All posts tagged "Cardiff"
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoAnother heavy defeat for Neath as Cardiff run riot
By ALEX BYWATER Neath................17 Cardiff............59 ED Howley rubbed salt in Neath’s wounds with a late try as Cardiff hammered his former...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEighth win in row as Merthyr look every inch champions
By JON DALY Bridgend R......16 Bedwas..........22 ONLY one point separated the two teams before they ran out at the Brewery Field...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRees at the double as Bedwas cling on for win
By JON DALY Bridgend R......16 Bedwas ..........22 ONLY one point separated the two teams before they ran out at the Brewery...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPerfect Pooler extend winning streak
By CARL FIELD Welsh Championship round-up PONTYPOOL made it a perfect ten but only after coming from behind to seal a...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDiamond shopping for Bok forwards
SALE SHARKS are looking towards South Africa in a bid to sign a new locks for next season with two Springbok...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 years agoWales team to wear rainbow laces in show of support to Gareth Thomas
Wales make act of solidarity to LGBT community following attack on 100-cap Thomas
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Features
/ 6 years agoTwiggy’s Rapid Rugby may be fashionable in Oz
COLIN BOAG Ducking the issue: Jerome Garces let TMO Marius Jonker take control Super Rugby, the Southern Hemisphere’s troubled and unloved...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoQuins courage earns praise from Gustard
By STEWART McCULOUGH Impressive: Francis Saili scores for Quins PICTURE: Getty Images TEAMS HARLEQUINS: Brown 7, Earle 7, Marchant 7, Tapuai...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoIndiscipline costs struggling Ravens dearly again
By ROB COLE Bridgend …0 Cardiff …36 BRIDGEND kept Cardiff scoreless for 25 minutes, but then shot themselves in the foot...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoExeter’s young guns are too hot for Quins
By MIKE SINCLAIR EXETER’S faith in the seemingly endless Sandy Park production line paid off as they over-ran a poor Harlequins...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoNorthmore score sets wet Met on their way
By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP ONLY four teams were in action on Wednesday for the rearranged round of fixtures. Cardiff Met...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSecond string Blues put Los Teros to the sword
URUGUAY lost against a reserve Cardiff Blues side at the Arms Park on Tuesday night. Wales will face Los Teros in...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGogs squander advantage as Blue & Blacks on the rise
By STEFFAN THOMAS Cardiff …………25 RGC 1404 ………19 CARDIFF came from behind to beat RGC 1404 in atrocious weather conditions at...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoCurtain call for Blues ace Jenkins
■ By STEFFAN THOMAS WALES prop star Gethin Jenkins wants to follow the path of Shaun Edwards as he takes his...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWales record cap-holder Gethin Jenkins to retire from rugby
The prop has been suffering from a chronic knee injury
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBlues left in the blocks by deadly Cheetahs
■By STEFFAN THOMAS CARDIFF Blues were the architects of their own downfall as they slipped to a comprehensive defeat at the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMallinder rejected top-flight offers for role with RFU
Passion: Jim Mallinder ENGLAND pathway coach Jim Mallinder has revealed why he turned down topflight coaching jobs in order to drive...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHow Robin kick-started a revolution with his round-the-corner style
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON ROBIN Williams probably did more to revolutionise the art of goalkicking than anyone....
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoRugby status under siege
CARDIFF Blues had hoped to sell out the 13,000-capacity Arms Park last Sunday for their Champions’ Cup tie against Glasgow. Instead...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPrincipality Premiership
Aberavon …12 Cardiff …39 CARDIFF ran in five tries to make it five wins in a row and send Aberavon crashing...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoScott’s hat-trick sends Pooler to the top
Welsh Championship round-up By CARL FIELD CHAMPIONS Pontypool returned to the summit in the WRU National Championship with a 39-13 win...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoMulvihill expects an all-court battle as Blues aim to consolidate away day win
By ROB COLE THE last time Cardiff Blues won their opening two games in the Champions Cup, they reached the knock-out...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoItoje ensures Sarries don’t lack firepower
By GARY FITZGERALD BRAD Barritt’s face was left cut and bruised as Saracens were made to scrap their way to a...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
FORMER ORRELL AND LEEDS HOOKER ROB RAWLINSON OUR celebrations lasted well into the night when we beat Bath to lift the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoStiles strikes late winner to get the Rec rocking
BUCS ROUND-UP By JOE BYRNES BATHexacted revenge for last season’s home defeat by Leeds Beckett with a last gasp 29-27 win...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRampant Pooler narrow gap on Students
Welsh Championship round-up By JAY BURFORD CARDIFF Met’s lead at the top was cut to two points despite beating Rhydyfelin 26-21....
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoWarren Gatland names Wales squad for autumn internationals
Uncapped wing Jonah Holmes is called up and Ross Moriarty looks likely to play at number 8
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoEvans expects another early onslaught
By STEFFAN THOMAS JARROD Evans believes weathering an early storm holds the key to claiming another famous French scalp as Cardiff...
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Features
/ 7 years agoTon-up Lloyd helps Beckett down the champions
BUCS ROUND-UP By JOE BYRNES ROUND 3 defied expectations as Leeds Beckett, Cardiff Met, Bath and Durham all prospered on another...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCarnegie set to swoop for Antipodean reinforcements
INJURY-HIT Yorkshire Carnegie have put out contract offers to half-a-dozen players in a bid to bring in immediate reinforcements. Having been...
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Features
/ 7 years agoScarlets can foil six-try Blues final bid
CELTIC CUP ROUND-UP By CARL FIELD A CONFIDENT Cardiff Blues Aside ran in six tries to clinch a comprehensive 42-17 victory...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Berwyn Jones paid the price for putting family first
Peter Jackson looks at when rugby's amateur days were overshadowed by the riches available in professional sports
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCrowley impressed by calibre of Italy kids
By STEFFAN THOMAS KIERAN Crowley insists Italy’s young stars are better than their Celtic equivalents. And the experienced coach believes the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBerwyn paid price for putting family first
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Berwyn Jones used to run like the wind, so much so that not...
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Features
/ 7 years agoCardiff move one point behind Scarlets
By CARL FIELD CELTIC CUP ROUND-UP CARDIFF Blues A put themselves firmly back into Celtic Cup contention with a 26-12 win...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHamilton happy to ignore keyboard warriors
By ALEX BYWATER LUKE Hamilton has revealed that he has been a target for social media abuse after swapping his Welsh...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoFitzgerald helps Scarlets down the Eagles
CELTIC CUP ROUND-UP By CARL FIELD SCARLETS A returned to winning ways in the Celtic Cup with a 35-19 defeat of...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCardiff 43 Bargoed .21
WILL Rees-Hole was at the double as Cardiff overcame a spirited Bargoed side at the Arms Park. Powerful home skipper and...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFour-try Poolergo top with Narberth in pursuit
Welsh Championship round-up By JAY BAYFORD PONTYPOOL are now the outright leaders after a 31-17 victory at Rhydyfelin. Alex Watkins, Danny...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSub Lloyd helps get Blues over the line
By ROGER PANTING CHEETAHS looked set for a shock win, their first of the season, but two converted tries in the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoTrent leave it late to create their own bit of history
By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP BUCS returned with a bang with four Wednesday fixtures, the first kicking off at a sun...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBlade is a shoo-in for Scotland
WITHIN weeks of The Rugby Paper revealing Scotland’s interest in claiming Blade Thomson, below, the Scarlets’ Kiwi flanker has made it...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoPuma king with the most giant killings
83rd cap: Leguizamon THAT old war horse Juan Manuel Leguizamon seems to be “retired” by the Pumas selectors at the end...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoQuins hold their nerve to stage second-half fightback
By JAY BAYFORD Carmarthen…19 Cardiff …13 CARMARTHEN Quins came from behind to beat Cardiff at The Park in tough conditions. The...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMet nil the new boys to stay on pace with Pooler
By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Championship round-up IT’S a two-way battle at the top of the Championship as Cardiff Met and Pontypool...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoHaydn handed out the tackle from hell
THE ultimate in bonecrushing tackles at Cardiff Arms Park happened long before JPR Williams got to work on Jean-Francois Gourdon, famously...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMitchell in to provide Falcons injury cover
NEWCASTLE have signed Wales international Craig Mitchell on a three-month deal. The 32-year-old prop has won 15 caps and has had...
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Celtic Cup
/ 7 years agoRosser’s five-star show has Dragons roaring
By CARL FIELD LEFT wing Jared Rosser helped himself to five tries as Dragons A chalked up their first win, beating...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoAccuracy of Halfpenny proves the difference
By ROGER PANTING Tense finish: Gareth Davies scores for Scarlets PICTURE: Huw Evans SCARLETS avenged their two convincing defeats to Leinster,...