
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Rugby Paper News
/ 1 year ago2024 Six Nations preview
Our favourtie time of year is upon us. The Six Nations is back and it promises to be another stellar championship...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoFrance vs Ireland will be game of the tournament – Ashton
Former England winger Chris Ashton says Friday’s clash between France and Ireland is the match he is most looking forward to...
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Six Nations
/ 1 year agoChristie glad to be back in Scotland fold
By BRYN PALMER For all the fresh faces in Scotland’s Six Nations squad, their starting XV to face Wales in Cardiff...
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Six Nations
/ 1 year agoThomas backing his boys
By ROB COLE Gareth Thomas says new-look Wales won’t be a soft touch up front when they take on Scotland in...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 1 year agoSheedy agrees return to Cardiff
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER CARDIFF have signed Wales fly-half Callum Sheedy from Bristol when his deal runs out at...
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Peter Jackson
/ 1 year agoClouds of confusion hang over Evans
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW At the end of a week when the clouds of confusion thickened over...
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Six Nations
/ 1 year agoIt’s time for Borthwick to ignite the backline
ADAM HATHAWAY Steve Borthwick has done the easy bit in picking a 36-man squad for the Six Nations, the hard bit...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 1 year agoWhy France are my favourites for the title
JEREMY GUSCOTT Peter O’Mahony’s appointment as Ireland captain for the Six Nations at the age of 34 was a little surprising,...
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Six Nations
/ 1 year agoGatland: You write us off at your peril
Six Nations team-by-team previews: Wales Paul Rees finds the coach in bullish mood about his team’s chances in the coming weeks...
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Six Nations
/ 1 year agoTime for Borthwick to deliver
Six Nations team-by-team previews: England Paul Rees says that, this time around, the fixture list has been kind to the World...
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Six Nations
/ 1 year agoProdigal son needs to pull the right strings
Six Nations team-by-team previews: Scotland Paul Rees listens to Gregor Townsend as he admits that it’s about time his team got...
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