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Features

/ 5 years ago

High time Cardiff put up a statue for Billy

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Exceptional: Billy Boston on the rampage for Wigan. Inset, above, with Cardiff &...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

YOUNG GUNS

MORGANSTRONG OSPREYS NO.8 Morgan Strong was 14 when he heard the immortal words that changed his life. “You’re not good enough,”said...

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Columnists

/ 5 years ago

Jackson column: Muscleman Chris Jones rates power of prayer now

Peter Jackson journeys back to the Vale in the 1980s by having a chat with Treorchy's 'Hatchet prop' Chris Jones

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The Rugby Paper

/ 5 years ago

Muscleman Chris rates power of prayer now

Back in the day when the hatchet men ruled the roost in both football codes, Chris Jones ran a reign of...

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Club Rugby

/ 5 years ago

Newport finally end Sardis Road hoodoo

■By ALEX BYWATER Pontypridd ….12 Newport ……….17 NEWPORT won at Sardis Road for the first time in 13 seasons as they...

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Club Rugby

/ 5 years ago

Vale boost survival hopes with vital victory

Ebbw Vale ......18 Pontypridd ......5 By IAN GOLDEN EBBW Vale hauled themselves off the bottom of the Premiership with victory over...

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Club Rugby

/ 5 years ago

Patient Ponty hold their nerve for rare win

Premiership By GUTO DAVIES PONTYPRIDD recorded only their third ever league victory over RGC but had to endure some nervous moments...

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Premiership

/ 5 years ago

Unflappable Bird flying as Ponty topple Turks

By GUTO DAVIES PONTYPRIDD delivered a determined performance to see off in-form Llanelli. Llanelli broke the deadlock through Iwan Evans’ penalty...

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Club Rugby

/ 5 years ago

Have you heard heard heard about a Bird

By JAMES LLOYD Pontypridd ……31 Merthyr ……27 DIGGY Bird’s masterful display guided Pontypridd to an impressive hammering of Merthyr. The fly-half...

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Club Rugby

/ 5 years ago

Newport aim to shake off Sunday blues

By ROB COLE PREVIEW... Newport v Pontypridd Sunday, kick-off 2:30pm NEWPORT will be hoping to make it three wins in a...

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Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

RGC add bonus point to home swagger

By CARL FIELD RGC picked up another notable scalp on their home patch as they put Pontypridd to the sword. Ponty...

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Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Scrivens snatches victory in the capital

■ By BRIAN DAVIES Cardiff …………24 Pontypridd ….23 A TOUCHLINE conversion with the last kick of the match from new boy...

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Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Silva eyes fast start to campaign at RGC helm

■ By ALICE TAYLOR PREVIEW: RGC 1404 v Merthyr Sunday 8 September, 2:30pm MERTHYR will parade three of their summer signings...

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Latest News

/ 6 years ago

Date switch gives Super Six appeal

THE top six Welsh Premiership clubs have been confirmed as the representatives for next season’s cross-border Super Six competition against Scottish...

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Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Sweeney on song as Ponty finish on a high note

By ROB COLE Pontypridd ….47 .. Merthyr ……….19 CERI Sweeney fought back the tears as he signed off in style at...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Howe holds his nerve to send Ravens soaring to safety

By ALEX BYWATER Pontypridd ....31 Bridgend ........34 A LAST-GASP Owen Howe penalty saved Bridgend from relegation as they claimed a famous...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Sublime Sweeney helps punish Keys

By TOM HUGHES Cross Keys ......5 Pontypridd ....24 IT WASN'T all one-way traffic at Pandy Park, despite the home side picking...

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Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Llanelli bring up their half century to keep hopes alive

■ By TIM LEWIS Llanelli …57 Neath…13 LLANELLI gave themselves a strong chance of retaining their Principality Premiership status as they...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Webber is the star of the show as he scores a hat-trick

■ By JOHN MURPHY Bargoed …28 Pontypridd …55 PONTYPRIDD remain in contention for second spot in the Principality Premiership after a...

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Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Bedwas hit six but know victory may not be enough to survive

By ROB COLE Aberavon ……19 Bedwas ……….38 BEDWAS hit the Wizards for six as they kept alive their hopes of Premiership...

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Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Pontypridd made to battle but remain in the title hunt

By TIM LEWIS RGC 1404 ……14 Pontypridd ….18 PONTYPRIDD kept their slim title hopes alive as they claimed a hardfought victory...

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Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Double-double firmly in skipper Howe’s sights

National Cup: Cardiff v Merthyr Today. Kick-off 5.35pm JAMES Howe had to sit out last season’s WRU National Cup Final because...

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Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Morgans at the double as Quins romp past Ponty

By TOM PRITCHARD Pontypridd …12 Carm Quins …32 CARMARTHEN Quins produced an impressive display to secure a bonuspoint win over Pontypridd...

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Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Newport v Pontypridd

Preview… Sun April 7. Kick-off 2.30pm PONTYPRIDD will get the chance to force themselves back into the Principality Premiership title race...

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Women's Premier 15's

/ 6 years ago

Women’s game needs new laws to avoid head injuries

JEFF PROBYN Brick wall: England fly-half Katy Daley-Mclean is hit hard by Ireland’s Lindsay Peat PICTURE: Getty Images A FRONT ROW...

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Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Whites’ winning run ended as Ponty punish ill-discipline

By CARL FIELD Pontypridd ….31 Swansea ……19 PONTYPRIDD maintained their title push with a bonus-point triumph over Swansea at Sardis Road...

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Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Ponty keep focussed despite off-pitch rumours

By ROB COLE Neath………………0 Pontypridd ….45 PONTYPRIDD put a troubled week behind them as they stayed in the title race with...

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Featured

/ 6 years ago

Peter Jackson column: Glory days come with a big price for Dafydd

[quote] “Glory Days. Well they’ll pass you by, Glory Days In the wink of a young girl’s eye, Glory Days, Glory...

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Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Powerful Ponty prevail after Shellard stars for the hosts

By IAN GOLDEN Pontypridd 35 Llanelli 26 PONTYPRIDD edged their way into the quarter-finals with victory over Llanelli at Sardis Road...

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Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Principality Premiership

Ebbw Vale……27 RGC 1404 ………26 EBBW Vale ensured they remain in the title race by battling back from a sixpoint deficit...

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Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Ponty ride out early wave to pile on half century of points

By GEOFF CHAMPION Bedlinog ……….3 Pontypridd ….50 POWERFUL Pontypridd weathered an early storm in their National Cup first round tie against...

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Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

PREVIEW Cardiff v Ponty’

Tue 1 Jan. 2.30pm DAFYDD Lockyer reckons a Pontypridd win at the Arms Park on New Year’s Day could blow arch-rivals...

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Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Stuckey at the double as mighty Ponty keep on winning

By GUTO DAVIES PONTYPRIDD bagged an impressive sixth consecutive league win on the bounce against relegation battlers Llanelli. The disparity in...

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Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Fricker brace guides Steelmen to win

■By GEOFF CHAMPION Ebbw Vale…20 Llanelli …7 FLANKER Lloyd Evans pounced for a crucial 70th try to earn Ebbw Vale victory...

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Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Ponty pile on the pressure with heavy victory

■By TIM LEWIS Pontypridd …54 Bedwas …17 Principality Premiership PONTYPRIDD moved to within two points of Principality Premiership leaders Merthyr with...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 6 years ago

Ponty thump Bargoed to keep heat on at the top

■By CARL FIELD Pontypridd …51 Bargoed …14 PONTYPRIDD remain in touch with rivals Merthyr at the top after a thumping win...

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Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Williams holds his nerve as Ponty get tight win

By LYNDON EDNEY Carmarthen…13 Pontypridd …16 CARMARTHEN Quins were left kicking themselves for their second-half indiscipline that allowed Lewis Williams to...

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Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

League leaders defeated as Frewen delivers at the death

By GEOFF CHAMPION Merthyr …28 Newport …30 FOR the second time in two seasons Craig Warlow’s Black & Amber army marched...

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Club Rugby

/ 6 years ago

Another heavy defeat for Neath as Cardiff run riot

By ALEX BYWATER Neath................17 Cardiff............59 ED Howley rubbed salt in Neath’s wounds with a late try as Cardiff hammered his former...

By The Rugby Paper Team