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Stuart: It will be tough but we’ll do our best

15 January 2023 1 comment

By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW… Cardiff v Newcastle Today. Kick-off 1pm, Arms Park SCRUM-HALF Sam Stuart insists Newcastle haven’t given up hope of making the knockout […]

It’s like a cup final – Annett

15 January 2023 1 comment

Preview Bath v Toulon Kick-off 3.15pm BATH’S Challenge Cup game against Toulon was postponed yesterday because of flooding. The game will take place today at […]

Exeter men and women prepare for restart

15 January 2023 1 comment

By ELISE HAMERSLEY BUCS fixtures return in two weeks and preparations are ramping up in Exeter as both teams hope to continue their strong form […]

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 […]

Second-half blitz puts Pirates in control

8 January 2023 1 comment

By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates ..37pts Tries: Crane 5, Wyatt 53, 79, Kessell 58, Tuima 75 Conversions: Bazalgette 53, Robson 75, 79 Penalties: Bazalgette 24, […]

Young Guns: Wales U18 fly-half Jacob Symes

8 January 2023 0 comments

Welsh rugby’s latest young talented fly-half Jacob Symes departs for Australia in February to play for Eastern Suburbs in the highly regarded Shute Shield. Symes […]

Young Guns: Cardiff Met University lock Brandon Harvey

31 December 2022 0 comments

American second row Brandon Harvey was hurt by his country of birth’s failure to qualify for the 2023 World Cup but feels the sport will […]

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 […]

Wales dream drives Grey through the pain

18 December 2022 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN Dreams of playing for Wales again and getting another shot at top tier professional rugby in the URC or the Premiership drove […]

Adams shows he’s the man for Gatland

18 December 2022 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN Newcastle……….. 10pts Tries: Stuart 44 Conversions: J Thomas 45 Penalties: J Thomas 30 Cardiff…………….. 47pts Tries: Adams 8, 55; Priestland 20, Lane […]

How baseball kept Bish on right track

18 December 2022 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Ken Poole, the head of economic development for Cardiff City Council, has […]

12-try statement win for league leaders Cardiff

18 December 2022 0 comments

By HARRY CORISH Cardiff………………….82 Carmarthen……………0 Cardiff got back to winning ways by running riot at the Arms Park, scoring 12 tries for a huge bonus […]

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 […]

Cardiff cruise home as Williams hits 250 in style

11 December 2022 0 comments

By SIMON ROBERTS Cardiff…………… 41pts Tries: Dacey 4, 18; Adams 22, L Williams 48, T Williams 60, Grady 77, Cabango 80 Conversions: Evans 5, 19, […]

Trinity stay in running with Harrow win

11 December 2022 0 comments

SCHOOLS RUGBY By NICK POWELL Trinity kept their hopes of winning back-to-back National Schools Cups alive as they ended Harrow’s unbeaten start to the season […]

Cardiff Met get a lesson from Swansea

11 December 2022 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By NICK POWELL Swansea stunned Cardiff Met at Cyncoed in their Welsh derby to re-ignite their season and move into the play-off places. […]

Lloyd’s the man for Wales at 10 – Madigan

4 December 2022 0 comments

By SIMON ROBERTS Bristol playmaker Ioan Lloyd has been tipped as a future successor to Dan Biggar as Welsh rugby’s main man at No.10. The […]

Davies wants to win his Wales place back

4 December 2022 2 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS Gareth Davies had no arguments at being left out of Wales’ autumn squad, but he is hoping to force his way back […]

Skosan: We need to get flying start

4 December 2022 1 comment

By GARY FITZGERALD Power runner: Courtnall Skosan playing for Northampton PICTURE: Getty Images Courtnall Skosan is banking on fortress Franklin’s to help Northampton Saints scratch […]

Durham fight hard to tame battling Exeter

27 November 2022 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By NICK POWELL Durham gained revenge for Exeter beating them in last year’s Championship final as they battled to a 20-15 victory at […]

Smith hat-trick stops Cardiff’s away run

20 November 2022 1 comment

BUCS RUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK Flanker Ben Smith scored a hat-trick as Loughborough University beat Cardiff 31-10 to return to the top of BUCS Super […]

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, […]

How Kevin kept 1991 pioneers on right track

13 November 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW KEVIN O’Brien grew up within walking distance of Cardiff docks, round the corner from the street where […]

Bourns bite back in Students draw

13 November 2022 0 comments

By BILLY PAGE Bournville……………38 Loughborough S….38 A PULSATING contest ended with Bournville and Loughborough Students claiming a draw and a try bonus point apiece. Bourns […]

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 […]

All Black firepower too much for Wales

6 November 2022 1 comment

By STEFFAN THOMAS Wayne Pivac has told his Wales side they will have to muscle up against Argentina next Saturday after they got blown away […]

When Ray set records back in the glory days

6 November 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Ray Glastonbury spent most of his sporting life unaware that he belonged to a squadron of wings […]

BUCS Super Rugby round-up: Met win at Kingsholm on epic Wednesday

3 November 2022 0 comments

Cardiff Met moved within a point of rivals Cardiff Uni at the top of the table as they edged Hartpury 26-25 in a Kingsholm classic, […]

Gareth Thomas is determined to break down the stigma of HIV

2 November 2022 0 comments

Gareth Thomas is leading the campaign Tackle HIV that is determined to fight the viruses ‘silent killer’ and break down the stigma attached to it […]

Sharing delight of beating All Blacks

30 October 2022 2 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER There is rightly much focus on the 50th anniversary tomorrow of Llanelli’s […]

Priestland cuts down champions

23 October 2022 0 comments

By ROGER PANTING Cardiff…………….. 30pts Tries: Cabango 16, Harries 43 Conversions: Priestland 43 Penalties: Priestland 9, 15, 33, 52, 69, 80 Stormers………… 24pts Tries: Xaba […]

Relief for Friend as Mack grabs a try double

23 October 2022 0 comments

By JOHN FALLON Connacht………..36pts Tries: Murray 1, Hansen 35, 78; Aungier 54, Penalty 75 Penalties: Carty 8, 28, Hawkshaw 61 Scarlets…………. 14pts Tries: Evans 15 […]

Durham find their feet to move up

23 October 2022 1 comment

BUCS RUGBY ■By NICK POWELL DURHAM bounced back from defeat in Cardiff with a 49-33 victory over Nottingham that took them second in the table. […]

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 […]

Edwards penalty rescues Ponty

23 October 2022 0 comments

Championship Cup round-up ■ By ROB COLE A LATE Steff Edwards penalty allowed Pontypool to extend their unbeaten run in the Admiral Championship to five […]

Cardiff’s faithful still being kept in the dark

16 October 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSON YET another Chancellor of the Exchequer has been and gone and still not a peep from Cardiff Rugby Club on its investigation into […]

Young focuses on leadership after claims players threw eggs in pub

9 October 2022 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS Dai Young has urged his Cardiff players to take more responsibility on and off the field and admits the club lacks leaders. […]

Roberts try seals derby win for Cardiff

9 October 2022 1 comment

UNIVERSITY RUGBY By NICK POWELL CARDIFF recorded another narrow away victory as they beat Cardiff Met in a derby that came down to the last […]

In-form Neath savour a good day

9 October 2022 1 comment

Championship round-up By HARRY CORISH Neath took full advantage of the fact Tata Steel couldn’t raise a side to host Pontypool as they clinched a […]

Olly on song as visitors keep up pace

9 October 2022 2 comments

By SIMON ROBERTS RGC……………………….. 21 Cardiff………………….25 Cardiff maintained their unbeaten start to the campaign with an impressive win on the road against RGC in front […]

Brown on a high as new boys too good for Leeds

2 October 2022 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA ■By BEN JAYCOCK NEWLY-PROMOTED Nottingham went top at the end of round one of BUCS Super Rugby, beating Leeds Beckett 31-15 from 10-0 […]

Darge gets ok after op

2 October 2022 3 comments

RUGBY SHORTS SCOTLAND flanker Rory Darge has had surgery on his ankle that will rule him out of the autumn internationals. Glasgow Warriors say the […]

Ice-cool Burnell forges way past Steelmen

2 October 2022 0 comments

By SIMON ROBERTS Cardiff…………………. 20 Ebbw Vale…………… 19 FLY-HALF Ben Burnell kept Cardiff ’s unbeaten record in the Premiership with his last-gasp penalty to secure […]

Jenkins kickstarts Ponty try romp Championship round-up

2 October 2022 0 comments

By ROB COLE ADMIRAL Championship leaders Pontypool kept their unbeaten run going in dominant fashion as they ran in 11 tries against Trebanos. Scott Hawkins […]

Faletau back as Cardiff change seven for Lions

29 September 2022 0 comments

Taulupe Faletau is one of seven Cardiff players to come in as they face the Emirates Lions at the Arms Park. Cardiff will be hopeful […]

Dai expects big things now Lewis is free from injury

25 September 2022 1 comment

By STEFFAN THOMAS DAI Young has told Dillon Lewis to continue silencing his critics by dominating the scrum for Cardiff in the early part of […]

Basham back for Dragons

25 September 2022 2 comments

Preview Dragons v Munster Today. Kick-off 3pm WALES flanker Taine Basham starts as Dragons looks to bounce from the 44-6 hammering at Edinburgh. He is […]

The Butler did it! Day Eddie was in the dock

25 September 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW AT the crack of dawn on Thursday, September 6, 2001, the highest-powered disciplinary tribunal ever assembled in […]

Room, finally, for Billy

25 September 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON At the first post-Covid dinner staged by the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame in Cardiff the other night, Wales got around at long […]

Fired-up Ponty’s tribute for Butler

18 September 2022 0 comments

Championship round-up By ROB COLE PONTYPOOL paid a fitting tribute to their former captain Eddie Butler, who died suddenly on Thursday, as they ran in […]

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