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Welsh Premiership: Dead-eye Jones kicks Bargoed to first round win

8 August 2021 0 comments

TWO penalties from Steffan Jones enabled Bargoed to launch their WRU Championship Cup campaign with a 13-7 home win over Bedwas. Jones hit the mark […]

GB star earns Sarries deal

8 August 2021 1 comment

SARACENS have given winger Ben Harris a new long-term contract. The 21-year-old was part of Great Britain’s Sevens squad at the Olympics, scoring four tries […]

Pivac: Now we face big test in the autumn

18 July 2021 1 comment

The Wales head coach reacts to his side’s 33-11 defeat to Argentina in Cardiff

Hardest job was getting ‘Dommers’ off cakes! | Peter Jackson

18 July 2021 1 comment

Cardiff Met director of rugby Danny Milton talks to Peter Jackson about Alex Dombrandt’s time in BUCS Super Rugby

Gritty England grind way to Grand Slam

18 July 2021 0 comments

By ADAM ELLIS England …………27pts Tries: O Bailey 5, Bates 15, Relton 43, 70 Conversions: Mathews 6, 16 Penalties: Mathews 10 Italy ………………..17pts Tries: Neculai […]

Jack van Poortvliet has got the world at his feet | Brendan Gallagher

18 July 2021 1 comment

NO Junior World Cup this year, or last, and therefore no junior world player of the year for either season but I wonder if in […]

Young Gun: Cornish Pirates flanker Will Gibson

18 July 2021 1 comment

Will Gibson was involved with the academy at Exeter Chiefs before heading to Cardiff Met, signing a one-year deal at Pirates in June

England U20s make one change for Grand Slam clash against Italy

13 July 2021 0 comments

Head coach Alan Dickens makes one change at fly-half for the final round of the U20 Six Nations

Peel: In my heart I knew I had to join Scarlets

11 July 2021 0 comments

Scarlets role was the one Dwayne Peel always wanted, even if it meant upsetting the capital

League great Steadman takes reins at Ionians

11 July 2021 1 comment

Boss: Graham Steadman GRAHAM Steadman is relishing his return to rugby after taking up a key role at Hull Ionians. The Great Britain Rugby League […]

Wales 68-12 Canada: Halfpenny injury takes the gloss off Wales’ ten-try romp

4 July 2021 0 comments

DESPITE a ten-try thrashing of Canada, an injury to Leigh Halfpenny marred the afternoon for Wales. On his 100th Test appearance and with […]

I fear it looks quite serious for Leigh | Shane Williams

4 July 2021 0 comments

THERE is no other way for me to start other than by wishing Leigh Halfpenny all the best. For his 100th Test to end like […]

Exeter Chiefs are watching England U20 star Sam Riley

4 July 2021 0 comments

EXETER Chiefs are keeping tabs on Harlequins’ England U20 hooker Sam Riley just a week after losing the Premiership final to the south west London […]

Blues bring in Bailey

4 July 2021 2 comments

BEDFORD have signed flanker Bailey Ransom from Newcastle. The 24-year-old former Millfield pupil joined Falcons’ senior academy set-up in 2019 and made one first-team appearance, […]

Sacked Hayward back in Cardiff with Canada

27 June 2021 3 comments

BYRON Hayward will be back on the international stage in Cardiff this week eight months after losing his job with Wales. He will return to […]

History of Lions v Springboks

27 June 2021 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher charts some outstanding episodes from the 13 tours undertaken by the Lions to South Africa from 1891 onwards Riding the Blue train – […]

Breakfast is essential in your life with the Lions

27 June 2021 0 comments

YOU’VE seen the DVD many times – Living with the Lions – but frankly that’s only the half of it. The tour of 1997 was […]

Undercooked Wales set for gruelling week of fitness work

20 June 2021 1 comment

By ALEX BYWATER Experienced head: Wales captain Jonathan Davies WALES head coach Wayne Pivac admits he fears his team will be underdone for their summer […]

Thomas’ rapid rise can inspire Cardiff lads says Law

13 June 2021 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA By ROB COLE NEW Wales squad member Ben Thomas is set to become the pin-up boy at Cardiff Arms Park next season after graduating […]

Cuthbert: Winners’ medal would ease pain of last season

13 June 2021 0 comments

ALEX Cuthbert would love nothing more than to leave Exeter Chiefs this summer with a Premiership winner’s medal safely tucked into his pocket. The Wales […]

Jonathan Davies leads new-look Wales into battle

7 June 2021 1 comment

JONATHAN Davies will captain Wales in their summer Tests against Canada and Argentina. Coach Wayne Pivac has named five uncapped players: Ospreys prop Gareth Thomas, […]

Hearing fans’ roar makes you feel like Superman | Shane Williams

6 June 2021 0 comments

WHEN I played in front of 75,000 screaming Welsh fans at Principality Stadium it used to make me feel like Superman. I felt eight feet […]

Cardiff 37-12 Zebre: Dashing backs give Dai Young boost for future

6 June 2021 0 comments

BLUES ended their inconsistent season with a far from convincing victory over bottom of the table Zebre at the Arms Park. It mattered little as […]

Knox grabs late winner to keep Munster in running

30 May 2021 0 comments

By JOHN FALLON Munster …………31pts Tries: N Scannell 30, 37, Wycherley 35, Knox 75 Conversions: Carbery 30, 36, 38, 75 Penalties: Carbery 51 Cardiff …………….27pts […]

Hitt won’t let his lack of playing pedigree impede climb to the top

30 May 2021 0 comments

By ALEX BYWATER A DECADE ago, Christian Hitt was working at grassroots level as a rugby development officer for the WRU with a passion and […]

MacKay’s motto uniting Caerau Ely

30 May 2021 0 comments

ALEX BYWATER talks to Liam Mackay, a reformed man looking to make a difference For most of the last year, the fields of Cardiff ’s […]

Dragon’s early fire smothered by Glasgow

30 May 2021 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS Dragons…………..16pts Tries: Owen 16 Conversions: S Davies 13 Penalties: S Davies 21, 77 Drop goals: D Davies 31 Glasgow …………27pts Tries: Steyn […]

Gavin fires the dream for Wood’s Raiders | Peter Jackson

23 May 2021 1 comment

If he so wished, Aaron Wood could put one hand on his heart, the other on the bible and solemnly swear that he runs a […]

One point ends Bulls hopes of unbeaten season

23 May 2021 0 comments

SOUTH AFRICA RAINBOW CUP By ADAM ELLIS A GUTSY performance from the Lions ended the Bulls’ pursuit of an invincible season, as Jake White’s side went down […]

Toulouse 22-17 La Rochelle: Heavyweight collision lacks real sparkle but Toulouse won’t care

23 May 2021 0 comments

All the action from Twickenham as Toulouse lifted a fifth Champions Cup trophy to become the undisputed kings of Europe

Glasgow Warriors centurion Chris Fusaro to retire at the end of the season

19 May 2021 0 comments

Ending an 11-year professional career at Scotstoun come the end of his contract with Glasgow Warriors

Worcester Warriors appoint ex-Gloucester coach Jonny Bell as new defence mastermind

18 May 2021 0 comments

Bell will return to the Premiership next season to link up with old pal Alan Solomons at Worcester Warriors

Ospreys hooker Scott Otten told to retire at the age of 26

18 May 2021 0 comments

A neck injury suffered in January has led to medical experts advising Ospreys hooker Scott Otten to hang up his boots

Preview: Josh Adams looks to fine-tune in time for Lions take-off

9 May 2021 0 comments

JOSH Adams has no thoughts about wrapping himself in cotton wool over the next few weeks after his selection for this summer’s Lions tour. […]

Louis Rees-Zammit’s brother cashes in on Lions call-up

9 May 2021 0 comments

The older brother of the Gloucester & Wales flyer placed a bet four years ago that the Lions’ youngest squad member would tour South Africa

Warriors call for Blues back up

9 May 2021 0 comments

RUGBY SHORTS WORCESTER Warriors have signed former Wales prop Scott Andrews on loan from Cardiff Blues until the end of the season. The 31-year-old provides […]

Cardiff to host entire U20 Six Nations

9 May 2021 0 comments

THE 2021 U20 Six Nations will take place entirely in Wales, TRP can reveal. It was confirmed in January that the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic meant […]

Wales fly-half Owen Williams to join Worcester Warriors this summer

28 April 2021 0 comments

Williams, who can also play centre, is seen as the replacement for the outgoing Duncan Weir at Sixways

Alun Wyn Jones deal lets him go to World Cup

25 April 2021 0 comments

Signed to a new deal at the WRU and Ospreys this week, a contract clause could take the Wales captain through to the 2023 World Cup

Anxious wait for Ospreys wing and Lions hopeful George North

25 April 2021 0 comments

Wales wing George North hobbled off in Ospreys win over Cardiff Blues in the Rainbow Cup

Big win soured by injury blow to North

25 April 2021 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS Ospreys …………36pts Tries: Phillips 8, 49; Williams 31, Aubrey 40, Cross 68, Parry 80 Conversions: Thomas 32, 40, 69 Cardiff …………….14pts Tries: […]

Ryan’s loyalty to Scarlets rewarded by captaincy

25 April 2021 0 comments

By ALEX BYWATER PREVIEW… Dragons v Scarlets Today. Kick-off 1pm, Rodney Parade RYAN Elias admits he thought long and hard about leaving the Scarlets at […]

Matt Sherratt quits Sixways for Cardiff Blues return

18 April 2021 3 comments

Backs coach Sherratt spent three years at Arms Park before making the short trip to the Principality to join Warren Gatland’s staff in 2017

Hope the Lions do John Dawes proud | Shane Williams

18 April 2021 1 comment

I’D LIKE to send my condolences to the family of John Dawes after the sad news of his death. John was a Welsh rugby legend. […]

Kruis’ Lions experience will keep him in the conversation

18 April 2021 0 comments

THERE are unlikely to be many bolters from the blue, if any, in the Lions squad for the tour to South Africa because of the […]

Long-term deal for Young at Cardiff

18 April 2021 0 comments

RUGBY SHORTS CARDIFF Blues director of rugby Dai Young has signed a “long-term contract” although terms of the deal are undisclosed. Young, 53, returned to the […]

Lloyd cleared of foul play charges

18 April 2021 0 comments

RUGBY SHORTS CARDIFF Blues scrum-half Lloyd Williams has been cleared of stamping on London Irish flyhalf Paddy Jackson. The 31-year-old Wales international was cited for […]