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Scarlets bring home bonus but Tandy demands more

1 October 2017 1 comment

By ALEX BYWATER WAYNE Pivac challenged his Scarlets players to raise their game for Ospreys next week despite the Welsh side edging Connacht in a […]

Llanelli have last laugh in thrilling Wizards clash

1 October 2017 0 comments

By JAMES CANDY Llanelli ……….36 Aberavon……..22 LLANELLI scored four tries to record a bonuspoint win over Aberavon in what was an enthralling game at Parc […]

Captain Kapo’s hat-trick too much for DMP

24 September 2017 1 comment

Richmond…27 Darlington MP…10 CAPTAIN Laura Kapo helped herself to a second-half hat-trick as Richmond beat DMP to pick up their second win of the season […]

Starlet Morgan at the double to carry Bridgend to victory

17 September 2017 1 comment

■By JAMES LLOYD Bridgend 27 Llanelli 18 RISING Wales Under-18 star Harri Morgan added to his growing reputation as he scored two tries on his […]

Maynard and Powell inspire Drovers to victory in the Parc

10 September 2017 1 comment

By JAKE BACON Llanelli …5 Llandovery …19 LLANDOVERY edged out their West Wales rivals Llanelli in a battling display at Parc Y Scarlets. In a […]

Three from three for Bedwas after Jones mastery

10 September 2017 0 comments

By ALEX BYWATER Merthyr …24 Bedwas …37 BEDWAS made it three straight wins with an impressive 37-24 victory away to big-spending Merthyr. The visitors scored […]

Last-gasp Botica penalty snatches victory for RGC 1404

3 September 2017 0 comments

RGC 1404 …25 Llanelli …22 By DAVID JONES RGC 1404 outside-half Jacob Botica landed a penalty at the death to rescue a narrow triumph over […]

Scarlets wait on Beirne decision

13 August 2017 0 comments

By ALEX BYWATER TADHG Beirne is at the centre of a tug of war between the Scarlets and Ireland. Lock Beirne, 25, was cast adrift […]

Dragons renamed

25 June 2017 0 comments

NEWPORT Gwent Dragons’ name has been changed to Dragons following their takeover by the Welsh Rugby Union. The decision means only one Welsh region, Cardiff […]

Doncaster Knights sign Quins prop Evans

15 June 2017 0 comments

Doncaster Knights have bolstered their front row options with the signing of loosehead Owen Evans from Harlequins. Born in Cardigan in West Wales, Evans talent […]

Shane Williams: It pains me but Scarlets will shade my Ospreys

4 May 2017 0 comments

It’s business time in the PRO12 as the season reaches the run-in and I think Wayne Pivac‘s Scarlets are in the best position of the […]

Black & Ambers downed to suffer a rare defeat

30 April 2017 1 comment

By SEBASTIAN CLAYTON Newport 9 Llanelli 26 NEWPORT lost for the first time since the Premiership split as Llanelli dented their perfect record. The Black […]

Keys cut open by Neath

9 April 2017 0 comments

Neath 59 Cross Keys 14 NEATH inflicted a first defeat of the season for Cross Keys after a dominant win in the Principality Premiership. A […]

Abergele remain winless after loss at Mold

9 April 2017 1 comment

SWALEC Division One round-up By ELGAN ALDERMAN TREORCHY were crowned winners in the Division One East-Central division after a 38-7 win away to Rumney. Ystrad […]

Bath sign Welsh fly-half

28 March 2017 0 comments

Bath have secured the signing of fly-half Josh Lewis from Ebbw Vale ahead of next season. The 25-year-old’s form in Ebbw Vale’s 2013 SWALEC Championship […]

12-try rout takes Trailfinders into last four

12 March 2017 0 comments

By JEREMY INSON EALING Trailfinders marched on to the semifinals with a hugely emphatic victory over Scarlets Premiership Select to top Group E. It was […]

Williams’ rich seam of talent Alun-Wyn misses the point

5 March 2017 0 comments

THERE are many examples of illustrious families to be found in the history books of the game but none, surely, to match one born to […]

Battling Beddau edged out by Ebbw in gritty

19 February 2017 0 comments

By ELGAN ALDERMAN Beddau 3 Ebbw Vale 7 EBBW Vale had to dig deep to hold off a spirited Beddau side and progress to round […]

Prosser unlocks Neath as Keys progress to next round

19 February 2017 2 comments

By ROB COLE Cross Keys 29 Neath 10 JOSH Prosser booted Cross Keys into the quarter-finals of the WRU National Cup with a virtuoso goalkicking […]

Pontypool add sorry Cardiff to their Cup collection

19 February 2017 0 comments

By ROB COLE Cardiff 32 Pontypool 43 PONTYPOOL beat Llanelli in the last round and the Championship leaders added the scalp of another Principality Premiership […]

Rhydyfelin go top in East with rivals on plate duty

19 February 2017 0 comments

SWALEC round-up NEWBRIDGE celebrated their first home league win since December 3 as they ran out 15-13 victors over Glynneath in the only Championship match […]

Brendan Gallagher: Lamentable affair which left the Lions in doldrums

15 December 2016 0 comments

From the outside looking in, the 1966 Lions visit to New Zealand seems like a calamitous affair. A first ever Test series whitewash for any […]

Guy Mercer will keep Bath honest

31 August 2016 0 comments

So here’s a question. You’ve just jetted in from New Zealand tasked with turning around the talented but clearly underperforming rugby beast that is Bath […]

20 Questions: Tom Price – Scarlets lock

10 August 2016 0 comments

How’s pre-season going? I’ve been back since June 15, earlier than most players because I’m on a bulking programme, so it’s been a while but […]

Peter Jackson column: Johnny McNicholl bid mocks the registration rules

22 April 2016 0 comments

Johnny McNicholl has no Welsh ancestry. Nor has he set foot in Wales, but already he has spoken about his desire to play for Wales […]

Nick Cain column: Gypsygate opens a can of worms for World Rugby

13 April 2016 0 comments

Where does offensive, derogatory or discriminatory language, or behaviour, begin and end? That is the question that World Rugby are going to have to adjudicate […]

Graham Price: Don’t let Jamie Roberts become Gravell Mk II

11 March 2016 0 comments

Jamie Roberts has been warned not to fall into the same trap as legendary predecessor Ray Gravell. Prop forward Graham Price was part of a […]

Peter Jackson: Star-maker Elis Wyn Williams earnt place amid the greats

21 January 2016 0 comments

In the Pantheon of scrum-halves, Welsh names are embossed in gold, spanning the decades from the tragic Dicky Owen to the knighted Gareth Edwards. Haydn […]

Perter Jackson column: Chris Ralston sad as ‘innocent’ man Charlie Thomas passes away

7 January 2016 0 comments

This is the story of Anglo-Welsh rugby‘s most enduring who dun it, a mystery involving an English Lion and a Welsh prop who made front-page […]

Shingler signs contract extension

17 November 2015 0 comments

Scarlets have today announced that flanker Aaron Shingler is the latest to put pen to paper with a contract extension keeping him at the region […]

Gordon D’Arcy to retire from rugby

1 May 2015 0 comments

Leinster legend Gordon D’Arcy has today announced he is to retire from rugby at the end of the season. In an open letter the Ireland […]

Dream Team: Dwayne Peel – Bristol and former Sale, Scarlets, Wales and Lions scrum-half

18 February 2015 1 comment

1. Gethin Jenkins – The best loosehead of his generation. He’s been outstanding for so many years now and he knows the game inside out. […]

Peter Jackson: All Blacks aftermath put Delme Thomas in dark place

28 November 2014 2 comments

More than 40 years have come and gone since the day the pubs ran dry in Llanelli and Delme Thomas still stands alone, a defiant […]

Peter Jackson: Wallabies would be nowhere without Ray

20 November 2014 0 comments

There was a time when Wales hammered Australia 24-0, when the terse verdict reflected the expectation of an underwhelmed public: So what? As pioneers in […]

Wayne Pivac confirmed as Scarlets new head coach

12 August 2014 2 comments

Scarlets today confirmed that the region’s new assistant coach Wayne Pivac will take over the reins as Head Coach in West Wales. The New Zealander, […]

Newcastle Falcons seal Ruki Tipuna deal

28 March 2014 0 comments

Ruki Tipuna has signed a two-year deal with Newcastle Falcons ahead of the 2014-15 season. The Bristol scrum-half, 30, who has made more than 60 […]

Brendan Gallagher: The sevens wonder of the world still going at 75!

26 March 2014 0 comments

Over the years camp followers have suffered from severe sunburn, hypothermia and trench foot watching the HSBC Rosslyn Park School Sevens but that all comes […]

Peter Jackson: Italy arrive in Wales on a wing and a blessing

17 January 2014 0 comments

Italy come to Cardiff for the opening match in the Six Nations next month armed with something different, a Papal blessing. Judged on their biennial […]

Dream Team: Nathan Thomas – former Wales, Bath and Llanelli back row

13 January 2014 0 comments

1. Iestyn Thomas – No frills or nonsense, a great player who would consistently get on with his job and lived for scrummaging. He’s got […]

Jeff Probyn: Why didn’t BT deal with the other leagues as well?

3 January 2014 2 comments

As the European row still rumbles along with a myriad of possible outcomes, it’s time to reflect on what started it. The sudden announcement that […]

Peter Jackson: Fifty years on, the kick that rocked the world as Newport beat the All Blacks

25 October 2013 1 comment

Dick Uzzell and his old comrades will be given the freedom of Newport next week in belated recognition of something they did half a century […]

My Life in Rugby: Anthony Buchanan – former Wales and Llanelli prop

15 October 2013 1 comment

The year Wales won the Triple Crown in the 1988 Six Nations I was called up while I was at work to play in the […]

Man Behind the Match: Grayson knew O’Gara could miss crucial kick

19 August 2013 0 comments

Ronan O’Gara is the Heineken Cup’s golden boy. He’s the record points scorer, the record appearance holder and in any pub in Cork or Limerick […]

Peter Jackson: Leigh’s the guardian ‘angel’ for home club

24 May 2013 1 comment

Gorseinon RFC have done more than their bit for the international game over the last half century – from Onllwyn Brace to Norman Gale, Lewis […]

Peter Jackson: You’re lucky George, they said Lewis sold his soul

19 April 2013 0 comments

Lewis Jones remembers what it was like when he left Llanelli, how all hell broke loose over his transfer to Leeds Rugby League club. “They […]

Six weeks for Gavin Henson

26 August 2012 0 comments

Gavin Henson will be sidelined for 6 weeks after suffering a minor fracture to his cheekbone. The injury happened in last night’s friendly game against […]

My Life in Rugby: Brett Davey – Doncaster Director of Rugby

6 August 2012 0 comments

Slotting the last-minute penalty to win the Principality Cup Final in 2002 was nerve-wracking but it was incredible to seal a famous win over Llanelli. […]

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