All posts tagged "Wales"
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Features
/ 7 months agoMurray out to make good in the land of his mother
TRP By SIMON THOMAS Probyn: Please don’t take captain George off too early >> Page 37 BLAIR Murray may have been...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoThat’s my lot, says Davies
FORMER British and Irish Lions centre Jonathan Davies has announced his retirement from professional rugby. The 36-year-old left the Scarlets at...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 7 months agoRGC: Flying The Flag For North Walian Rugby
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports “This is RGC, this is North Wales rugby” is an excellent mantra for an essential team...
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International Rugby
/ 7 months agoShould Nicky Smith be an automatic selection for Wales in the Autumn Internationals?
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Prop is one of the most crucial positions on the field, and many great players occupy...
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International Rugby
/ 7 months agoA tribute to Jonathan Davies – One of Wales’ best ever
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Wales said goodbye to another legend recently Jonathan Davies’ professional rugby career is over. It has...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 months agoInsight into Heol-y-Cyw – An incredible Welsh grassroots club
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyan Sports From cities to the valleys, rugby is a way of life; it is the heartbeat...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 months agoEngland omit Alex Mitchell from Autumn Internationals squad due to neck injury
Alex Mitchell has been left out of England’s squad for the autumn with a neck problem that places his involvement in...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 months agoDafydd Jenkins to miss Wales’ Autumn Internationals as lock targets mid-December return
Exeter lock Dafydd Jenkins will miss Wales’ autumn internationals as he recovers from knee and shoulder operations. The 21-year-old, Wales captain...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 8 months agoJapan will be latest destination for Richie Gray
By Bryn Palmer Scotland lock Richie Gray will link up with World Cup winners Pieter-Steph du Toit and Aaron Smith when...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoWilliams available for Wales
WALES full-back Liam Williams will be available for the autumn internationals in November. The 33-year-old was absent for Wales’ 2024 Six...
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/ 8 months ago10k run to training pays off for Temo Mayanavanua
By Jon Newcombe Every time Temo Mayanavanua sits down to watch the children’s TV show Cocomelon with his young son Elnathan,...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 8 months agoBulls have too much in reserve for Ospreys
By Simon Thomas Ospreys ............ 19pts Tries: Lake 27, Conbeer 54, Morris 79 Conversions: Edwards 55, Walsh 80 Bulls ..................29pts Tries:...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 8 months agoScarlets made to fight all the way
By Simon Thomas Cardiff ................. 19pts Tries: Millard 23, 40; Penalty 66 Conversion: De Beer 24 Scarlets ..............25pts Tries: Davies 33,...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 8 months agoDouble boost for the Dragons
Preview Dragons v Lions Today. 3.30pm THE Dragons are boosted by the return of Wales prop Leon Brown and back row...
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/ 8 months agoVictor Matfield: Eben Etzebeth can reach 150 caps
By Grant Shub Victor Matfield, who played 127 Tests for the Springboks and recently relinquished his record to Eben Etzebeth, believes...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 months agoMark Ella & Co were the true pass masters
Rugby Matters by Brendan Gallagher - A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Nineteen eighty four might have been...
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/ 8 months agoMitchell: We’ve got another gear to go
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... England v Canada Today. Kick-off 3am, BC Place, Vancouver THE Red Roses head into their final Test...
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/ 8 months agoWales breeze past drained Japan
By BEN JAYCOCK On the attack: Wales winger Nel Metcalfe Wales ............... 19 Japan .............. 10 WALES survived the threat of...
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Features
/ 8 months agoFrom 1 to 15: It’s all change
THEN AND NOW: BRENDAN GALLAGHER LOOKS AT HOW THE GAME HAS EVOLVED OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS, POSITION BY POSITION FIFTY...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 months agoFran has hit ground running
Preview Trailfinders v Loughborough Today. Kick-off 12.45pm LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning’s new signing Francesca Goldthorp makes her second club debut today. The England...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoHartpury launch fightback to down Gordon’s
SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS IT was a thrilling round in the ACE League as the southern group continued to produce...
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/ 8 months agoMake your mistakes and learn from them
Coach to coach Steve Hill talks to Simon Culley, below, head of rugby at Durham University How and why did you...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoTuipulotu hat-trick steers Bath to victory
BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS KEPU Tuipulotu announced himself on the senior stage with a 23-minute hat-trick in Bath’s win over...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 8 months agoBowen hat-trick sinks Swansea
Super Rygbi round-up By CARL FIELD WALES U18 speedster Tom Bowen ran in his second hat-trick of the season as leaders...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoEx-Wales coach Bowring dies
Thinker: Kevin Bowring FORMER Wales coach Kevin Bowring has died at the age of 70. Bowring, who became Wales’ first full-time...
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/ 8 months agoLudlow back in the fold
By BEN JAYCOCK GLOUCESTER director of rugby George Skivington recalled his captain Lewis Ludlow for yesterday’s derby with Bath having dropped...
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/ 8 months agoHarri Deaves – Wales’ next backrow superstar?
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports At a time when the national team is looking for world-class talent across the pitch, the...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoDo Wales have a chance at landing young gun Cameron Hanekom?
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Over the past decade, there has been a trend of players coming from overseas to compete...
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Premiership
/ 8 months agoPremiership Rugby plays down talk of a British and Irish or Anglo-Welsh league
Premiership Rugby appears to have killed off proposals for a British and Irish or Anglo-Welsh league in favour of retaining a...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 months agoTom Willis: Ben Earl is an inspiration to all
By Adam Hathaway Saracens No.8 Tom Willis will be taking inspiration from clubmate Ben Earl when he heads into England training...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 months agoI’d be happy to step up at 12 – Seb Atkinson
By Ben Jaycock Gloucester's Seb Atkinson aims to show he can be the solution to England’s problem at No.12. Atkinson was...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoI can take the pressure at No. 10, says Ben Thomas
By Simon Thomas Much is made about the difference between club and international rugby and it’s something Ben Thomas is able...
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Chris Hewett
/ 8 months agoWallace Sititi is following in father’s footsteps, but for how long?
By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed Cast your minds back, those of you who are sufficiently long in the tooth, to...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 8 months agoHeartbreak for Dragons as Sharks snatch win
By SIMON THOMAS Dragons ............. 30pts Tries: Basham 18, Coleman 27, Williams 38, Carter 55 Conversions: Evans 19, 39 Penalties: Evans...
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/ 8 months agoI’m happy to play anywhere – Mason Grady
By Simon Thomas How best to utilise the talents of Mason Grady is one of the big debates in Welsh rugby....
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/ 8 months agoWales squander chances to get past Italy
By SAM JACKSON Wales ................. 5 Italy ................... 8 WALES rued a lack of composure late on as they suffered a...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 months agoLos Pumas have worked hard to forge own identity
Brendan Gallagher reports on how one country has built a rugby stronghold down in South America There was a time back...
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Features
/ 8 months agoI’ll play for Wales again, says Francis
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Strong man: Tomas Francis scoring for Wales against Georgia at last year’s World...
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/ 8 months agoEngland camps to improve skills
By BEN JAYCOCK Pack power: England bossed South Africa up front on their way to Junior World Cup success in the...
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/ 8 months agoWainwright named Player of the Year
DRAGONS No.8 Aaron Wainwright has been named the Wales men’s player of the year by the Welsh Rugby Writers’ Association (WRWA)....
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Features
/ 8 months agoHow London Welsh are working way back to top
William Gupwell goes down to south-west London to find a club out to rediscover itself London Welsh were once a club...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 8 months agoLloyd snatches it for Steelmen
Super Rygbi round-up By CARL FIELD EBBW Vale became holders of the new Super Rygbi Cymru Challenge Shield when they beat...
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Features
/ 8 months agoCampese:Schmidt is wrong man for Aussies
By CAMERON STEPHENS DAVID Campese delivered a blunt message regarding Joe Schmidt’s position as Australia’s head coach, claiming the Kiwi isn’t...
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International Rugby
/ 8 months agoDan Edwards – Wales’ next fly-half?
By Peter Ryan As a national side, Wales is still trying to find its feet after the 2023 World Cup. Many...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoVal Rapava-Ruskin adds to Gloucester’s injury problems
By Ben Jaycock George Skivington has been dealt a major early season blow as he looks to right the wrongs of...
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/ 8 months agoIwan Stephens enjoying life with Cardiff
By Simon Thomas Growing up, rugby league was very much the sporting love for Iwan Stephens, with his heroes being the...
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Dream Team
/ 8 months agoDream Team – Nathan Williams
NATHAN WILLIAMS, THE FORMER SCARLETS, CARMARTHEN QUINS, MOSELEY, DRAGONS & WALES U21 PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH...
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International Rugby
/ 8 months agoEngland should be aiming for treble top in the Autumn Internationals
By Jeremy Guscott - Outspoken and unmissable, every week... The autumn internationals against the traditional southern hemisphere big three, and Japan,...
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Premiership
/ 8 months agoNewcastle Falcons show spirit but Harlequins do enough
By Brendan Gallagher Harlequins ....................... 28pts Tries: Jibulu 15, Evans 24, Halfpenny 31, Porter 41 Conversions: Smith 16, 25, 32, 42...
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International Rugby
/ 8 months agoJoe Hawkins still has Wales in his sight
By Mark Stevens Joe Hawkins insists he still harbours dreams of representing Wales again at international level. With five Test caps...
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