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Still out in front, the rocks of ages

25 February 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW They have been resting in the front row of the Pantheon now for almost half a century, […]

Decalmer fires as Bourn make a break for safety

25 February 2024 0 comments

By PAUL BOLTON Bournville……………57 Newport (S)………… 17 NATHAN Decalmer’s brilliant hat-trick moved Bournville closer to safety, but shunted Newport nearer to the drop in another […]

Ireland’s class will be hard to overcome

18 February 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW IF ONLY Wales could take an old leaf out of the record book and make history repeat […]

Leaders shrug off Whiteman red card

18 February 2024 0 comments

By ADAM CLEARY Newport (S)………….. 5 Luctonians…………..50 LUCTONIANS remain top of National League 2 West after a bonus-point victory on the road at Newport (Salop). […]

Newport make it seven in a row

18 February 2024 0 comments

Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD HOOKER Henry Palmer grabbed a hat-trick to inspire second-placed Newport to a 31-15 win at Merthyr. Palmer crashed over twice […]

Two-try Curry so hot for Old Reds

11 February 2024 0 comments

By NATHAN EDWARDS Old Redcliffians….24 Newport (S)………….. 5 A STOIC defensive display from Old Redcliffians helped them fend off Newport (Salop) and secure a third […]

Newport lead pack behind Drovers

11 February 2024 0 comments

Welsh round-up By CARL FIELD NEWPORT moved up to second in the Premiership table after they beat RGC 43-17 to make it six consecutive bonus-point victories. […]

Colossus following in family tradition

4 February 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW A teenaged colossus introduced himself to the Six Nations late on Friday night in the mayhem of […]

Hinckley roar to victory with Rory!

4 February 2024 0 comments

National 2W By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley………………29 Newport (S)………… 21 HINCKLEY returned to winning ways on an attritional after noon at a damp Leicester Road, when […]

Good to see Bryn enjoying life at 93

28 January 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON Throughout his distinguished career for Wales and the Lions as the finest hooker of his generation, Bryn Meredith, right, never once got the […]

Salop on the up after Vaka treble

28 January 2024 0 comments

By DAVID BALLHEIMER Newport (S)…………43 Dudley K……………….24 NEWPORT (Salop) moved off the foot of the table and leap-frogged Dudley Kingswinford with a six-try show. Having […]

The Grand Slam win in 2005 was a fairytale

28 January 2024 0 comments

My Life in Rugby with Mark Taylor – The former Wales, Ospreys, Sale, Swansea & Pontypool centre and now WRU performance pathway coordinator talks about […]

Harries hits four as Ebbw run riot

28 January 2024 0 comments

Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD SCRUM-HALF Rory Harries scored four times as Ebbw Vale took the disappointment of their agonising defeat at Llandovery last weekend […]

Brown returns as Dragons aim to make it four in a row

21 January 2024 0 comments

PREVIEW… Dragons v Sharks By BEN JAYCOCK Today. Kick-off 5.30pm, Rodney Parade THE Dragons are aiming for four victories on the spin at Rodney Parade […]

Llandovery edge past rivals Ebbw

21 January 2024 0 comments

Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD LLANDOVERY clung on to beat Ebbw Vale 17-15 in the battle of the Welsh Premiership’s top two. Hooker Craig Thomas’s […]

Dragons blow chance of booking home leg

14 January 2024 0 comments

By JOHN WILKINS Zebre………………20pts Tries: Gesi 26, 51; Bianchi 44 Conversions: Montemauri 45 Penalties: Montemauri 35 Dragons………….17pts Tries: Rosser 58 Penalties: Evans 6, 13, 17, […]

When JPR enjoyed his day at court

14 January 2024 0 comments

The late JPR Williams has many claims to sporting fame and one of the more esoteric is that he played in the first ever Open […]

I was preparing for battle and needed to be ready

14 January 2024 0 comments

My Life in Rugby with Steve Ojomoh – The former England, Bath, Gloucester, Parma, Newport & Moseley back rower talks about his life in the […]

The rock on which a team was built

14 January 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW THOSE planning this year’s Golden Jubilee of the 1974 Lions would have considered placing six empty chairs […]

Hornets pack is hailed by Gadd

14 January 2024 0 comments

By JON RICHARDSON Newport (S)…… 12pts Hornets……………33pts HORNETS enjoyed their trip to Newport by securing a top triumph. The visitors started brightly and were quickly […]

Adams looks for big home comforts in crucial run-in

14 January 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Newport Salop head coach Bob Adams is hoping history repeats itself this season with the club bottom of National Two West facing […]

Jones leads the way for Merthyr

14 January 2024 0 comments

Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD A STUNNING hattrick from full-back Ben Jones inspired Merthyr to a magnificent seven-try 50-32 win over Bridgend Ravens – to […]

Gwilliam’s aiming for silverware with Dings

7 January 2024 0 comments

Bristol hooker Tomas Gwilliam is on a season-long loan at Dings Crusaders and is hoping for the first silverware of his adult career by lifting […]

Farewell to these fine men of rugby

31 December 2023 0 comments

Come hell or high water, The Grim Reaper never fails to take a day off from scything through his grisly business. A sample of his […]

Proud men who graced the game

31 December 2023 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher recalls the achievements of those from across the globe that the world of rugby lost in 2023 Sydney Millar CBE (Ballymena, Ireland, Barbarians, […]

Steelmen show grit to hit back against Ponty

31 December 2023 0 comments

Premiership round-up By ROB COLE EBBW VALE completed a smash and grab raid in the second half at Sardis Road to prove they have got […]

Newport celebrate double over Pooler

24 December 2023 0 comments

Premiership round-up By ROB COLE MATT O’Brien turned on the magic once again as he spearheaded Newport to a Premiership double over arch-rivals Pontypool and […]

Ex-captain Brian Price dies at 86

24 December 2023 0 comments

FORMER Wales captain Brian Price has died at the age of 86. A second row and lineout specialist, Price, below, captained both the Newport team […]

Another player to call time on URC

17 December 2023 0 comments

By NEIL FISSLER Dragons flanker Aaron Wainwright could be the latest Wales international to leave the URC when his contract runs out at the end […]

Ace Ivory leads Chester’s charge

17 December 2023 0 comments

By MATT HARROP Chester…………………36 Newport (S)…………34 CHESTER edged to victory over Newport (Salop) in a high-scoring clash at Hare Lane. The two sides scored five […]

No room at the top for Welsh regions

10 December 2023 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW AS Anglo-Welsh duels of the blood-and-guts variety go, one springs foremost to mind: a humdinger of a […]

It’s looking Priddy good for Cam after Salop first

10 December 2023 0 comments

By DAVID BALLHEIMER Newport (S)………… 19 Camborne…………….40 CAMBORNE came away victorious after their first meeting with hosts Newport (Salop) at The Old Showground. A four-try […]

Nos Da, Dennis, my lovely boy

3 December 2023 0 comments

Dennis Gethin would have been highly amused had someone told him that his 12-year presidential reign on this side of the Atlantic equalled Franklin Delano […]

Larkins hails Cam focus for Uni clash

3 December 2023 0 comments

By BILL HOOPER Forward power: Camborne’s Jordan Nicholls is driven towards the try-line by Josh Matavesi Below: Adam Hughes fends off Kofi Barton-Byfield PICTURES: Simon […]

Dings delight after try-fest sinks spirited Salop

3 December 2023 0 comments

By BAZ JOHNSON Dings Crusaders…77 Newport (S)………… 12 DINGS Crusaders ran riot as they racked up a big victory over visitors Newport (Salop). Wary of […]

Hyatt happy to see Aberavon hit form

3 December 2023 0 comments

■By CARL FIELD Premiership round-up ABERAVON head coach Jason Hyatt was a proud man after his side responded to their heavy 64- 26 thumping at […]

Day Wales played a game of four halves

26 November 2023 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW It’s built beneath the mountain, beneath the coal and clay, It’s where we make the outside halves […]

Ben proves a sly Fox in top triumph

26 November 2023 0 comments

By BILL HOOPER Redruth………………..40 Newport (Salop)…26 THREE tries from skipper Ben Fox laid the foundations for this win for the Reds. It was Fox who […]

Another maximum for flying Drovers

26 November 2023 0 comments

Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD CHAMPIONS Llandovery made it five successive bonus point victories and nine wins out of 10 after winning 29-7 in their […]

Dragons surprise

19 November 2023 0 comments

AMPTHILL head coach Paul Turner is to make a surprise return to Dragons as a part-time consultant for the rest of the season. The 63-year-old […]

Unassuming Charlie, the water carrier

19 November 2023 0 comments

One of the attractions of rugby union is that it is a game which provides a refuge for the likes of Finn Russell and Charlie […]

Coen keeps his cool to snatch it

19 November 2023 0 comments

By RORY MOLLOW Newport (S)…………29 Exeter Uni……………. 31 AT The Old Showground, fly-half, Benjamin Coen’s late penalty saw Exeter University emerge victorious from a helter-skelter […]

Ebbw Vale prevent Newport going top

19 November 2023 0 comments

Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD NEWPORT missed the chance to go top of the Premiership after their five-game winning streak was brought to an end […]

Legend of the ‘Bearded Beast’ Esteve

12 November 2023 0 comments

PETER JACKSON FOR sheer bloodthirsty brutality, no international fixture of the last half century has come remotely close to matching France-Wales in Paris of the […]

Students’ surge sees off Salop

12 November 2023 0 comments

By JAMES GALLAGHER Loughborough S….38 Newport (S)………… 16 LOUGHBOROUGH Students overcame a slow start to get the better of fellow strugglers Newport (Salop). The game […]

If I’d known about my ADHD, I’d have quit

5 November 2023 0 comments

MY LIFEIN RUGBY ALY MULDOWNEY THE FORMER MOSELEY, GLASGOW, EXETER, CONNACHT, GRENOBLE AND BRISTOL LOCK ALOT of things are starting to make sense now that […]

Rees quick on the draw for Drovers

5 November 2023 0 comments

Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD LLANDOVERY recorded a third straight bonus-point win as they beat Bridgend 36-13 to move three points clear in the Premiership. […]

Welsh trio back in harness to lead fight for Cardiff

29 October 2023 0 comments

PREVIEW…Dragons v Cardiff (Today, Kick-off 2.30pm) By BEN JAYCOCK Cardiff welcome back a trio of internationals from the Rugby World Cup as they head to […]

Neath can’t live with Drovers

29 October 2023 0 comments

By ROB COLE Premiership round-up LLANDOVERY hit bottom side Neath for six at Church Bank on their way to a 38-7 win that took them […]

Harrison on hand to move hosts off bottom

1 October 2023 0 comments

By ADAM CLEARY Dudley……………27 Newport (S)….. 19 DUDLEY Kingswinford moved off the foot of the table after a bonus-point win against neighbours Newport. The home […]

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