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Superkids keep Dan Robson on his toes at Wasps

14 January 2021 1 comment

Influential Wasps No.9 Robson discusses the emergence of Will Porter and Ben Vellacott keeping him on his toes, and his return for England

Rearing Dragons’ kids could be costly for Dean Ryan

10 January 2021 0 comments

Dragons risk losing members of their next generation with WRU cuts projected to hit regions

Harlequins aces point way for Cardiff Met Freshers

5 January 2021 1 comment

Rob Cole talks to Cardiff Met rugby director Danny Milton on successes of Alex Dombrandt and Luke Northmore

Scarlets 20-3 Dragons: Sione Kalamafoni slugs it out

3 January 2021 0 comments

Sione Kalamafoni continued his good form for Scarlets in a 20-3 victory over the Dragons

Roberts: New South Africa challenge is step up for PRO14

1 January 2021 2 comments

The Wales and British & Irish Lions centre talks about the new Rainbow Cup competition that will see four South African teams join the PRO14

Dragons 12-13 Cardiff Blues: Josh Turnbull try completes Blues’ late comeback

27 December 2020 1 comment

James Candy reports from Rodney Parade on a Boxing Day defeat for Dean Ryan’s Dragons

Ex-Wales wing Aled Brew calls time after 17 years

27 December 2020 0 comments

FORMER Wales wing Aled Brew has retired from rugby at the age of 34. Brew’s short-term deal at Scarlets has come to an end and […]

Wasps’ Academy gems get another chance to shine

27 December 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Top prospect: Wasps forward Alfie Barbeary WASPS will again unleash their youthful No.8-9-10 axis of Alfie Barbeary, Will Porter and Charlie Atkinson […]

Argentina prop Chaparro joins Bristol Bears

21 December 2020 1 comment

Capped 54 times by Los Pumas, tighthead Chaparro is set to move to Ashton Gate next month

UBB 47-8 Dragons: Matthieu Jalibert puts the boot into illness-hit Dragons

20 December 2020 0 comments

Les Bleus star Jalibert dampens Dragons’ woes, as Dean Ryan contends with 16 unavailable players against the mite of Bordeaux-Begles

YOUNG GUNS

20 December 2020 2 comments

CHARLIEATKINSON WASPS FLY-HALF Charlie Atkinson’s first two Premiership games could hardly have been more different. After delighting in his Wasps debut against Sale in August, […]

Wasps complete woe of Covid-hit Dragons

13 December 2020 0 comments

■By ROGER PANTING WASPS took advantage of Dragons’ Covid-19 misfortunes to get their European campaign off to a bonus-point start in a scrappy game at […]

Blackett: Players had option to pull out

13 December 2020 1 comment

WASPS’ director of rugby Lee Blackett questioned EPCR’s approach to the Covid situation in the Dragons’ camp. He said: “EPCR were aware of the situation […]

Pumas pair set to switch clubs

13 December 2020 1 comment

LEICESTER Tigers fly-half Joaquin Diaz Bonilla is set to leave the club after only one season and join the Top 14. Signed from the Jaguares […]

Matera must face punishment insists horrified Hewitt

13 December 2020 0 comments

■By ALEX BYWATER ASHTON Hewitt has slammed World Rugby and the game in general for paying lip service to the issue of racism after Argentina […]

Pooler were Pross’ great gift to the local community he loved

29 November 2020 1 comment

BRENDAN GALLAGHER WITH HIS PERSONAL MEMORIES OF THE INIMITABLE RAY PROSSER WHO HAS DIED AT 93 SOMEHOW I always imagined Ray Prosser would escape the […]

Phil’s quest for coaching summit starts at Sidmouth

29 November 2020 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY Player-coach: Phil Dollman FORMER Exeter star Phil Dollman has set his sights on a career in top coaching after accepting the role […]

Aaron Wainwright will remain a Dragon, Dean Ryan predicts

24 November 2020 0 comments

Wales flanker Wainwright is the subject of inter-regional quarrel with his future at the Dragons in question

Aaron will remain a Dragon predicts Ryan

22 November 2020 2 comments

By ALEX BYWATER Staying: Aaron Wainwright DRAGONS director of rugby Dean Ryan is confident he will be able to hold on to the services of […]

Dragons shut down for two weeks after coronavirus outbreak within squad

6 November 2020 0 comments

The next two PRO14 matches involving Dragons have been postponed after receving seven positive test results

Ironman Matt demands steel

1 November 2020 0 comments

■By ALEX BYWATER Up for the challenge: Dragons lock Matthew Screech LAST season’s PRO14 Ironman Matthew Screech will bring up a milestone of 150 Dragons […]

Ryan challenges fledglings to silence Coetzee

25 October 2020 0 comments

■By ROB COLE THE DRAGONS may not have Welsh internationals Ross Moriarty or Aaron Wainwright with which to try to blunt Ulster’s Springbok No.8 Marcell […]

Costly cameo for Owens

18 October 2020 0 comments

WALES hooker Ken Owens will miss the autumn internationals after injuring his shoulder while playing for Scarlets against Glasgow. Uncapped flanker Josh Macleod is also […]

Moriarty determined to put smiles back on Welsh faces

18 October 2020 0 comments

By ALEX BYWATER ROSS Moriarty has urged Wales to lift the spirits of a nation this autumn as Wayne Pivac’s side prepare to return to […]

Williams column: Selection that offers new opportunities didn’t come without surprise

14 October 2020 0 comments

Shane Williams is intrigued by the young players named in head coach Wayne Pivac’s squad for the autumn

Davies aims to get Dragons firing

11 October 2020 0 comments

SAM Davies has told the Dragons they need to hit their straps and quickly this season, but believes Dean Ryan’s exciting back-line will begin to […]

Pivac’s rewarded Callum’s consistency

11 October 2020 0 comments

In-form 10: Bristol fly-half Callum Sheedy PICTURE: Getty Images YOUcan see from his selection that Wayne Pivac has done his homework. He has rewarded form […]

Leinster up and running but Sexton limps out

4 October 2020 0 comments

By DECLAN ROONEY DEAN Ryan’s Dragons got little change from a trip to face the PRO14 champions as Ashton Hewitt’s wonder try in the second […]

Jackson column: Clive Griffiths is on his way back

1 October 2020 0 comments

Four months on from drawing an end to his long stay at Doncaster Knights, Peter Jackson talks to the former Wales defence coach

Surreal start for Noah Heward in Worcester’s fast lane

29 September 2020 0 comments

Another one off the Worcester block who has been getting a look in with England U20s and the Warriors first team

Dragons slayed by ‘soft’ penalties

20 September 2020 0 comments

DRAGONS centre Jamie Roberts says ‘soft’ penalties cost his side dearly. “Tactically we were very good in the first 15 minutes but then we gave […]

Regions would benefit from having Welsh leadership, says Robin McBryde

18 September 2020 0 comments

Leinster forwards coach Robin McBryde shares his view on no Welsh region having a Welsh head coach

Stuart Hooper turns Bath fly-half search elsewhere

16 September 2020 0 comments

Bath’s long-winded search for a No.10 goes on…

Tackling Radradra? I used to face Billy Vunipola in training, says Nick Tompkins

3 September 2020 0 comments

Dragons centre Nick Tompkins is already looking forward to the Challenge Cup quarter-final against Bristol Bears

Free agent Greg Bateman joins Dragons after Leicester exit

2 September 2020 0 comments

Only Kyle Eastmond remains unsigned out of the five Leicester players who rejected new contract terms in July

Owens’ big day brings big win for his Scarlets

30 August 2020 1 comment

■ By ROGER PANTING SCARLETS’ skipper, Ken Owens, celebrated his 250th appearance for the region with a convincing bonus point win but the Welsh side […]

Williams column: Tipuric key to getting Ospreys back on top

27 August 2020 0 comments

I’ll be at the Liberty Stadium today hoping the Ospreys can find a way to get back on the winning trail against the Dragons. Just […]

Jamie should be back in time to tweak the Bears’ tail

23 August 2020 0 comments

WHAT a shame the first weekend of rugby in Wales since lockdown didn’t feature the return to action of Jamie Roberts. How unfortunate for him […]

Williams stars for Scarlets on debut

23 August 2020 0 comments

By ROB COLE Scarlets…………………………………32pts Tries: Kennedy 4, Evans 22, 43, Lousi 49, McNicholl 56 Conversions: Halfpenny 23, 50 Penalties: Halfpenny 32 Cardiff…………………………………………12pts Tries: Adams 30, […]

Dragons boss Dean Ryan won’t give up the ghost on Wasps’ Will Rowlands

18 August 2020 0 comments

A player the Dragons and WRU appear very keen on bringing to the PRO14

Blues go quiet on Roberts’ Dragons move

9 August 2020 0 comments

JAMIE Roberts talking to The Rugby Paper in late March: “I told myself as soon as I left Cardiff that I’d want to play there […]

Jamie Roberts makes return to Wales with Dragons move

3 August 2020 0 comments

Jamie Roberts has made a sensational return to Welsh rugby by signing for the Dragons. The Wales and British & Irish Lions centre will play […]

Welsh regions trying to fast-track wage cuts

2 August 2020 1 comment

By ALEX BYWATER WELSH rugby has been plunged into an even deeper crisis with all four regions desperately trying to negotiate last-minute salary cuts with […]

Ruddock takes on new role at Ospreys

26 July 2020 0 comments

MIKE Ruddock has been appointed Ospreys development director on a three-year contract. The former Wales coach became the Welsh region’s performance director in January 2020, […]

Baldwin staying at Dragons

26 July 2020 0 comments

DRAGONS have extended the loan of Worcester Warriors scrum-half Luke Baldwin until the end of the 2020-21 season. The 29-year-old moved to Rodney Parade this […]

Cardiff Met implore WRU to lead the fight against racism

22 July 2020 0 comments

Club chairman John Pugh has documented to WRU what needs to be done to eradicate racism in Welsh rugby

Multiple NRL clubs take interest in England head coach Eddie Jones

22 July 2020 0 comments

Eddie Jones has not coached in Australia since leaving the Reds for Saracens 13 years ago

Lead fight against racism, WRU told

19 July 2020 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON THE Welsh Rugby Union are being urged to spearhead a global movement within the sport under the banner of Black Lives Matter. […]

Johnny focused on starting at Scarlets

19 July 2020 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Up for challenge: Johnny Williams in action for Newcastle against Wasps PICTURE: Getty Images JOHNNY Williams insists he is in no rush […]