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Now Wayne Pivac must build with some new faces | Shane Williams

16 May 2021 3 comments

Experimentation must be central to Wayne Pivac’s plans for Wales this summer, writes Shane Williams

Exclusive: Scarlets snare Argentina back row star Tomas Lezana

9 May 2021 2 comments

Currently in Australia with the Western Force, for whom he helped reach the Super Rugby AU knockout final against the Brumbies

Only threat to AWJ hitting high five is AWJ himself

25 April 2021 0 comments

I’M FED up of blowing smoke up Alun Wyn Jones’ you-know-what, but I’ve got no doubt he can go on and make a fifth World […]

Six Nations triumph can spur us on now vows Tipuric

25 April 2021 1 comment

JUSTIN Tipuric admits Wales’ Grand Slam heartbreak in Paris still haunts him, but he believes that Six Nations title win can drive the top Welsh […]

Alun Wyn Jones signs one-year deal to stay in Welsh rugby

20 April 2021 0 comments

Wales captain Jones taking things one year at a time two years out from the 2023 Rugby World Cup

Cardiff date with Wales worth £1.5m to All Blacks

18 April 2021 2 comments

THE All Blacks are finalising negotiations for a Test against Wales in Cardiff this year worth up to £1.5m for 80 minutes’ work. The terms […]

Pivac: We will keep fine tuning

30 March 2021 1 comment

Wales head coach Wayne Pivac says he will get over the agonising loss to France in good time

Credit Pivac, he made big calls and they paid off | Shane Williams

28 March 2021 0 comments

What a brilliant finish that was to the 2021 Six Nations! Scotland were superb and deserved their victory in France. Even if they hadn’t won […]

Ospreys chasing Crusaders star Havili

28 March 2021 1 comment

Havili is not the only Crusaders player the Ospreys are exploring bringing to Wales

Heartbreak for Wales as France win in red

21 March 2021 1 comment

ALUN Wyn Jones and Wales suffered last-gasp heartbreak in Paris as they saw their Six Nations Grand Slam dream end with a dramatic 32-30 defeat […]

Welsh luck ran out but future looks much brighter | Shane Williams

21 March 2021 0 comments

Shane Williams looks back on Wales’ loss in Paris with admiration for Wayne Pivac’s side

Owen Williams waits on Welsh offer for return home from Top League

21 March 2021 0 comments

Wales fly-half/centre Owen Williams says his future remains totally flexible after taking the chance to head to Japan to represent NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes

Yellow cards cost us says Sam

21 March 2021 0 comments

SAM Warburton bemoaned Wales’ lack of discipline after a lastgasp Brice Dulin try denied them a Grand Slam. After Gail Fickou’s red card, Wales conceded […]

No Leigh Halfpenny for Wales’ Grand Slam pursuit

18 March 2021 4 comments

Alun Wyn Jones will equal Richie McCaw’s record for the number of Test caps against France

I’m backing wonderful Wales all the way in Paris | Shane Williams

14 March 2021 0 comments

The Grand Slam is on for Wales, Shane Williams considers the likelihood after their win in Rome

Fired-up Wales eye payback in Paris

14 March 2021 0 comments

WAYNE Pivac has warned France they will face a different side to the one which was hammered in Paris last autumn when Wales bid for […]

Halaholo: ‘I was involved in heavy drinking and in my last year at high school I had my daughter’

11 March 2021 1 comment

Halaholo opens up on the trials of his youth on the rough side of Auckland, his dark past with the bottle, and his salvation being the birth of his daughter

Grand Slam-hunting Wales rest Adam Beard for trip to Italy

9 March 2021 0 comments

Wales head coach Wayne Pivac has revealed who is the preferred No.9 now Kieran Hardy will miss the rest of the Six Nations

Annihilate Italy then Grand Slam beckons | Shane Williams

7 March 2021 0 comments

Two matches await Wales in their crusade for a second Six Nations Grand Slam in three years

Eddie: I’ll be fined if I tell you what I think about the ref

28 February 2021 0 comments

All the fallout from England’s 40-24 defeat to Wales in Cardiff, with Pascal Gauzere’s performance a source of frustration for Eddie

Alun Wyn: We did get rub of the green

28 February 2021 1 comment

Proud: Wayne Pivac WALES captain Alun Wyn Jones admitted his team had the rub of the green in a record win over England, but head […]

Wales 40-24 England: Don’t blame the ref, this was English indiscipline

28 February 2021 1 comment

Nick Cain reports from the Principality Stadium where Wales claimed the Triple Crown against an improved, but indisciplined, England

Wales optimistic Leigh Halfpenny will return for England

21 February 2021 1 comment

Peter Jackson reports on the fitness of Wales’ first-choice goalkicker ahead of England’s visit to the Principality Stadium

Dai Young gets to know ‘talented’ young guns at Cardiff Blues

18 February 2021 1 comment

A little time off has allowed interim director of rugby Dai Young to survey the talent that ranges across all levels at Cardiff Blues, ahead of the return of the PRO14 next weekend

Josh Macleod out for six months with ruptured Achilles

14 February 2021 0 comments

The reason why Macleod was a late withdrawal from Wales’ Six Nations squad for their trip to Scotland is now known

Wales flanker Dan Lydiate to miss the rest of the season

9 February 2021 0 comments

Welsh fears are realised as its confirmed Dan Lydiate has suffered an ACL knee injury, and will undergo additional scans to determine his recovery

Jake Ball gives Alun Wyn Jones black eye with punch in Wales training

7 February 2021 0 comments

Jake Ball has not been included in Wales’ squad to play Ireland, after ‘heated’ exchange with Alun Wyn earlier this week

Thomas strives for Test breakthrough

7 February 2021 1 comment

By ALEX BYWATER Aiming high: Dan Thomas scores for Bristol against Harlequins PICTURES: Getty Images DAN Thomas is determined to follow fellow Welsh Bears Callum […]

It’s time we delivered Alun Wyn tells Wales

7 February 2021 0 comments

By ALEX BYWATER Fit again: Alun Wyn Jones thunders into the Scots PICTURES: Getty Images A0e Six Nations. World record cap holder Jones, 35, is […]

I fancy Wales… if they can claim these key battles | Shane Williams

7 February 2021 0 comments

Which statistic is going to light you up most – that Wales have lost the last four games to Ireland or that Ireland haven’t won […]

Wayne Pivac trusts in old guard to keep him in the Wales job

7 February 2021 0 comments

Wayne Pivac speaks on the eve of Wales’ Six Nations kick-off against Ireland, with pressure still very much on the head coach

Wayne Pivac upfront in his disappointment of Josh Adams for bubble breach

4 February 2021 0 comments

The Wales head coach says Adams has ’embarrassed himself’ for visiting a family member’s home for a gender reveal gathering, breaching team protocols

Pivac could use some of Warren’s mindgames | Shane Williams

31 January 2021 0 comments

Shane Williams delves into how Warren Gatland made the ‘underdogs’ tag work for Wales in their endeavour to win the Six Nations

Delaney tips Elias to reach top level like Ken

31 January 2021 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA By STEFFAN THOMAS Dynamic: Ryan Elias RYAN Elias has all the attributes to be a British and Irish Lion and emulate the achievements […]

Scarlets 10-13 Cardiff Blues: Ace Jarrod Evans pushes his case for Wales

24 January 2021 2 comments

Fly-half Jarrod Evans inspires Blues to narrow win at Parc y Scarlets

Pivac feels the need for speed in his 9-10 combo | Nick Cain

24 January 2021 0 comments

Nick Cain analyses Wayne Pivac’s Wales squad selection for the 2021 Six Nations

Wales recall Dan Lydiate in 2021 Six Nations squad announcement

20 January 2021 0 comments

Wales head coach Wayne Pivac also gives reasons why Rhys Webb is not included in 36-man squad

It’s better, but more to come from Ospreys says Booth

17 January 2021 1 comment

Toby Booth and Dan Lydiate comment on the Ospreys upturn in fortunes, with a resurgent George North key

Shane Lewis Hughes battling to stay ahead of the pack

7 January 2021 3 comments

HE MAY have ended 2020 on a high by winning three Welsh caps, but the first priority in the New Year for Shane Lewis-Hughes is […]

Surgeons ‘can do no more’ for Wales star Gareth Anscombe

27 December 2020 3 comments

Peter Jackson reports on the fitness of Gareth Anscombe and his long-awaited comeback from a serious knee injury sustained in the 2019 Six Nations

Lam does a ‘Fergie’ to make Bears bite

27 December 2020 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD ‘Hairdryer’: Pat Lam PAT LAM woke his Bears from their winter slumber with a furious Alex Ferguson- style “hairdryer” blast to roust […]