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Humphreys backing Plumtree to play major role for Wales

30 July 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Wales forwards coach John Humphreys says that new signing Taine Plumtree from New Zealand could play a big part in their World […]

Ospreys agree deals with five players

16 July 2023 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA OSPREYS have agreed new contracts with five players for next season. Former Wales U20s fly-half Luke Scully has signed to remain at the […]

We are not going anywhere, say Ospreys

25 June 2023 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON Ospreys are adamant they will be open for business as usual in Swansea next season despite talks about relocating to Cardiff. The […]

After this, Prince Harry could be calling AWJ

11 June 2023 0 comments

PETER JACKSON Alun Wyn Jones continues to treat ‘the media’ with such contempt that it may be but a matter of time before Prince Harry […]

Folau call was TV turn-off for Gareth

11 June 2023 0 comments

By NICK POWELL Gareth Thomas “refused” to watch the Barbarians vs World XV match last month due to the “contradiction” of having symbols to celebrate […]

Bob right to break barriers

28 May 2023 0 comments

THAT was an excellent letter/article by Bob Reeves in last Sunday’s TRP. I have heard from friends involved in grassroots rugby in England, how difficult […]

Ponty end campaign on a high

7 May 2023 0 comments

Pontypridd…………..29 Swansea…………….. 10 By PAUL HOPKINS Pontypridd ended one of their most miserable seasons on a high as they notched their first win since January […]

Dodd’s late show clinches Swans’ thriller

16 April 2023 0 comments

By WILLIAM SPARKES Swansea……………..32 Bridgend……………… 31 Swansea held on to defeat Bridgend by a single point in a thriller at St Helen’s. The home side […]

Drovers stay on course for top spot

9 April 2023 0 comments

Premiership By HUW S THOMAS Llandovery………….52 Swansea……………..24 THE Drovers did everything they needed to do to hold onto the top spot and, with two games […]

Williams leaves it late to add bonus point

2 April 2023 0 comments

By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea………………. 8 Cardiff………………….29 Cardiff’s charge towards the Indigo Premiership top spot gained momentum with a bonus-point victory over Swansea at St Helen’s. […]

Bob Burrows, the man who opened door for Living with Lions

19 March 2023 0 comments

PETER JACKSON Bob Burrows joined the BBC from Fleet Street via the Yorkshire Post during the heady days of late summer 1966 over England‘s footballers […]

Titcombe steers Loughborough to first title

19 March 2023 1 comment

BUCS SUPER RUGBY By CAMERON STEPHENS Loughborough were crowned BUCS Super Rugby champions for the first time ever after their dramatic final-round victory over Cardiff […]

Drovers get back on track

19 March 2023 1 comment

Welsh Premiership Swansea………………. 9 Llandovery………….35 The Drovers responded to Merthyr overtaking them in the table to move into second place by picking up their 14th […]

Barton’s penalty keeps Exeter in the hunt

12 March 2023 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By CAMERON STEPHENS REIGNING champions Exeter ensured the race for the BUCS Super Rugby title will go to the final day with their […]

Resilient Notts stay in play-off race with Bath win

5 March 2023 2 comments

BUCS RUGBY By CAM STEPHENS Newcomers Nottingham secured their place in BUCS Super Rugby next season with a 24-19 victory over fourth-place Bath in their […]

Last-gasp Young secures Vale comeback

5 March 2023 1 comment

By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea……………..24 Ebbw Vale…………… 31 A dramatic late try by Lewis Young completed an incredible comeback from Ebbw Vale as they picked up […]

Hartpury cement place at the top

26 February 2023 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By CAM STEPHENS Hartpury women’s head coach Mo Hunt hailed the character of her squad after they lifted the Women’s National League trophy […]

Price is right for Black and Ambers

19 February 2023 1 comment

Premiership By ROB COLE Newport……………….33 Swansea……………..24 Walker Price made sure Newport got back to winning ways with a bonus-point victory. The Dragons academy wing raced […]

Notts on course to survive after Met victory

12 February 2023 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By CAMERON STEPHENS New boys Nottingham took a giant leap towards ensuring their BUCS Super Rugby survival as they moved 13 points clear […]

Garside on target to keep Bath in charge

5 February 2023 0 comments

By Nick Powell Bath remain joint top of the table with Exeter after Alfie Garside’s last-minute penalty gave them a 20-17 win at Cardiff Met. […]

Cherry feeling tops after shock victory

29 January 2023 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By ELISE HAMERSLEY Nottingham started their first game of 2023 in style with a nail-biting 20-17 win over Loughborough on Friday night. Loughborough, […]

Quins triumph in basement battle

29 January 2023 0 comments

Premiership By HARRY CORISH Llanelli…………………28 Carmarthen…………38 MARC Jones’ Carmarthen Quins seem to have found the winning formula at last, and this win not only completed […]

Battle-hardened Ironmen are just too strong

29 January 2023 0 comments

Premiership By JACK LONGSTAFF Swansea………………. 6 Merthyr……………….. 31 A BATTLE-HARDENED Merthyr put Swansea to the sword with an emphatic bonus-point victory. The visitors got off […]

All Whites reeling after Taylor heroics

15 January 2023 2 comments

By ROB COLE Swansea……………..33 Carmarthen…………34 Carmarthen Quins turned the form book on its head as they defeated Swansea by a single point to notch their […]

Borthwick keeps his focus on Tigers task

11 December 2022 1 comment

By GARY FITZGERALD Preview Ospreys v Leicester Today. Kick-off 5.30pm STEVE Borthwick pushed aside thoughts on his own coaching future to warn his Tigers of […]

Cardiff Met get a lesson from Swansea

11 December 2022 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By NICK POWELL Swansea stunned Cardiff Met at Cyncoed in their Welsh derby to re-ignite their season and move into the play-off places. […]

Durham fight hard to tame battling Exeter

27 November 2022 0 comments

BUCS RUGBY By NICK POWELL Durham gained revenge for Exeter beating them in last year’s Championship final as they battled to a 20-15 victory at […]

Smith hat-trick stops Cardiff’s away run

20 November 2022 1 comment

BUCS RUGBY By BEN JAYCOCK Flanker Ben Smith scored a hat-trick as Loughborough University beat Cardiff 31-10 to return to the top of BUCS Super […]

Brave Ravens give faltering Drovers a fright

20 November 2022 1 comment

Llandovery………….28 Bridgend……………… 13 By HUW S THOMAS FORGET the scoreline. Bottom-side Bridgend came close to inflicting a surprise win over high-flying Llandovery. In the end, […]

Jones gives Whites the runaround

13 November 2022 0 comments

Premiership By ROB COLE Swansea…………….. 19 RGC………………………..47 THERE were tries aplenty at St Helen’s as RGC 1404 ran out convincing victors against Swansea. The North […]

BUCS Super Rugby round-up: Met win at Kingsholm on epic Wednesday

3 November 2022 0 comments

Cardiff Met moved within a point of rivals Cardiff Uni at the top of the table as they edged Hartpury 26-25 in a Kingsholm classic, […]

Dragon Lloyd brings up 150

23 October 2022 0 comments

Preview Dragons v Ospreys Today. 3pm PROP Lloyd Fairbrother makes his 150th Dragons appearance today – only the 11th player to achieve that feat. Back […]

Durham find their feet to move up

23 October 2022 1 comment

BUCS RUGBY ■By NICK POWELL DURHAM bounced back from defeat in Cardiff with a 49-33 victory over Nottingham that took them second in the table. […]

Roberts try seals derby win for Cardiff

9 October 2022 1 comment

UNIVERSITY RUGBY By NICK POWELL CARDIFF recorded another narrow away victory as they beat Cardiff Met in a derby that came down to the last […]

Ironmen show their strength in top triumph

9 October 2022 0 comments

By ROB COLE Merthyr………………..35 Swansea…………….. 14 The Ironmen flexed their muscles and dominated a Swansea team that came into the game on the back of […]

Brown on a high as new boys too good for Leeds

2 October 2022 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA ■By BEN JAYCOCK NEWLY-PROMOTED Nottingham went top at the end of round one of BUCS Super Rugby, beating Leeds Beckett 31-15 from 10-0 […]

All Whites edge out Ponty in thriller

2 October 2022 0 comments

Swansea……………..45 Pontypridd…………..22 By PAUL HOPKINS AN outstanding Swansea side earned victory over Pontypridd in a thriller. The hosts got an early try when Gareth J […]

Sloane wraps up revenge for Whites

18 September 2022 1 comment

Swansea……………..40 Llanelli………………… 13 By PAUL HOPKINS SWANSEA gained sweet revenge for Llanelli’s opening-day victory with a convincing win in the Welsh Cup at St Helen’s. […]

Ospreys can reach play-offs – Booth

15 September 2022 1 comment

Ospreys boss Toby Booth has set his sights on the URC play-offs this season, after his side earned a place in the Heineken Champions Cup […]

Powerful Wizards ease to another big win

11 September 2022 2 comments

WELSH PREMIER By ROB COLE Swansea ……..17 Aberavon ……..39 The Wizards sit happily on top of the Premiership table after two big wins having made […]

Davies brings curtain down on his 30-year service with Wales

21 August 2022 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON Mark Davies is to end one of the longest careers in Test rugby – 30 years unbroken service with Wales treating casualties […]

Ampthill looking to learn from Worsley’s French nous

17 July 2022 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Joe Worsley has already started putting Ampthill’s players through their paces as the latest member of an impressive coaching set-up led by […]

A’s ace Cambriani enjoys his revival

19 June 2022 0 comments

■By BEN JAYCOCK Danger man: Ben Cambriani scores for Ampthill PICTURE: PRiME Media Images AFTER being released by Ospreys, Ben Cambriani has enjoyed a career […]

Young Guns: Rhodri Lewis, Ospreys Wing

19 June 2022 2 comments

Having already been compared to his childhood hero Shane Williams, 17-yeaold Rhodri Lewis has issued a warning to the Ospreys senior players that he’s ‘here […]

Newcastle Falcons sign Josh Thomas

19 May 2022 0 comments

Newcastle Falcons have signed Ospreys fly-half Josh Thomas for next season on a two-year contract. The 21-year-old can also play at full-back and has made […]

North takes centre stage in first start for 12 months

8 May 2022 0 comments

PREVIEW… Ospreys v Dragons Today. Kick-off 3pm, Swansea.com Stadium GEORGE North will make his first start in more than a year after being named at […]

Ospreys sign Exeter fly-half Jack Walsh

4 May 2022 0 comments

The Ospreys have completed a deal to sign talented fly-half Jack Walsh from Exeter Chiefs. America-born, the 22-year-old has penned a two-year contract with the […]

Cardiff bag vital bonus as title race hots up

10 April 2022 0 comments

Premiership By ROB COLE Swansea …………..20 Cardiff ………………27 TWO years ago Cardiff were odds-on to win the Premiership title before Covid hit and forced the […]

Davies fluffs chance to be the hero

27 March 2022 1 comment

Premiership By ANTHONY WILSON Swansea …………..24 Pontypridd ……….25 JAMES Davies had the chance to be the hero for Swansea with a last gasp conversion, but […]