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Rugby remembers Fallen with Armistice festival

11 March 2018 0 comments

RUGBY has done a fine job commemorating the massive contribution and sacrifices made by rugby players during World War I and that process will come […]

Beckett the fall guys as Trent end losing run

11 March 2018 0 comments

■ By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP THE league season has been extended by a week because of rearrangements, Leeds Beckett bearing the brunt, playing Nottingham […]

Principality Premiership

11 March 2018 1 comment

Cardiff …53 Swansea …25 CARDIFF put Swansea to the sword with a comprehensive victory. They led through two Gareth Thompson penalties but Swansea hit back […]

Wales are hunting £2m Italy bonus

11 March 2018 0 comments

■ By PETER JACKSON WALES will be chasing a crock of gold in Cardiff today that promises to be worth as much as £2m in […]

Williams: Davies has talent to be star for Lions

4 March 2018 1 comment

By STEFFAN THOMAS SEB Davies has been tipped as a future British Lion as he prepares to push for a return to the Wales side. […]

Cardiff Met’s flourish takes title race to final round

25 February 2018 2 comments

BUCS ROUND-UP THE penultimate round ensured a fiercely contested finale to the season. The staggered kick offs in Cardiff and Durham on Wednesday served to […]

Doncaster Knights prop Ian Williams dies after collapsing at training session

20 February 2018 0 comments

(Photo: Getty Images) By Adam Ellis Doncaster Knights have announced prop Ian Williams has passed away, aged 27, after collapsing at the club’s Castle Park […]

Six epic encounters on Irish soil

18 February 2018 0 comments

Nerveless: Leigh Halfpenny celebrates after kicking the winner in the 2012 thriller 1914 Ireland 3 Wales 11 Wales were gathering a mighty team before World […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

18 February 2018 1 comment

TONY GULLIVER THE FORMER COVENTRY LOCK AND CURRENT TEAM MANAGER All I wanted to do once I started playing rugby at Whitley Abbey School was […]

Exeter beat Bath to close in on leaders Northumbria

18 February 2018 0 comments

■By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP EXETERvolleyed the Championship ball back into leaders Northumbria’s court on Wednesday night with a bonus point 36-28 win against Bath […]

The magnificent seven rugby clubs in the county of Gwent

15 February 2018 0 comments

Profiling the histories behind Gwent’s foremost rugby clubs

Turn these Dragons into Lions and watch them go on a rampage again

15 February 2018 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher looks back on the history of Gwent rugby and the county’s current PRO14 side Dragons

Guscott column: England won arm-wrestle as Wales paid for their errors

14 February 2018 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott delivers his verdict on England’s closely-fought victory over Wales at Twickenham

Farewell to Gary, the No.8 with a golden big boot

11 February 2018 0 comments

THEY are all retired by now or close to it and the old yarns will be given another spin in Christchurch on Monday when they […]

Blues taken to the limit by dynamic Cheetahs

11 February 2018 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS CARDIFF Blues kept their Champions Cup qualification hopes alive with a narrow victory over the Cheetahs at the Arms Park. Victory for […]

Three teams separated by one point in BUCS thriller

4 February 2018 1 comment

BUCS ROUND-UP By JOE BYRNES The BUCS title race was blown wide open this week with victories for Cardiff Met, Leeds Beckett, Northumbria and Hartpury. […]

Woods can’t wait to see Ebbw in action after delay

4 February 2018 0 comments

PREVIEW Newport v Ebbw Vale Sunday. Kick-off 2.30pm By DANIEL WILSON NEW Ebbw Vale head coach Greg Woods takes charge of the Steelmen for the […]

Sexton sets Irish eyes smiling with one of the great drop goals

4 February 2018 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER JOHNNY Sexton broke French hearts in Paris last night with a match winning 45 metre dropped goal with the last play of […]

Guscott column: Scotland can beat Wales if they play fast and error-free rugby

31 January 2018 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott pins Scotland’s hopes of victory in Cardiff on the axis of Price-Russell and dangerman Huw Jones

Wales name squad for Six Nations opener

30 January 2018 0 comments

Scarlets players dominate Warren Gatland’s squad for Scotland match

Burton knew how to pick a winner when he took Liz to Cardiff

28 January 2018 0 comments

FROM his vantage point somewhere in Milan, Marvin Hagler will be keeping a beady eye on Ireland’s fortune over the coming weeks. The ‘Marvelous’ one […]

Can Wales half-backs hit it off like Gareth and Barry?

28 January 2018 0 comments

AN UNCANNY piece of Celtic history will be repeated in Cardiff next Saturday after exactly 50 years. When Wales and Scotland lined up in the […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

28 January 2018 0 comments

PETER DODS THE GALA AND SCOTLAND FULL-BACK Istarted the 1984 Grand Slam with a split pair of boots and ended it with a bust eye. […]

Jarvis stars for Merthyr as they claim win at Arms Park

28 January 2018 0 comments

By PETER HUGHES Cardiff …………12 Merthyr ……….37 LAST season’s beaten semi-finalists Merthyr are through to the Cup quarterfinals once again after emerging comfortable winners over […]

Halfpenny ‘needs to offer more ball in hand’ warns JJ Williams

24 January 2018 0 comments

Welsh rugby great says Halfpenny hasn’t been the same since returning from Toulon

Harry thanks Leinster toughs for giving him a good kicking!

21 January 2018 1 comment

Unbeaten for England: Harry Williams ENGLAND tight-head Harry Williams claims having his backside kicked during Exeter’s recent defeats by Leinster could prove the ideal Six […]

Halfpenny told to up his game or face axe

21 January 2018 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON LEIGH Halfpenny is being warned to raise his game as Wales full-back in the face of growing competition for his place. The […]

Away days hold no fear for Cardiff and Evans

21 January 2018 0 comments

By JAMES CANDY CARDIFF Blues head coach Danny Wilson believes his side proved their European credentials by hanging on to claim another French scalp at […]

Blues blasted by Bristol’s big guns

21 January 2018 0 comments

Bristol…68 Cardiff Blues …0 ■By MIKE NICHOLS BRISTOL ran ten tries past Cardiff Blues in a match between the pool’s two non-qualifiers. In a mismatch […]

Scarlets in talks to bring North back

14 January 2018 1 comment

NEWS EXTRA By ALEX BYWATER SCARLETS are in talks to re-sign George North for the start of next season after the Ospreys cooled their interest […]

Farewell to Hale, one of Cardiff rugby’s favourites

14 January 2018 0 comments

CARDIFF’S oldest player (definitely) and Wales’ most venerable player (arguably) passed away this week when Graham Hale died aged 97. Remarkably Hale scored the winning […]

Turn these Dragons into Lions and watch them go on rampage again

14 January 2018 1 comment

Old maestro: Paul Turner YOU would never know it from their lowly position in the PRO14 – just two wins this season – but there […]

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN RUGBY CLUBS IN THE COUNTY OF GWENT

14 January 2018 1 comment

Abertillery (Founded 1883): Early rugby hotbed, the town boasted five separate rugby teams before they amalgamated to form the one club in 1901. In 1908 […]

Hogg should be fit for Cardiff opener

7 January 2018 0 comments

STUART Hogg hopes to return from a hip injury ‘in the next couple of weeks’, with Scotland’s Six Nations campaign kicking off in Cardiff on […]

Rees left in limbo until Blues announce new boss

7 January 2018 0 comments

By ALEX BYWATER NEWS EXTRA MATTHEW Rees is yet to be offered a new contract with Cardiff Blues, but he’s revealed he has no plans […]

England star Harry, 103, will be there for players’ reunion

24 December 2017 1 comment

REMARKABLY England’s oldest surviving international Harry Walker, right, is still a regular spectator at Coventry home games at Butts Park. Harry, who will be 103 […]

Quins man Madigan came close to silencing The Lip in Olympics

24 December 2017 2 comments

TONY MADIGAN’S sporting life amounted to a whole lot more than a few appearances for Harlequins in the early 1950’s. He deserves a rare footnote […]

Knight Clark helps put Blues to sword

17 December 2017 0 comments

Cardiff Blues PS.27 Doncaster ……42 By IOAN DYER DONCASTER completed an emphatic double over Cardiff Blues to stay on course for the knockout rounds. A […]

Loughborough put on the style to pull plug on Bath

17 December 2017 0 comments

By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP LOUGHBOROUGH celebrated Christmas early on Wednesday with a handsome victory 35-24 over Bath. The manner in which they dispatched the […]

Costello to join Wilson at Wasps

17 December 2017 1 comment

CARDIFF Blues head coach Danny Wilson has been appointed forwards coach at Wasps for next season. Nottingham head coach Ian Costello is also joining the […]

Boozing fans give true rugby lovers headache

10 December 2017 0 comments

NICK CAIN IT is rare in Rugby Union that the disciplinary focus shifts from what happens on the pitch to what happens in the stands, […]

Hartpury land first victory of season – and it’s so sweet!

10 December 2017 0 comments

BUCS ROUND-UP By JOE BYRNES HARTPURY gained revenge for their opening round hammering by old rivals Loughborough on Wednesday with a hard fought 15-7 win […]

Wales will be without Sam for a year

10 December 2017 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON WALES are resigned to being without Sam Warburton for a further eleven months following his second operation since leading the Lions. The […]

Drunks make mockery of great Cardiff Test match

3 December 2017 1 comment

THEWelsh Rugby Union are facing renewed calls for the closure of bars during matches at the Principality Stadium following a flood of fresh complaints over […]

Glasgow marching on after Filise gets red card

3 December 2017 0 comments

By GARY HEATLY GLASGOWrecovered from 10-0 down to defeat 14-man Cardiff Blues at Scotstoun on Friday night and make it 10 wins in a row […]

Exeter power pack on top in eight-try rout of Trent

3 December 2017 2 comments

BUCS ROUND-UP By JOE BYRNES LEADERS Exeter crushed rock bottom Nottingham Trent 50-7. Any hope the visitors had of avenging their first round defeat were […]

Jenkins set to follow Williams to Ospreys

3 December 2017 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS ELLIS Jenkins looks set to swap Cardiff Blues for the Ospreys for the start of next season. The flanker will become the […]

The Ella brothers: the pop stars of Aussie rugby

30 November 2017 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher remembers the wonderful Junior Wallaby side that boasted a fabulous trio…

Five more tries, but Wales had them rattled

26 November 2017 0 comments

PETER JACKSON COMMENT The gulf in tries between the old rivals has widened with every mis-match since that blessed last Saturday before Christmas 1953. The […]

Silence is deafening seven days on from that scrum farce

26 November 2017 1 comment

GEORGIAmade an immediate protest to World Rugby over the scrum farce in Cardiff, understandably so given that it denied them the use of their set-piece […]

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