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Beauty and the beast in equal parts

3 November 2019 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher’s reminiscences from a truly memorable World Cup in Japan Bowing out: The Japanese team show humility Best ref never to get a final: […]

Cain column: Let’s hear it for World Cup’s little big men

23 October 2019 0 comments

Nick Cain fixes the spotlight on Japan’s diminutive flyers after helping the Brave Blossoms to achieve a team first

Williams column: Warburton red card still haunts me to this day

22 October 2019 0 comments

The semi-final loss at the 2011 Rugby World Cup was the worst moment in the career of Shane Williams and other members of the Wales squad

Let’s hear it for World Cup’s little big men

20 October 2019 2 comments

CAIN OPINION FROM JAPAN EVERY WEEK THE legacy of Gerald Davies and Shane Williams, the sensationally talented Wales and Lions wingers, lives on in the […]

Williams column: Cancelled game will help Welsh chances

13 October 2019 0 comments

WALES are battered and bruised, but they are also battle-hardened for the World Cup’s quarter-finals and that is where you want to be instead of […]

Hope has turned into belief after Aussie win

6 October 2019 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Word class rugby: Hadleigh Parkes score against Australia PICTURE: Getty Images THERE will be no sense of complacency from […]

Williams column: This Wales side have got Michael Cheika worried

29 September 2019 0 comments

Shane Williams previews the big clash in Pool A between Wales and Australia

Williams column: Hadleigh Parkes will know when the time is right to by risky

17 September 2019 0 comments

Shane Williams pinpoints Hadleigh Parkes as the man central to Wales’ backline

Darcy can prove small is dangerous

15 September 2019 0 comments

By GARY HEATLY SCOTLAND Pocket rocket: Scottish wing Darcy Graham SCOTLAND winger Darcy Graham has vowed to be at his mesmerising best in a bid […]

Williams column: No sweat, we’re ready for Georgia and Australia

13 September 2019 0 comments

Shane Williams wants to see Wales use their wingers in a different way to be truly devastating

Rhys Carre one of two uncapped players in Wales’ team to face Ireland

29 August 2019 0 comments

Josh Navidi will captain Wales in Cardiff, as revealed by TRP last week

Williams column: Warm-ups essential to get Wales up to speed

7 August 2019 0 comments

Shane Williams says it’s impossible to predict Wales’ 23 given their options, unlike England

WRU must get behind our Sevens potential

28 July 2019 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS Sevens graduate: James Davies is a regular for Scarlets PICTURE: Getty Images WALES AND LIONS LEGEND ALL the focus is on the Rugby […]

Halfpenny at 15 but give Liam a free role

9 June 2019 2 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Sensational season: Liam Williams PICTURE: Getty Images LLIAM Williams can now rightly lay claim to being one of the […]

For Ospreys to fire they must sort Alun Wyn

26 May 2019 1 comment

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Priority: Ospreys must get Alun Wyn Jones under contract PICTURES: Getty Images Who would have thought it? Halfway through […]

DREAMTEAM

26 May 2019 0 comments

JAMES HOOK, OSPREYS AND FORMER NEATH, PERPIGNAN, GLOUCESTER & WALES FLY-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Gethin Jenkins – […]

Taskmaster Ryan won’t let the rot continue

19 May 2019 2 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Non-nonsense: Dean Ryan coaches his Gloucester players PICTURE: Getty Images DEAN Ryan is a no-nonsense, no-frills character. He’s straight […]

Williams column: British & Irish Lions call will prove Gatland as one of the best

18 May 2019 0 comments

Shane Williams says there’s no better man for the job of leading the Lions to South Africa in 2021

Lions call will let Gat prove he’s one of best

12 May 2019 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS Lion-hearted: Warren Gatland in New Zealand in 2017 PICTURE: Getty Images WARREN Gatland is already the best Wales coach of all time in […]

World Cup could help Dean Ryan and Dragons

5 May 2019 2 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS Good recruit: Josh Adams will fit in really well at Cardiff Blues PICTURE: Getty Images THIS is the stage of the season you […]

Shane Williams column: Owen Lane offers Wales variety out wide

29 April 2019 0 comments

Owen Lane simply has to be a strong consideration for the World Cup

Wales must get Shaun and Byron in tandem

21 April 2019 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND YOU know the saying – two heads are better than one. Well, that certainly applies to the Wales coaching […]

The loss of Rhys is a huge blow to Wales

14 April 2019 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Rising star: Rhys Carre playing for Wales U20 against France RHYS Carre’s move from Cardiff Blues to Saracens was […]

Shane Williams column: Top foreign imports will drive up Welsh standards

4 April 2019 0 comments

Shane Williams argues the case for Johnny McNicholl to be involved with Wales

Peter Jackson’s greatest Wales team of all time

28 March 2019 0 comments

The Grandest of Slammers – Jackson’s XV for Wales’ 50 years of glory

Pocket rocket primed for European explosion

24 March 2019 0 comments

SCOTTISHrugby’s man of the moment Darcy Graham feels his tries against Wales and England will count for little if he cannot take that form into […]

Shane Williams column: Do I think this is the best Wales team ever? You’re damn right I do

28 February 2019 0 comments

Stop asking the question, they’ve hit the heights

Taylor targets England recall after Everest

17 February 2019 1 comment

By SAM PARKHOUSE ENGLAND world cup winner Tamara Taylor is making her comeback from ankle surgery and setting out to break a world record by […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

3 February 2019 0 comments

THE FORMER OSPREYS, DRAGONS, NEATH, EBBW VALE, NEWPORT AND ABERTILLERY FLY-HALF SHAUN CONNOR “I was proud to become the first Ospreys back to play 100 […]

Can England 7s end their wait for a Sevens Series crown? We talk to Ollie Phillips

17 January 2019 0 comments

Phillips is undertaking a sizeable challenge to Mount Everest in April… and he’s taking a rugby ball with him!

Gatland has to give Thomas his chance now

13 January 2019 2 comments

WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS Thomas Young is playing well enough to get in any side right now, so why not Warren Gatland’s Wales? […]

Strets insists he’s fresh for one more at Sarries

6 January 2019 2 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Still got it: David Strettle may play into his late 30s EVERGREEN Saracens wing Dave Strettle has no intention of retiring and […]

5 players Shane Williams believes can become core players for Wales in Japan

4 January 2019 0 comments

Players not named Jones, Faletau, or Halfpenny who Williams is backing for a big 2019

Jackson column: Wales’ route to hitting expectations at the World Cup

3 January 2019 0 comments

Peter Jackson looks at how the northern hemisphere’s two in-form teams, Wales and Ireland, could meet in the RWC2019 semis

Here are my fancied five to help win RWC

30 December 2018 0 comments

WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS All-court game: James Davies PICTURE: Getty Images World Cup year is upon us and now the excitement can really […]

Wales’ new belief makes them real World Cup hopes

30 December 2018 0 comments

THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON Dragons roar: Shane Williams scores Wales’ first try as they beat Ireland 22-10 at RWC2011 PICTURE: Getty […]

If we can’t have Shaun, Byron is the best option

23 December 2018 1 comment

SHANE WILLIAMS Right man for the job: Scarlets coach Byron Hayward. Wayne Pivac Jonathan Humphreys Stephen Jones STEPHEN Jones and Jonathan Humphreys are fine rugby […]

Shane Williams column: Ospreys pack must deliver carnage over Christmas

20 December 2018 0 comments

Shane Williams looks ahead to the Scarlets v Ospreys clash on Saturday

Williams column: This is the strongest Welsh squad I have ever seen

29 November 2018 0 comments

Will one of Ireland, Wales or England make the World Cup semi-finals?

Luke’s ravenous after long climb to the top

21 October 2018 1 comment

By STEFFAN THOMAS Winding road: Luke Morgan of Wales beats the tackle from Pol Pla of Spain during the 2018 New Zealand Sevens PICTURE: Getty […]

Shane Williams column: High injury toll may scupper Scarlets chances of a Champions Cup repeat

10 October 2018 0 comments

Are last year’s semi-finalists down on their luck heading into their Pool 4 opener against Racing 92

Big battle of the No9s is feast for Gatland

30 September 2018 0 comments

WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS Big chance: Ospreys’ Aled Davies clears his lines I’VE ALWAYS said regional derbies are the games which define Wales […]

Hot-stepper Jordan crossing size divide

23 September 2018 1 comment

By ALEX BYWATER Pocket rocket: Dragons full-back Jordan Williams JORDAN Williams is the man of Shane Williams’ stature proving size is not everything against Welsh […]

Hook: George North is showing he can smash Shane’s Wales try record with form for Ospreys

21 September 2018 0 comments

North’s Ospreys debut was certainly a perfect welcome home

DREAM TEAM

16 September 2018 0 comments

WILL HARRIES, EALING AND FORMER WALES, NORTHAMPTON AND DRAGONS WING, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Gethin Jenkins – Always […]

YOUNG GUNS

26 August 2018 2 comments

RIODYER DRAGONS WING Rio Dyer’s first Junior World Cup experience with Wales U20s ended in agony in June when he dislocated his left shoulder 15 […]

Williams column: Deafening WRU silence over the future of Cardiff Arms Park worries me

23 August 2018 0 comments

Shane Williams gives his take on the future of a ground with grand standing in the history of Welsh rugby

Ospreys can turn the corner with Shaun working defence

19 August 2018 0 comments

WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS Leader: Justin Tipuric has the Ospreys armband this season PICTURE: Getty Images MY former side Ospreys had a very […]