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Jenkins set to follow Williams to Ospreys

3 December 2017 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS ELLIS Jenkins looks set to swap Cardiff Blues for the Ospreys for the start of next season. The flanker will become the […]

Lack of stardust on show in Swansea

26 November 2017 0 comments

A GRAND total of 44 players, the majority of them internationals, will be missing when Ospreys kick off against Glasgow in Swansea at lunchtime today. […]

RGC stay on track after edging past Swansea in a thriller

26 November 2017 0 comments

By DEAN JONES RGC1404……….35 Swansea ………34 RGC remain in control of the Principality Premiership West after a tense home win over Swansea. The away side […]

Protheroe benefiting from time with Bruce

26 November 2017 0 comments

GIFTED full-back Mat Protheroe believes testing himself under Premiership legends Pat Lam and Bruce Reihana at Bristol will help him fulfil his untapped potential. England […]

Jackson column: How Clem Thomas seized once in a lifetime opportunity

23 November 2017 0 comments

Ahead of Wales v New Zealand, Peter Jackson recalls when Clem Thomas overcame personal tragedy

Price is right for Quins as five-try Jack sparkles

19 November 2017 0 comments

By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea …21 Carmarthen …43 A FIVE-TRY haul by star winger Jack Price helped Carmarthen to a comprehensive victory over Swansea at St […]

Alun-Wyn’s whingers put rugby morality to shame

15 October 2017 3 comments

IN SWANSEA last weekend, rugby surrendered another piece of the moral high ground they like to think separates them from football. One brief exchange between […]

Drovers stay on top after putting Whites to the sword

1 October 2017 0 comments

By TIM LEWIS Llandovery ….32 Swansea ……….9 LLANDOVERY scored four tries as they thrashed Swansea to consolidate their position at the top of the West […]

Big cats make meal of careless Ospreys

1 October 2017 1 comment

By SAM JACKSON OSPREYS coach Steve Tandy slammed his side’s high error count as they were thrashed 44-25 in Bloemfontein. The Swansea-based region have now […]

Howe holds his nerve to snatch a draw for All Whites

24 September 2017 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS Swansea …16 RGC 1404 …16 SWANSEA were held to a 16-16 draw by RGC 1404 in what was a dour game at […]

Peter Jackson: Top Cat still carries the bruises from Meads’ knee

21 September 2017 0 comments

Clive Rowlands woke up yesterday with the same ache in his lower back, just as he has woken up every Saturday for more than half […]

Lacklustre Ospreys get rocket from Tandy

17 September 2017 0 comments

By ALEX BYWATER OSPREYS head coach Steve Tandy accused his players of a lack of effort at a rain-soaked Liberty Stadium. Tries from man of […]

Come back Lions, the Ospreys need you says Dan

17 September 2017 0 comments

By STEFFAN THOMAS OSPREYS full-back Dan Evans hopes his side’s returning British & Irish Lions can boost Steve Tandy’s men following a tough start to […]

Quins battle past Swansea in scrappy encounter

17 September 2017 1 comment

By TIM LEWIS C’marthen Q 10 Swansea 6 CARMARTHEN Quins made it back-to-back wins in the West Conference of the Principality Premiership as they edged […]

Principality Premiership

10 September 2017 0 comments

Swansea …22 Bridgend …6 BRIDGEN Dwere made to pay for two yellow cards in the final ten minutes as they slipped to a defeat in […]

Swansea …28 Aberavon…41

3 September 2017 0 comments

ABERAVON took the early season bragging rights over local rivals Swansea with a thrilling triumph at St. Helens. The hosts got off to a positive […]

Wales face more woe over Walker

20 August 2017 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON WALES are concerned over the immediate future of the wing they have been trying to pick for the last five years – […]

London Welsh double act with a five-year masterplan

18 August 2017 0 comments

The John Dawes suite at Old Deer Park is adorned with memorabilia from the bygone age when London Welsh were the finest club side in […]

Action man Alun-Wyn is charging towards record

6 August 2017 0 comments

If his track record is anything to go by, Alun-Wyn Jones will pass another landmark towards the end of the coming season. His 400th competitive […]

Ystalyfera …17 Neath…38

6 August 2017 0 comments

By SAM DAVIES NEATH hit Ystalyfera for six in an entertaining warm-up match at the Ynysydaren Ground. Outside centre Richard Smith and Mike Evans were […]

Dragons renamed

25 June 2017 0 comments

NEWPORT Gwent Dragons’ name has been changed to Dragons following their takeover by the Welsh Rugby Union. The decision means only one Welsh region, Cardiff […]

Howley’s leveller is crucial in fight for play-offs

30 April 2017 1 comment

By JAMES LLOYD Swansea 32 Neath 32 NEATH remain on course for a Tier Two play-off place after Ed Howley’s last-gasp penalty saw them scrape […]

Keys cut open by Neath

9 April 2017 0 comments

Neath 59 Cross Keys 14 NEATH inflicted a first defeat of the season for Cross Keys after a dominant win in the Principality Premiership. A […]

Swansea swept aside as Newport keep up unbeaten run

9 April 2017 1 comment

By BEN JAMES Newport 28 Swansea 10 NEWPORT kept their unbeaten record in Tier Two as they brushed aside Swansea with a bonus point victory […]

Young Gun: Will Jones – Wales U20s captain

17 March 2017 0 comments

Enjoying the student life while trying to become a professional rugby player is not easy but Wales U20s captain Will Jones is proving anything is […]

YOUNG GUNS

5 March 2017 1 comment

WILL JONES WALES U20s CAPTAIN Enjoying the student life while trying to become a professional rugby player is not easy but Wales U20s captain Will […]

Peter Jackson: The day Big Bad Jim forgot his old pals act

13 January 2017 0 comments

The years keep rolling by but when it comes to dispensing their own brand of rough justice, a pair of Welsh internationals will still reign […]

Peter Jackson column: Rugby has become too destructive for own good

17 June 2016 0 comments

The human wreckage of one club’s season can be gauged from some brutal facts – 30 significant injuries requiring more than 20 operations. The most […]

Young Gun: James Grayson- England U18s and Saints fly-half

29 April 2016 0 comments

James Grayson is only at the start of what he hopes will be a successful career but whatever happens the past week will be one […]

Peter Jackson column: Dan Biggar is the man to lead Ospreys on glory run

26 November 2015 0 comments

Dan Biggar goes to work this afternoon in a place surrounded by volcanic mountains, a suitable location for an Osprey who has taken his trade […]

Jonathan Thomas statement

15 September 2015 0 comments

After announcing his retirement from rugby, Wales international Jonathan Thomas has released the following statement: “It’s with real sadness I have to announce my retirement […]

Peter Jackson’s column: Ironman’s meteoric rise stands test of time

27 August 2015 1 comment

The eighth World Cup will generate more money than the previous seven. It may even produce a Six Nations winner but it will not come […]

Peter Jackson: When Bill Samuel kept Gareth Edwards from lure of football

26 June 2015 1 comment

The making of Gareth Edwards as a rugby superstar, humble human being and now knight of the realm, would probably never have happened had it […]

Wales MUST hold onto Alun Wyn Jones warn Ospreys

23 June 2015 0 comments

Wales urged to secure the longer-term future of their ‘most valuable asset’

Brendan Gallagher’s feature: Big Clive Norling back in charge after the long dark years of battle

27 February 2015 0 comments

Depression – proper full blown depression – can do strange things to the mind as Clive Norling discovered during the seven or eight years when […]

Bath and Northampton on par for Champions Cup quarter-finals

19 January 2015 1 comment

Bath have kept their Champions Cup quarter-finals hopes alive with a sensational 35-18 bonus-point win in Toulouse yesterday. The West Country outfit ran the four-times […]

Brendan Gallagher: Those gallant Dragons who refused to be slain

28 November 2014 0 comments

It was the day that Bleddyn Williams led Wales to victory over the All Blacks and the afternoon Olympic sprinter Ken Jones pinned back his […]

Peter Jackson: Home-bred Ospreys soar with the eagles

17 October 2014 1 comment

At the height of summer, their players were left to wonder whether they still had jobs to go back to and, if so, who would […]

Roberts returns to the Ospreys

11 July 2014 0 comments

Scrum-half Martin Roberts has left Bath Rugby to join Ospreys on a two-year deal. The 28-year-old, who also spent two years at Northampton, returns to […]

Wales to stage trial game on May 30

8 May 2014 1 comment

Wales will hold the first trial match in 14 years later this month with a Probables versus Possibles encounter at the Liberty Stadium on Friday, […]

Sam Warburton left out in the cold by regions

21 April 2014 2 comments

Sam Warburton has no regional team to play for next season after the Welsh regions reaffirmed their stand against central contracts. The Lions captain signed […]

A red wave rolls off the Solent to remember Cliff

18 September 2013 1 comment

Towards the end of an inspirational life, Cliff Morgan found himself confronted one day by the question of mortality and his final journey.

John Plumtree named Ireland forwards coach

31 July 2013 0 comments

IRELAND have appointed John Plumtree as their new forwards coach, with the Kiwi starting work in September. Plumtree has been Natal Sharks head coach since […]

Peter Jackson: World Cup is a fitting finale for Hair Bear

26 July 2013 1 comment

PeOnly one prop has lasted long enough to win four Grand Slams – Jason Leonard over a period spanning the last nine years of the […]

Young Gun: Owen Jenkins, Wales U20s winger

29 June 2013 0 comments

The son of former Wales hooker Garin Jenkins and part of the Welsh U20s squad at the Junior World Championships – it would be easy […]

20 Questions: Ross Moriarty – England U20s flanker

28 June 2013 0 comments

Enjoying the England U20s experience? Great, apart from losing narrowly to South Africa which was very disappointing. All the boys are getting on well and […]

Peter Jackson: Leigh’s the guardian ‘angel’ for home club

24 May 2013 1 comment

Gorseinon RFC have done more than their bit for the international game over the last half century – from Onllwyn Brace to Norman Gale, Lewis […]

Peter Jackson: Rowlands remains Top Cat of the lineout

21 February 2013 0 comments

The 50th anniversary of perhaps the strangest of all Wales matches has come and gone with scarcely a mention. Admittedly it did not merit anything […]