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Sorry, Steve, your fatigue factor does not stack up

25 March 2018 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW England’s Six Nations’ implosion has prompted the resurrection of a myth masquerading as truth – too many […]

Hadleigh parks bride for La Rochelle date

25 March 2018 0 comments

STEFFAN THOMAS catches up with Wales’ new midfield star Hadleigh Parkes Euro bid: Hadleigh Parkes PICTURE: Getty Images HADLEIGH Parkes will spend his Good Friday […]

Tahiti find players are ineligible – five years after they started!

25 March 2018 1 comment

WORLD Rugby so reluctant to get involved in the controversial World Cup qualifier in Brussels, acted decisively enough this week to intervene and throw Tahiti […]

Steffon stars but Stade continue to feel the pain

25 March 2018 0 comments

Man of the match: Steffon Armitage starred for Pau against Oyonnax Stade Francais, the one-time giants of French rugby, launched a public campaign to summon […]

Scarlets add Springbok No.8 Cassiem to their hit-list

18 March 2018 0 comments

THE Scarlets have targeted the signing of Springboks No.8 Uzair Cassiem from the Cheetahs. Cassiem, 28, has won eight South Africa caps, the last against […]

Dragons keen to sign Blues utility back Collins

18 March 2018 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA MICHAEL Collins has emerged as a transfer target for the Dragons. The Auckland Blues utility back impressed during a seven-month stint at the […]

Faletau: It’s time to showcase our skills

11 March 2018 1 comment

ALEX BYWATER finds the new Wales captain wants team to prove how exciting they can be Key men: Gareth Anscombe and Giulio Bisegni PICTURE: Getty […]

North owes Saints some words of explanation

11 March 2018 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Missing man: George North PICTURE: Getty Images George North has spent the week stewing in silence over […]

Namibian star Klim will add speed to Ospreys line

11 March 2018 2 comments

■ By STEFFAN THOMAS THE Ospreys have signed Namibian international wing Lesley Klim on a twoyear deal. Doncaster Knights flyer Klim, who can also play […]

RUGBY SHORTS

11 March 2018 0 comments

Welsh leave for Varndell SCARLETS have signed Bristol wing Tom Varndell on a short-term deal until the end of the season to ease an injury […]

Bulls chances go west with skipper Blacker’s yellow card

11 March 2018 0 comments

■ By HUW S THOMAS Llanelli …48 Bargoed …7 WEST was best at Parc Y Scarlets, where Llanelli beat the visitors from the East with […]

Irish ‘bullies’ gave us a lesson at breakdown

25 February 2018 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Superb: Wales openside Josh Navidi PICTURE: Getty Images Powerplay: Bundee Aki crashes over for Ireland’s opening try One of […]

RUGBY MATTERS

18 February 2018 0 comments

French break the mould with move to Marseilles BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points Formidable record: France beat the […]

Owens eager to bring Gats’ ton up in style

18 February 2018 2 comments

By ALEX BYWATER Previous: Ken Owens in action against Ireland last season KEN Owens insists Wales remain in a good position to seal their first […]

Turn these Dragons into Lions and watch them go on a rampage again

15 February 2018 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher looks back on the history of Gwent rugby and the county’s current PRO14 side Dragons

Ring-fencing is no cure-all says Bath director Hooper

11 February 2018 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY RING-FENCING the Premiership would not provide a silver bullet for slashing the number of overseas journeymen and improving English player development, according […]

Blues taken to the limit by dynamic Cheetahs

11 February 2018 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS CARDIFF Blues kept their Champions Cup qualification hopes alive with a narrow victory over the Cheetahs at the Arms Park. Victory for […]

De Klerk sees red but super Sale still run in six tries

4 February 2018 1 comment

By STEFFAN THOMAS SALE Sharks ran in six tries to comfortably beat the Scarlets despite having scrum-half Faf De Klerk sent off. The former Springbok […]

Momentum will carry us to Twickenham with belief

4 February 2018 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS Midfield maestro: Centre Hadleigh Parkes That was more like it! I’ve said for a long time that Wales have the players to take […]

Halfpenny is class on another red-letter day for Scarlets

4 February 2018 2 comments

PETER JACKSON VERDICT Marksman: Leigh Halfpenny kicks more points One day soon the scoreline will be enshrined in clubhouses all over Heart and Soul Rugby […]

Jackson column: Rhys Webb has become the victim of politics

31 January 2018 0 comments

Peter Jackson suggests Rhys Webb may never play for Wales in Cardiff again given he will be 32 when his Toulon contract ends

Guscott column: Scotland can beat Wales if they play fast and error-free rugby

31 January 2018 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott pins Scotland’s hopes of victory in Cardiff on the axis of Price-Russell and dangerman Huw Jones

Halfpenny’s kicking can win it for Wales, says Sir Gareth Edwards

30 January 2018 0 comments

Wales legend gives his backing to the Scarlets full-back to kick Wales to victory against Scotland

Wales name squad for Six Nations opener

30 January 2018 0 comments

Scarlets players dominate Warren Gatland’s squad for Scotland match

Rhys has become the victim of politics

28 January 2018 0 comments

Sad: Rhys Webb has been robbed of his Cardiff farewell PICTURE: Getty Images The lucky ones find a way of bowing out with a World […]

Owen warning for ‘big-name’ Tuilagi

28 January 2018 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY No regrets: Tigers centre Gareth Owen FIT-AGAIN Leicester centre Gareth Owen has designs on the Leicester No.13 shirt which could spike Manu […]

Halfpenny ‘needs to offer more ball in hand’ warns JJ Williams

24 January 2018 0 comments

Welsh rugby great says Halfpenny hasn’t been the same since returning from Toulon

Halfpenny told to up his game or face axe

21 January 2018 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON LEIGH Halfpenny is being warned to raise his game as Wales full-back in the face of growing competition for his place. The […]

Seven tries not enough for Bath to survive

21 January 2018 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD BATH were left with major European regrets as they slipped sadly and painfully out of the Champions Cup after going on a […]

Dan’s the star man as Scarlets sizzle

21 January 2018 0 comments

By ROGER PANTING SEVENTEEN points from Dan Jones was just enough for Scarlets to win a thrilling Pool 5 decider and put the Welsh region […]

Guscott column: Blackadder must beef up front five

18 January 2018 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott reacts to Bath being overwhelmed by the Scarlets in the Champions Cup on home turf

Scarlets in talks to bring North back

14 January 2018 1 comment

NEWS EXTRA By ALEX BYWATER SCARLETS are in talks to re-sign George North for the start of next season after the Ospreys cooled their interest […]

Super Scarlets pull plug on Bath hopes

14 January 2018 0 comments

By ROGER PANTING Bath 17pts Tries: Banahan 57, Mercer 73 Conversions: Burns 57, 73 Penalties: Burns 21 Scarlets 35pts Tries: Beirne 10, Asquith 24, Parkes […]

We were outplayed all round – Todd

14 January 2018 0 comments

BATH director of rugby Todd Blackadder was unhappy that a great opportunity to qualify had been thrown away. He said: “It’s inexcusable as that’s our […]

RUGBY MATTERS

14 January 2018 1 comment

Hartpury production line set for more Test success BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Making strides: Jake Polledri IN years […]

Turn these Dragons into Lions and watch them go on rampage again

14 January 2018 1 comment

Old maestro: Paul Turner YOU would never know it from their lowly position in the PRO14 – just two wins this season – but there […]

Hat-trick man Dyer inspires Hartpury fightback

14 January 2018 0 comments

By ANDREW BEECHAM Hartpury 41 Scarlets XV 24 HARTPURY produced a convincing second half to come up with their first win in the cup. Scarlets […]

Patchell set for Six Nations entrance

14 January 2018 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON RHYS Patchell is heading towards a Six Nations debut as part of Wales’ 23 against Scotland in Cardiff next month. His success […]

Ashton hunts bonus

14 January 2018 0 comments

Preview… Toulon v Benetton Today, Kick-off 1pm CHRIS Ashton starts on the left wing for Toulon as they look to earn a bonus point win […]

Williams column: George North blow means we’ll rely more on Steff Evans

10 January 2018 0 comments

Shane Williams explains why George North is a ‘world-class’ player and why he is vital to Wales

Wales in SOS to Worcester wing Josh

7 January 2018 1 comment

Wreckage mounts for Welsh wingers By PETER JACKSON Finding form: Manu Tuilagi scored for Leicester Tigers in their defeat of London Irish PICTURE: Getty Images […]

Confidence boost for Bath ahead of Europe

7 January 2018 1 comment

By ROGER PANTING BATH move into next week’s European crunch game with Scarlets in good spirits after a six try demolition of Worcester. After three […]

Captain Garvey looks inward for answers to Bath’s inconsistency

7 January 2018 1 comment

ROOKIE skipper Matt Garvey admits Bath’s inconsistency has hit him hard as they prepare for Friday’s crucial Champions Cup clash against the Scarlets. Todd Blackadder’s […]

Bath should remember helpers from Brive

7 January 2018 0 comments

ANDY Nicol acclaims it as ‘without doubt the greatest achievement of my career’, Bath’s single-point European Cup final victory over Brive in Bordeaux in January […]

Cut yap with one yellow card

7 January 2018 0 comments

RESPECT for the referee is a precious quality in rugby and yet hardly a weekend passes without the officials being subjected to various degrees of […]

Brendan Gallagher picks his 2017 Team of the Year

4 January 2018 0 comments

Despite Argentina’s poor year, one Los Pumas player makes the grade

Wales advised to consider Vern Cotter as successor to Gatland

2 January 2018 0 comments

Mike Ruddock urges the WRU to consider the former Scotland boss he describes as a ‘class act’

Ruddock: Add Cotter to the list for Wales

31 December 2017 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON WALES are being advised to consider Vern Cotter as their new head coach. Mike Ruddock, the only Welshman to oversee a Grand […]

RUGBY MATTERS

31 December 2017 0 comments

Good news for Falcons but seriously, why no Cipriani? BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points Danny Cipriani Gary Graham […]

PRO14 pair banned following red cards

31 December 2017 0 comments

SCOTLAND prop Simon Berghan will miss the Six Nations opener against Wales after being banned for six weeks. Edinburgh star Berghan, 27, was red carded […]

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