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Williams glad he’s back and wants to stay

13 April 2025 0 comments

■ By SIMON THOMAS Good return: Rhodri Williams playing for Wales this season PICTURE: Getty Images RHODRI Williams is the first to admit he thought […]

Drovers bring Cardiff down

13 April 2025 0 comments

Super Rygbi round-up By ROB COLE LLANDOVERY ended Super Rygbi Cymru leaders Cardiff ’s six-match winning streak after coming out on top 48-43 in a […]

Fijian captain Waisea Nayacalevu fails to make appearance for Ospreys

6 April 2025 0 comments

By Peter Jackson – The man truly in the know In the natural world of all things ornithological, the sighting of an Osprey amounts to […]

Bridgend can’t stop Cardiff run

6 April 2025 0 comments

Super Rygbi round-up By CARL FIELD CARDIFF remain in pole position after they made it six league wins on the bounce at Bridgend. Elijah Evans, […]

Clinical Cardiff back to the top

30 March 2025 0 comments

Welsh Rugby Super Rygbi round-up By CARL FIELD CARDIFF reclaimed top spot in Super Rygbi Cymru yesterday after they won 44-22 at Aberavon to make […]

Loughborough take title in their stride

16 March 2025 0 comments

By TOM JEFFREYS LOUGHBOROUGH hammered Swansea to reclaim the BUCS Super Rugby title, despite intense pressure from Hartpury. It was one of the most thrilling […]

Drovers set for Steelmen final

16 March 2025 0 comments

Super Rygbi Cymru Cup round-up By ROB COLE Scoring spree: Joe Franchi and Adam Warren LLANDOVERY will host Ebbw Vale in the Super Rygbi Cymru […]

Opinion: Now is the perfect time for Wales to deploy Keiran Williams

12 March 2025 0 comments

By Pete Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Welsh rugby is on the brink of a new era, a proud nation striving to reclaim its former glory. With […]

Bucs Super Rugby: Loughborough made to fight all the way

9 March 2025 0 comments

Bucs Rugby By Tom Jeffreys Loughborough survived the biggest threat to their league title hopes by the skin of their teeth against Leeds Beckett to […]

Treble for Preen as L’borough power on

2 March 2025 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY ■By TOM JEFFREYS LOUGHBOROUGH are two games away from the BUCS Super Rugby league title after they overcame their last major obstacle in […]

Dark Blues set sights on revenge

2 March 2025 0 comments

INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day may have been around for more than 100 years, but it is only 10 years since the women rugby players of Oxford […]

Steelmen take big step to final

2 March 2025 0 comments

Super Rygbi Cymru Cup ■By CARL FIELD EBBW Vale put one foot firmly in the final after beating Gwent rivals Newport 44-21 to move into […]

Kieran Hardy is getting back to his best

23 February 2025 0 comments

By Simon Thomas After going through a challenging spell in his career, Kieran Hardy is now enjoying his rugby again and playing with a smile […]

Hartpury, L’borough duel for the title

23 February 2025 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY ■By TOM JEFFREYS IT’S all to play for as BUCS Super Rugby enters the final stages of another enthralling season. The profile of […]

Hartpury & Exeter back in running

9 February 2025 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS IT was a weekend of revival in BUCS Super Rugby as Hartpury gave life to the title race and Exeter […]

De la Rua puts Cardiff on top

9 February 2025 0 comments

By CARL FIELD Super Rygbi round-up CARDIFF went top with a 34-26 bonus-point win over RGC at the Arms Park. The decisive moment arrived on […]

Hartpury give the edge to L’borough

2 February 2025 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY ■ By TOM JEFFREYS LOUGHBOROUGH put one hand on the league trophy as Bath fell to defeat against Hartpury. It was going to […]

Wales job for Lynn

2 February 2025 0 comments

GLOUCESTER-Hartpury head coach Sean Lynn said it was a “really tough” decision to leave the club, after being announced as Wales’ new head coach last […]

King gives RGC edge on Cardiff

2 February 2025 0 comments

Super Rygbi Cup round-up ■ By CARL FIELD RGC made it two wins from two in Pool A of the Super Rygbi Cymru Cup as […]

Morgan leads the fightback

26 January 2025 0 comments

Super Rygbi Cup round-up By CARL FIELD LLANDOVERY overturned a 21-point deficit in the second half to earn a stunning 40-33 comeback triumph over Cardiffin […]

Champs looking to keep on top

19 January 2025 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By CAMERON STEPHENS AFTER a six-week break, BUCS Super Rugby returns for round 12 as Loughborough look to extend their lead at the […]

Cool McBryde steals it for RGC

5 January 2025 0 comments

Super Rygbi round-up ■ By CARL FIELD BILLY McBryde held his nerve to land a last kick of the match conversion to snatch a stunning […]

Remembering the days when Cardiff set the standard in club rugby

29 December 2024 0 comments

A new year beckons, one that will mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of Cardiff Rugby Club, modestly subtitled The Greatest and written by […]

Steelmen enjoy taste of revenge

29 December 2024 0 comments

Welsh Rugby Super Rygbi round-up ■By CARL FIELD EBBW Vale avenged last weekend’s Gwent derby defeat at Pontypool with a thoroughly convincing 34-3 win in […]

Iestyn Hopkins in right place to snatch it for Ospreys

22 December 2024 0 comments

By Roger Panting Ospreys………………………… 23pts Tries: Parry 36, Tipuric 47, Hopkins 80 Conversion: Edwards 47 Penalties: Edwards 10, 58 Scarlets……………………….. 22pts Try: Mee 40 Conversion: […]

Hopkins in right place to snatch it for Ospreys

22 December 2024 0 comments

By ROGER PANTING Ospreys………………………… 23pts Tries: Parry 36, Tipuric 47, Hopkins 80 Conversion: Edwards 47 Penalties: Edwards 10, 58 Scarlets……………………….. 22pts Try: Mee 40 Conversion: […]

Hopkins in right place to snatch it for Ospreys

22 December 2024 0 comments

Pooler step up to stun Steelmen

22 December 2024 0 comments

Super Rygbi round-up By CARL FIELD SUPER Rygbi Cymru leaders Ebbw Vale were stunned 2316 at Gwent rivals Pontypool yesterday – ending their seven-match winning […]

Pooler step up to stun Steelmen

22 December 2024 0 comments

Super Rygbi round-up By CARL FIELD SUPER Rygbi Cymru leaders Ebbw Vale were stunned 2316 at Gwent rivals Pontypool yesterday – ending their seven-match winning […]

Pooler step up to stun Steelmen

22 December 2024 0 comments

Super Rygbi round-up By CARL FIELD SUPER Rygbi Cymru leaders Ebbw Vale were stunned 2316 at Gwent rivals Pontypool yesterday – ending their seven-match winning […]

L’borough make it ten wins in a row

15 December 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS LOUGHBOROUGH have one hand on the BUCS Super Rugby league title after a statement 47-24 win against Bath. The reigning […]

Tuipulotu hat-trick has Bath on move

8 December 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY ■ By TOM JEFFREYS KEPU Tuipulotu scored another hat-trick to help Bath move into second in the BUCS Super Rugby table. Tuipulotu arrived […]

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1 December 2024 0 comments

L’borough teach Exeter a lesson ■ By TOM JEFFREYS LOUGHBOROUGH underlined their favourites status by thumping Exeter. The Loughborough-Exeter rivalry has been at the epicentre […]

Cardiff make it five in a row

1 December 2024 0 comments

Super Rygbi round-up ■ By CARL FIELD TABLE toppers Cardiff recovered from going behind early on to defeat Pontypool 27-10 at the Arms Park and […]

Exeter’s season is back on track

24 November 2024 0 comments

By TOM JEFFREYS EXETER bounced back from their shock defeat to Leeds Beckett to beat Cardiff 56-28, while Loughborough extended their lead at the summit […]

Bridgend Ravens vs Carmarthen Quins – Super Rygbi Cymru Match Preview

21 November 2024 0 comments

By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports The wait is over! Super Rygbi Cymru is back as we start block two of the competition. The weekend’s first […]

Champs stunned by double defeats

17 November 2024 0 comments

By TOM JEFFERIES TWO enormous shocks in both the men’s and women’s Super BUCS leagues punctuate a thrilling start to the middle third of the […]

Mediocre Exeter have it all to do

10 November 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFERIES WITH six rounds down, 12 to go, and Premiership Cup action draining university resources, men’s BUCS Super Rugby took a […]

Bevan happy with his baptism of fire

3 November 2024 0 comments

■By SIMON THOMAS SO much has happened in the life of Ellis Bevan over the last six months but one moment stands out above all […]

Cardiff go down to shock defeat

3 November 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK CARDIFF Met suffered a shock loss to Hartpury which allowed Bath to claim second place and remain within touching distance […]

Rising stars thrive for Scarlets

27 October 2024 0 comments

■By SIMON THOMAS Scarlets ………… 30pts Tries: Rogers 28, Page 43, Murray 47, Macleod 57 Conversions: Lloyd 45, 58 Penalties: Lloyd 5, 23 Zebre ……………….. […]

Bath take the glory in late drama

27 October 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY ■ By TOM JEFFREYS DEFENDING league champions Exeter University suffered their first defeat of the season this week, losing 20-18 away to Bath […]

Morris hat-trick lifts Steelmen

27 October 2024 0 comments

Super Rygbi round-up ■ By CARL FIELD HOOKER Ieuan Morris came off the bench to settle matters for Ebbw Vale at Carmarthen Quins with his […]

Swansea RFC vs Pontypool – Super Rygbi Cymru Match Preview

24 October 2024 0 comments

By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports On Thursday, Pontypool will make the hour-plus journey to St Helens to take on Swansea RFC under floodlights. The Super […]

Jacob Stockdale at the double as Ulster put Ospreys away

20 October 2024 0 comments

By John Fallon Ulster …………….36pts Tries: McCormick 5, 52, Stockdale 10, 65, Marcus Rea 32, Penalty 24 Conversions: Cooney 33, Doak 66 Ospreys …………12pts Tries: […]

Scarlets on fire to send the Bulls to first defeat

20 October 2024 0 comments

By Simon Thomas Scarlets ………………………. 23pts Tries: Macleod 11, Murray 41, Rogers 72 Conversion: Lloyd 12 Penalties: Lloyd 40, 52 Bulls……………………………… 22pts Tries: Moodie 1, […]

Dramatic draw as Bath fight back

20 October 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS BATH and Hartpury wowed an 8,000 strong crowd at The Rec as BUCS Super Rugby capitalised on a big chance […]

Aberavon can’t handle Cardiff

20 October 2024 0 comments

Welsh Rugby Super Rygbi round-up By CARL FIELD CARDIFF remain two points clear at the top of Super Rygbi Cymru after coming from behind to […]

Bulls have too much in reserve for Ospreys

13 October 2024 0 comments

By Simon Thomas Ospreys ………… 19pts Tries: Lake 27, Conbeer 54, Morris 79 Conversions: Edwards 55, Walsh 80 Bulls ………………29pts Tries: Louw 3, Arendse 11, […]

Tuipulotu hat-trick steers Bath to victory

13 October 2024 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS KEPU Tuipulotu announced himself on the senior stage with a 23-minute hat-trick in Bath’s win over Cardiff Met. Tuipulotu, the […]

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