All posts tagged "Ospreys"
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Features
/ 4 years agoAlun Wyn: More left in tank and I’m enjoying it
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON WALES captain Alun Wyn Jones says he will continue playing until his form and enjoyment decline....
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoWizards put on style in second half blitz
Premiership By ALEX BYWATER Aberavon ........43 Llanelli ............17 ABERAVON released a video with Hollywood actor Michael Sheen ahead of their first...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNorth in two-year deal with Ospreys
By SAM JACKSON Signed: George North GEORGE North has signed a new two-year dual contract with Ospreys and the Welsh Rugby...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoJordie let-off proves there’s one law for NZ and one for rest
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE was much evidence this week for those (ie everybody living outside of New Zealand) who have...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTomas is a Cardiff lad on his wife’s orders!
By ROB COLE TOMAS Francis has come home to Wales to play for the Ospreys, but one of the stipulations in...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSwansea leave no room for doubt
Welsh round-up By ROB COLE NEATH’S 150th anniversary celebrations got off to a familiar start as they welcomed their oldest rivals,...
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Features
/ 4 years agoIf we had Battle of Gnoll now we’d all be in jail!
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER LIONS, WALES, NEATH, OSPREYS, RICHMOND AND BRISTOL HOOKER BARRY WILLIAMS Good memories: Barry Williams playing...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCarnage among No.7s makes Navidi key man
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND ONE of the biggest things that has gone under the radar this summer is the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoPremiership clubs like look of Ospreys lock Rhys Davies
'Several' Premiership clubs are interested in young Ospreys lock Rhys Davies
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoSean Fitzpatrick raises key question for regions | Peter Jackson
The role of central contracts and players actually playing for their region has been an issue that has long negated the...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoI can’t wait for Gareth Anscombe to return, but go slowly! | Shane Williams
The Wales fly-half is back in full training at the Ospreys ahead of the autumn
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNorth Wales launch invasion of England
By ROB COLE ROBIN Williams has joined the ever growing band of north Wales bred players moving into the Championship and...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoAnscombe agony will finally end next month
■By PETER JACKSON GARETH Anscombe is scheduled to start his longawaited come back next month after a two-year fight to save...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoJosh Matavesi could be heading out of Bath
Bath could free up space on the salary cap by allowing Josh Matavesi to explore interest from Japan, and have space...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoQuins off to a flyer with big cup upset
Welsh Championship Cup round-up By STEFFAN THOMAS MAESTEG Harlequins stunned Neath to record a shock 32-23 home victory over the Welsh...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoMorne Steyn did same to me 12 years ago | Shane Williams
Shane Williams knows exactly how the 2021 Lions will have been feeling once they collected their thoughts back in the dressing...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoTEAM: Warren Gatland drops seven Lions players for third Test decider
A big shake-up in selection by Lions head coach Warren Gatland
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNow head analyst quits Eddie Jones staff
John Mitchell will be followed out the door by England head analyst Joe Lewis
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoEPCR draw the pools for the 2021-22 Champions Cup
A 24-team Champions Cup draw has been held, find out where Exeter, Harlequins, Sale, Bristol, Northampton, Leicester, Bath and Wasps will...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoI fear it looks quite serious for Leigh | Shane Williams
THERE is no other way for me to start other than by wishing Leigh Halfpenny all the best. For his 100th...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoScott back at Scarlets
WALES centre Scott Williams is to rejoin Scarlets after leaving Ospreys. Williams, 30, who has 58 Wales caps, left Scarlets to...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHeineken Cup tiers revealed ahead of pool draw
NEWS EXTRA THE ROAD to next season’s Heineken Champions Cup final in Marseille will begin to be mapped out when the...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoBooth has helped Adam Beard find his consistency and regain Wales slot
ADAM Beard believes getting dropped from the national squad last autumn was a blessing in disguise and insists he can become...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBasham can be best No.7 of lot says his ex-coach Jackman
By STEFFAN THOMAS Fan: Bernard Jackman BERNARD Jackman has tipped Taine Basham to become Wales’ first choice openside by the 2023...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHawkins aims to be like Sonny Bill
TEENAGE Ospreys centre Joe Hawkins is modelling his game on Sonny Bill Williams and Jonathan Davies as he looks to make...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoOspreys announce capture of Exeter wing Alex Cuthbert
The Ospreys have completed the deal to bring Alex Cuthbert back to Welsh rugby from Exeter Chiefs. As exclusively reported by...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoAlex Cuthbert signing to be confirmed by Ospreys
THE Ospreys will confirm tomorrow that they have signed Wales and British Lion Alex Cuthbert from Exeter Chiefs. Blindside revealed in...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWe’ll be the poor men of Europe say regions
WALES’ four regions fear they will be put at an even greater disadvantage next season with their English rivals being up...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoNewcastle Falcons swoop for Harlequins winger Nathan Earle
NATHAN Earle is poised to follow teammate Mike Brown out of Harlequins and up to Premiership rivals Newcastle Falcons. Quins last...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 4 years agoSteyn kicks Bulls into Rainbow Cup final
Sharks ....................22 Bulls........................34 MORNE Steyn celebrated his recall to the Springboks squad with a faultless kicking performance to help book Bulls’...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoRhys Webb counts cost of that Toulon pay-day | Peter Jackson
At the end of the last Lions tour when the entire cast posed for a team photograph, Rhys Webb appeared to...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCuthbert: Winners’ medal would ease pain of last season
ALEX Cuthbert would love nothing more than to leave Exeter Chiefs this summer with a Premiership winner’s medal safely tucked into...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBenetton qualify for Rainbow Cup final after Ospreys match cancelled
Unbeaten Benetton advance to the final where they will face South African oppposition on June 19
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoJonathan Davies leads new-look Wales into battle
JONATHAN Davies will captain Wales in their summer Tests against Canada and Argentina. Coach Wayne Pivac has named five uncapped players:...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Lions duo Dan Biggar and Courtney Lawes wanted by Toulouse
EUROPEAN champions Toulouse are looking to make a double swoop on Northampton Saints to take Lions pair Dan Biggar and Courtney...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoOspreys keen to help Elvis Taione rock on in Wales
The Exeter Chiefs hooker could be on his way to the Liberty Stadium this summer
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoRainbow Cup just isn’t worth injury risk | Shane Williams
The Rainbow Cup gives no reason for players who received Lions call-ups to go all-out and risk injury
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoConnacht 26-19 Ospreys: Toby Booth wants final day reaction after Ospreys come up short
Ospreys head coach Toby Booth wants a strong finish to the Rainbow Cup after seeing their final hopes ended in Galway
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoIt’s ruthless but Booth can’t afford to gamble | Shane Williams
Shane Williams reacts to the release of club stalwart Scott Williams and Cory Allen by Ospreys this week
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoSuch a shame I opted for German over French at school! | Shane Williams
After turning down Toulon in his playing career, Shane Williams is now hoping to be able to commentate on the Top...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRyan weighs up bid for injury-hit centre Allen
DRAGONS director of rugby Dean Ryan is looking at Wales centre Cory Allen who has been released by Ospreys. Allen, 28,...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoAlex Cuthbert to leave Chiefs and join Ospreys
ALEX CUTHBERT is set to leave Premiership champions Exeter Chiefs when his contract ends in the summer, with the Ospreys set...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHighlanders ‘unsung hero’ Michael Collins hopes to star at Ospreys
Steffan Thomas talks to the Wales-qualified back who will be playing at the Liberty Stadium next season
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoEaling 38-15 Doncaster: Flying finish sets Ealing up for the final showdown
EALING came from behind in each half to produce the pace and precision to run in six tries and clinch a...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Aled Brew: Ko’d by Burger after my World Cup try
After my time at Bath ended, I still had a little bit of fire left in the belly, as they say,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoOspreys hooker Scott Otten told to retire at the age of 26
A neck injury suffered in January has led to medical experts advising Ospreys hooker Scott Otten to hang up his boots
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoExeter Chiefs announce signing of EQP prop Josh Iosefa-Scott
Exeter Chiefs sign some competition for Harry Williams and Marcus Street to contend with, as Josh Iosefa-Scott arrives from New Zealand
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoBrock James backs La Rochelle to upset Toulouse in Champions Cup finale
The famed Top 14 import backs old club La Rochelle to stop Toulouse's run at a fifth Champions Cup triumph in...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoPerpignan interested in Harlequins wing Nathan Earle
PERPIGNAN are chasing Harlequins winger Nathan Earle who is out of contract at Twickenham Stoop at the end of the season....
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoNow Wayne Pivac must build with some new faces | Shane Williams
Experimentation must be central to Wayne Pivac's plans for Wales this summer, writes Shane Williams