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Jackson column: Welsh regions need British & Irish League to attract fans

1 August 2019 0 comments

Peter Jackson shares his thoughts on how a British & Irish League would also help clubs who play in the second-string Challenge Cup

Paid up! Now it’s time to stop the damage to Cardiff Blues’ reputation

28 July 2019 1 comment

FOR all their bluster at being threatened with legal action over some £200,000 in overdue rent for the use of the Arms Park, Cardiff Blues […]

Wales keep booze ban at Principality Stadium

28 July 2019 3 comments

Demand: Martyn Phillips THE booze ban in one section of the Principality Stadium is here to stay after a successful two-year trial period, the Welsh […]

Cardiff Uni lose Davies to Bridgend

14 July 2019 1 comment

By ROB COLE CARDIFF University are looking for a new director of rugby following the departure of Alun Wyn Davies to Indigo Group Premiership side […]

I’m going to help take Sale to next level

7 July 2019 1 comment

Jake Cooper- Woolley, Sale’s new tighthead prop, tells NEALE HARVEY why he believes the club are ready for lift-off Jake Cooper-Woolley has revealed how sage […]

Tomlinson and Roberts blow for Cardiff

7 July 2019 1 comment

By ROB COLE CARDIFF’S hopes of defending their WRU National Cup title and bidding for Indigo Premiership success have been hit by the departure of […]

Blues fans are feeling All Shook Up

7 July 2019 0 comments

MOREthan 30 years ago Elvis Presley recorded a song called A Mess of Blues. The long-suffering faithful at Cardiff Arms Park will have reason for […]

DREAMTEAM

30 June 2019 0 comments

RHODRI DAVIES, CORNISH PIRATES & FORMER LLANDOVERY, ROTHERHAM, DRAGONS AND WALES 7S SCRUM-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Wyn […]

Blues need motivated players not divas who like a moan

30 June 2019 0 comments

CARDIFF Blues are moving out of their Vale of Glamorgan training base to return to Cardiff Arms Park and I’ve got no time for anyone […]

Date switch gives Super Six appeal

30 June 2019 2 comments

THE top six Welsh Premiership clubs have been confirmed as the representatives for next season’s cross-border Super Six competition against Scottish sides. Merthyr, Cardiff, Pontypridd, […]

WRU will step in to help Dragons sign new stars

30 June 2019 0 comments

By ALEX BYWATER Cash boost: Dean Ryan perSigning: Fly-half Sam Davies DEAN Ryan is set to get a boost of hundreds of thousands of pounds […]

Alex Dombrandt almost quit rugby over two sucker punches

25 June 2019 0 comments

The Harlequins and England World Cup bolter was twice the victim of assault when playing in Wales

Dombrandt nearly quit over pitch assaults

23 June 2019 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON ENGLANDWorld Cup bolter Alex Dombrandt almost gave the game up because of two ‘dreadful incidents’ during his three-year apprenticeship in Wales. Twice […]

Duty free solace for sacked Jenkins

23 June 2019 1 comment

NO international coach can have been subjected to a more brutal sacking than Gareth Jenkins, on the Sunday morning after Fiji had given Wales the […]

Whiffen steps up from U20s to work with Scarlets’ elite

16 June 2019 0 comments

■By STEFFAN THOMAS Opportunity: Richard Whiffen coaching the U2 RICHARD Whiffin will swap the development of Gloucester and England’s best young talent for some of […]

Outcast Ford finds his rightful place in Hall of Fame

16 June 2019 1 comment

THE Coal Exchange in Cardiff Docks has long been renowned as the setting for the first seven- figure deal of the industrial revolution. The man […]

I’d pick Dombrandt for the World Cup says Winterbottom

2 June 2019 2 comments

Power: Alex Dombrandt Praise: Peter Winterbottom with Raging Bull’s Georgette Ryan ALEX Dombrandt is a must-pick for Eddie Jones for this year’s Rugby World Cup, […]

Thomas scoops top newcomer

26 May 2019 0 comments

ASPIRING Cardiff Blues outside-half Ben Thomas was named best newcomer at the Principality Premiership awards for his performances in helping Merthyr finish second and winning […]

James will leave Blues

26 May 2019 0 comments

CARDIFF Blues wing Tom James will leave the region at the end of the month. The 32-year-old returned to rugby this season after having time […]

Quins landed a coup with Dombrandt

26 May 2019 3 comments

THEEnglish Premiership Dream Team of the season featured a back row forward from Croydon whom nobody had heard of when he arrived in Wales three […]

Gogs finish with a bang as Blue & Blacks run trial

19 May 2019 0 comments

By JOHN MURPHY RGC 1404 ……..63 .. Cardiff …………24 CARDIFF finished second outright in the Principality Premiership despite being dealt a crushing defeat in their […]

Roberts: Girwan will be vital in new Hooper era

19 May 2019 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS Optimistic: Jamie Roberts Key man: Dempsey JAMIE Roberts says Bath must reach a level of consistency they have lacked this season to […]

Blues academy coach Rees set for World Cup duty

12 May 2019 0 comments

THERE will be a Welsh feel to Canada’s World Cup coaching staff with Gruff Rees set to be confirmed as backs coach to Kingsley Jones […]

Four-some Howley in seventh heaven with rout

12 May 2019 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS Bargoed ……….26 Cardiff …………41 EDD Howley scored four tries to make it seven in two games as Cardiff secured a bonus-point win. […]

Edd’s hat-trick sinks All Blacks

12 May 2019 1 comment

By ROB COLE Cardiff …………74 Neath………………7 NEATH had the audacity to take the lead at the Arms Park but paid a heavy price as newlycrowned […]

PRO14 play-off shambles may hit Gat’s plans

5 May 2019 0 comments

WHAT a shambles the PRO14’s Champions Cup play-off game is turning into! The whole selling point about Judgement Day this year was that it would […]

Cardiff land 11 tries as they go on the rampage…

5 May 2019 0 comments

■ By SAM JONES Cardiff …75 Ebbw Vale …17 IT CERTAINLY wasn’t a case of after the Lord Mayor’s show for Cardiff as they followed […]

Double-double firmly in skipper Howe’s sights

28 April 2019 1 comment

National Cup: Cardiff v Merthyr Today. Kick-off 5.35pm JAMES Howe had to sit out last season’s WRU National Cup Final because of a knee injury […]

Blues lose out as TMO calls favour Connacht

14 April 2019 0 comments

By DECLAN ROONEY CARDIFF Blues were denied a spot in the PRO14 play-offs as Connacht sealed their passage with a contentious bonus-point win at the […]

Three for Evans as Ospreys line up the Blues

14 April 2019 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS S Kings …………7 Ospreys ……….43 ALLEN Clarke praised his Ospreys side as they thrashed the Southern Kings in Port Elizabeth to set […]

Ratti impresses as Whites dent Cardiff’s title ambitions

14 April 2019 0 comments

By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea …20 Cardiff …17 CARDIFF’S Premiership title hopes were dented after they suffered a narrow reverse against Swansea at St Helen’s. It […]

Carty’s penalties keep Connacht in frame

7 April 2019 0 comments

By JOHN FALLON Zebre ………………5 Connacht ……….6 CONNACHT head coach Andy Friend says attentions have turned to Cardiff Blues after a gruelling win in Italy. […]

Blues’ try brilliance eclipsed by Irish power

7 April 2019 1 comment

By ROGER PANTING BLUES’ hopes of a securing a Pro 14 play-off spot took a savage blow as the Munster pack dominated at Independent Park. […]

Terrific Tipuric tracks down Cheetahs for flying Ospreys

7 April 2019 0 comments

By ALEX BYWATER THE Ospreys kept alive their Heineken Champions Cup qualification hopes with a stunning bonus point triumph over the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein. Tries […]

12-year wait over as Blue & Blacks power through to final

7 April 2019 1 comment

By CARL FIELD Llandovery …17 Cardiff …35 CARDIFF are into their first WRU National Cup final for 12 years after defeating Llandovery in a thrilling […]

Elbow surgery shouldn’t rule Josh Navidi out of Wales World Cup prep, says Mulvihill

3 April 2019 0 comments

Cardiff Blues head coach John Mulvihill gives update on Wales flanker’s condition

Shingler signing indicates Ealing ambition

31 March 2019 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON NEWS EXTRA EALING Trailfinders have pulled off a coup for next season with the signing of former Cardiff Blues playmaker Steven Shingler. […]

Women’s game needs new laws to avoid head injuries

31 March 2019 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN Brick wall: England fly-half Katy Daley-Mclean is hit hard by Ireland’s Lindsay Peat PICTURE: Getty Images A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME […]

Hat-trick hero Davies takes Ironmen back to the summit

31 March 2019 1 comment

■By ALEX BYWATER Cross Keys …28 Merthyr …53 HARRI Davies and Merthyr made hay while the sun shone as the wing scored a hat-trick in […]

Pooler take title with five games to go

31 March 2019 0 comments

■By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Championship round-up PONTYPOOL have successfully defended their WRU National Championship title for a second consecutive season with five games still left […]

Solomons sceptical new laws would improve game

31 March 2019 0 comments

Warning: Alan Solomons LAW trials aimed at enhancing player welfare by producing a more freeflowing game risk ruining Premiership rugby, warns Worcester rugby director Alan […]

X-ray vision ironing out creases in Ant’s game

31 March 2019 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Under the microscope: Bath flyer Anthony Watson BATH coach Darren Edwards is convinced a unique system of skeletal imaging will ensure England […]

Bristol lure Anscombe with £500k contract

31 March 2019 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON BRISTOL are waving the largest cheque book in the Premiership at Gareth Anscombe in a move that could jeopardise his presence at […]

Priestland about-turn to remain at the Rec

31 March 2019 0 comments

Change: Rhys Priestland BATH are talking to Wales fly-half Rhys Priestland about extending his stay at the Rec for another one or two seasons. The […]

Weir the route master as Warriors find a way

24 March 2019 1 comment

■By ROGER PANTING Flying machine: Worcester wing Josh Adams dives in DUNCAN Weir returned to form to spearhead Worcester to a nailbiting victory at Ashton […]

Priestland eyes Blues and Sale

24 March 2019 0 comments

RHYS PRIESTLAND has been having talks with Cardiff Blues and Sale Sharks about a contract when he leaves Bath at the end of the season. […]

Lawday leads list of 11 new faces at the Stoop

24 March 2019 1 comment

■By ADAM ELLIS NEWS EXTRA PLAY-OFF-chasing Harlequins have revealed their hand for next season with the addition of eleven players this week. Building a renaissance […]

Blues confident of keeping Anscombe

24 March 2019 0 comments

CARDIFF Blues boss John Mulvihill is optimistic Gareth Anscombe will stay at the region despite big money offers from abroad. The 27-year-old fly-half suggested after […]

Exeter survive Cardiff scare to book a date with Beckett

24 March 2019 0 comments

■By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP IT’s ‘knockout footy’ from here on in as Wednesday saw some quarter-final wobbles on the tightrope to Twickenham. Cardiff gave […]

Six Nations fixtures announced for 2020 and 2021

20 March 2019 0 comments

There are no Friday matches, but England open their 2020 Test year in Paris on a Sunday

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