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Rugby Rivalries that don’t stand the test of time

22 September 2024 0 comments

Rugby Matters by Brendan Gallagher – A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Eyes down all you pub quiz fiends, it’s quiz time […]

Luke Yendle in place to steal it for Dragons

22 September 2024 0 comments

By Simon Thomas Dragons……………23pts Tries: Keddie 28, Yendle 84 Conversions: Evans 29, 85 Penalties: Evans 1, 24, 77 Ospreys …………… 21pts Tries: Williams 20, Conbeer […]

Making the game pay is still the main challenge

22 September 2024 0 comments

>> PAUL REES CONSIDERS THE OPTIONS AS TEAMS FROM ACROSS EUROPE AND SOUTH AFRICA KICK OFF THE NEW SEASON The dawn of a new season […]

McBryde cuts Drovers down

22 September 2024 0 comments

Super Rygbi round-up By ROB COLE LLANDOVERY had their colours lowered for the first time since March as RGC ended their seven-match winning streak with […]

Toby Booth: Tough telling players I was leaving Ospreys

15 September 2024 0 comments

By Mark Stevens Toby Booth admits telling his Ospreys players that he would be leaving at the end of the season was one of the […]

Why are Ospreys letting Booth go?

15 September 2024 0 comments

TOBY Booth achieved more, far more than any other coach in Wales last season. While all around followed the example set by the national team […]

Exeter Chiefs Winger Immanuel Feyi-Waboso

Exeter Chiefs Season Preview: Youngsters need to find place in Rob Baxter’s puzzle

15 September 2024 0 comments

Exeter Chiefs Season Preview Coach: Rob Baxter Captain: Jack Yeandle Exeter did not quite confound the belief that you win nothing with kids last season, […]

Gloucester Season Preview – George Skivington: We’re going to roll dice and go for it

15 September 2024 0 comments

Gloucester Season Preview Coach: George Skivington Captain: Lewis Ludlow The Cherry and Whites are the enigmas of the Premiership. The club are well supported with […]

Leicester Tigers Season Preview: Michael Cheika looking to make his own piece of history

15 September 2024 0 comments

Leicester Tigers Season Preview Coach: Michael Cheika Captain: Julián Montoya The Tigers started last season with four defeats in five matches and finished it with […]

Benetton Giosué Zilocchi, Ivan Nemer, Mirco Spagnolo, Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, Riccardo Genovese, Simone Ferrari, Thomas Gallo, Tiziano Pasquali, Bautista Bernasconi, Marco Manfredi, Siua Maile, Edoardo […]

Bridgend need to get winning habit -Baldwin

15 September 2024 0 comments

By ROB COLE Probyn: Are England’s women heading in the wrong direction? Page 39 SCOTT Baldwin picked up plenty of tips to take into his […]

Jimmy Roots joins brother Ethan Roots at Exeter Chiefs

8 September 2024 0 comments

You need strong roots to grow, and Rob Baxter has bolstered his Exeter squad with not one but two ahead of the 2024/25 season.

Phil Cokanasiga out to make his mark at Ospreys

8 September 2024 0 comments

Getting the better of his big brother in the back garden was always the goal for Phil Cokanasiga, and his sibling remains an inspiration.

Scarlets sign Australia A prop Archer Holz

8 September 2024 0 comments

Scarlets have signed Australia A and former Brumbies, Waratahs, and La Rochelle tighthead prop Archer Holz.

Baxter has work to do after Scully scoots in to steal it

8 September 2024 0 comments

By MARK STEVENS Exeter ……………. 10pts Tries: Conversion: Bampoe-Brown 45 Hodge 46 Penalty: Hodge 17 Ospreys …………. 14pts Tries: Conbeer 20, Scully 80 Conversions: Edwards […]

Extra incentive to keep playing

8 September 2024 0 comments

Super Rygbi preview ■ By ROB COLE THE slimmed down Super Rygbi Cymru, comprising 10 of last season’s 13 Indigo Premiership clubs, kicks off this […]

Relentless Tigers run in six as Cheika era starts in style

1 September 2024 0 comments

■ By ROB WILDMAN Leicester Tigers ………….38pts Tries: Bassett 5, Clare 20, Cracknell 30, Williams 36, Hassell-Collins 68, Myall 75 Conversions: Whiteley 5, Volavola 20, […]

Pre-season fixtures

25 August 2024 0 comments

It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs MONDAY, AUGUST 26 Chinnor v Rams (3pm) WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28 Selby v Harrogate […]

Ospreys are improving every season -Booth

25 August 2024 0 comments

By Rob Cole Toby Booth has his eyes on a prize for his ever-improving Ospreys this season and if he achieves his ambitious goal it […]

I worked really hard to maximise my talent

25 August 2024 0 comments

MY LIFEIN RUGBY CHRIS COOK THE FORMER ENGLAND U20, BATH, BRISTOL, NORTHAMPTON AND ZEBRE SCRUM-HALF I CAN look back on my career two ways. One […]

Leatherbarrow banks on a third tier future

18 August 2024 0 comments

Teddy Leatherbarrow’s decision to drop down to the third tier of English rugby is very much a tale of the times in rugby.

Pre-season: Premiership, Championship, National League fixtures

18 August 2024 0 comments

A pre-season fixture list involving teams from the Premiership, Championship, National Leagues, and Regional Leagues.

Eight reasons to be cheerful for Cardiff

18 August 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW What a start: Efan Daniel playing for Cardiff last season PICTURE: Getty Images EFAN Daniel began last […]

Premiership ins & outs 2024-25

11 August 2024 0 comments

Pepper Bath Ins: Ross Molony (Leinster), Francois van Wyk (Leicester Tigers), Guy Pepper (Newcastle Falcons), Austin Emens (Great Britain Sevens) Outs: Matt Gallagher (Benetton), Steffan […]

Davies back in the running for Wales

28 July 2024 0 comments

■By SIMON THOMAS ALED Davies is the first to admit that being barred from playing for Wales for the past four years was hard to […]

Blackheath opt for Fijian power

28 July 2024 0 comments

Ben Jaycock talks to Blackheath head coach James Shanahan about his star signings for the forthcoming season BLACKHEATH have secured the league’s most high profile […]

Pontypool swoop to recruit Allen

21 July 2024 0 comments

■By ROB COLE THERE has been plenty of movement in the transfer market in Welsh rugby as the new Top 10 elite clubs build their […]

Time for players to behave properly

14 July 2024 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN There are no ‘good’ responses to Melvyn Jaminet’s violently racist outburst on social media, or the serious sexual assault allegations levelled […]

Gatland: I’d love to be allowed to select Hawkins

14 July 2024 0 comments

Warren Gatland says he has never been in favour of Welsh rugby’s cap rule and would like to be able to select Exeter centre Joe […]

Scotland and Wales facing tough choices

7 July 2024 0 comments

The slow financial recovery from the pandemic showed in recent statements from the Scottish and Welsh unions who are both overseeing periods of austerity which […]

‘It’s about being the best player you can be’

7 July 2024 0 comments

Paul Rees finds out what drives new Tigers head coach Michael Cheika and what he plans to do at Welford Road Despite their chequered past […]

Tuipulotu shines in star-studded line-up

30 June 2024 0 comments

Following Glasgow’s epic victory in the final last weekend, Simon Thomas selects his team of the season from the URC It went down to the […]

Cheika knows he will be judged on results

30 June 2024 0 comments

Leicester were once a byword for stability. Like Liverpool FC, they had a reputation for promoting from within and benefiting from a boot room that […]

Penaud proves the ultimate in French flair

30 June 2024 0 comments

Peter Jackson adds up the points scored last season across all games and finds the French with much to celebrate Damian Penaud and Thomas Ramos […]

Gloucesterer are facing a defining season

30 June 2024 0 comments

PAUL REES LOOKS AT THE CHALLENGES AHEAD FOR COACH GEORGE SKIVINGTON AND CEO ALEX BROWN AT KINGSHOLM Gloucester marked their 150th anniversary last season. Celebrated […]

Wales show spirit but Springboks just have too much in reserve

23 June 2024 0 comments

■By ROGER PANTING Wales……………………………. 13pts Tries: Lake 30 Conversions: Costelow 30 Penalties: Costelow 7, 34 South Africa …………………41pts Tries: Kriel 3, Penalty 11, Mapimmpi 42, […]

Gatland: I saw lots of positives out there

23 June 2024 0 comments

WELSH head coach Warren Gatland was still upbeat about his side’s performance after their defeat to the current wold champions. Wales were hit by two […]

Lake gives body and soul to lift Wales

23 June 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON Powerhouse: Dewi Lake, left, bursts over for Wales and Mason Grady, right PICTURES: Getty Images THE sixth best team in Europe against the […]

DREAM TEAM

23 June 2024 0 comments

NATHAN BONNER-EVANS, THE FORMER WALES A, NEATH, SWANSEA, OSPREYS, SALE SHARKS AND LONDON WELSH BACK-ROW FORWARD, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV FROM PLAYERS HE HAS PLAYED […]

Woodman back to fire up Wales

23 June 2024 0 comments

U20S WORLD CUP POOL A WALES By BEN JAYCOCK Wales are thankful they can call upon the services of captain Ryan Woodman for the tournament […]

Thomas keen to make things happen

16 June 2024 0 comments

By SIMON THOMAS To get an idea of what Ben Thomas will offer as he returns to the Wales fold, it’s illuminating to consider who […]

Quartet help Cardiff pull off unlikely double

16 June 2024 0 comments

Peter Jackson discovers which clubs and players come out best and worst when it comes to red and yellow cards Despite winning just four matches […]

Booth wants to see more from Ospreys

16 June 2024 0 comments

By SIMON THOMAS OSPREYS coach Toby Booth says having bowed out in two quarter-finals will fuel their appetite to achieve even more next season as […]

Hill’s recall flies in the face of loyalty

16 June 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Cory Hill walked out of the Wales squad last summer, preferring to join a Japanese team nobody […]

Ospreys can’t stop Munster marching on

9 June 2024 0 comments

By SIMON THOMAS Munster …………..23pts Tries: Zebo 2, Scannell 18 Conversions: Crowley 3, 19 Penalties: Crowley 27, 57, 61 Ospreys …………….. 7pts Tries: Giles 4 […]

Baldwin back with Bridgend

9 June 2024 0 comments

FORMER Wales hooker Scott Baldwin has resigned as defence coach at Newcastle Falcons to take the role of head coach at Bridgend Ravens for the […]

Quins cashing in on Twickenham factor

9 June 2024 0 comments

Peter Jackson looks at how attendances have changed in the last 20 years and sees good news in the capital cities Fan favourite: Marcus Smith […]

I want to improve and be best 9 in the world

9 June 2024 0 comments

Matthew Luddington talks to Gloucester and Italy scrum-half Stephen Varney following his eye-catching campaign Stephen Varney has truly had a breakthrough season. The 23-year-old scrum-half […]

Warren Gatland eager to see Josh Hathaway’s potential after Wales squad call-up

3 June 2024 0 comments

Warren Gatland is relishing seeing uncapped Gloucester back Josh Hathaway’s potential at first hand after naming him in a Wales training squad for summer Tests […]

Ospreys’ Nicky just too tricky for Cardiff

2 June 2024 0 comments

By ROGER PANTING Cardiff ……………..29pts Tries: Cabango 9, Grady 40, 85, Hamer-Webb 69 Conversions: de Beer 9, Thomas 70, 86 Penalties: Thomas 54 Ospreys ……………33pts […]

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