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Rob Edwards Admits Relegated Luton Missed Wales Star Tom Lockyer

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Rob Edwards admitted the doubters were right about Luton after they were relegated from the Premier League following a final-day 4-2 defeat to Fulham at Kenilworth Road. Adama Traore opened the scoring for the Cottagers with Raul Jimenez on target twice and Harry Wilson rounding things off midway through the second half. Carlton Morris (penalty) and Alfie Doughty scored to make it 1-1 and 2-3, but the visitors had too much.

WRU Insist New Tier Will Provide Super Lift-Off

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Welsh Rugby Union head of player development John Alder insists the new Super Rygbi Cymru competition can provide a smooth pathway from the club to the international game. Welsh rugby's new Elite Domestic Competition (EDC) will be branded as the Super Rygbi Cymru (SRC) trophy next season.

Omar Ahmed Wins Cardiff Bay 10K

Race winner, Omar Ahmed.
Unusually warm conditions proved challenging for athletes assembled for the flat and fast Brecon Carreg Cardiff Bay 10K, meaning no course records were broken, but more than 5,000 registered runners enjoyed a run in the sun. The event was the second fixture of the Run 4 Wales 10K Series, seeing a re-match from the top three athletes in last month’s ABP Newport 10K in the men’s race.

Ospreys’ Morgan Morris Impresses Most Watchers . . . Except Warren Gatland

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When two greats of the Welsh game like Shane Williams and Justin Tipuric describe a player as “superb” and “amazing”, that’s praise indeed. Those were their plaudits for the Ospreys No 8 Morgan Morris after he produced yet another Man of the Match performance in his team’s 26-13 victory over the Dragons in Swansea.

Sabrina Fortune Keeps A 'Straight Face' To Smash World Record Twice To Land Shot Gold

Sabrina Fortune broke the women's F20 shot put world record twice as she powered to a third successive gold medal at the World Paralympic Champs in Kobe.

Joe Cordina To Consider Move To Lightweight After Shock World Title Defeat in Saudi Arabia

Joe Cordina will consider moving up to lightweight after the shock loss of his world super-featherweight title in Saudi Arabia. The Welsh fighter lost his belt - and his previously unbeaten professional record to Belfast boxer Anthony Cacace, who delivered the performance of his career to win the IBF crown. Cordina was stopped in the eighth round of a fight that appeared to slip away from him from the early stages.

Anna Hursey Admits She's Tired . . . But She's Off To The Olympic Games At 17

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Anna Hursey admitted she had to overcome fatigue as she became the first Welsh table tennis player to qualify for the Olympic Games. The 17-year-old – who became the youngest athlete to compete at a Commonwealth Games as an 11-year-old six years ago – is through to compete in Paris after a hugely impressive qualification tournament. Hursey beat a string of players above her in the world rankings to take one of five players on offer.

Risky Business Sees Geraint Grab Second Place On Giro d'Italia

Geraint Thomas saw his risky approach pay off as he regained second place at the Giro d'Italia following the individual time trial.

Joe Cordina Ready For Riyadh Title Defence And Confident He Will Deal With Anthony Cacace

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Joe Cordina is in confident mood as he prepares to make a second defence of his IBF super-featherweight crown in Saudi Arabia on Saturday night against Belfast’s IBO world champion, Anthony Cacace. Cordina - already Wales’ most successful boxer since the days of Joe Calzaghe - knows he will have the eyes of the world upon him as the warm-up act in Riyadh for Tyson Fury’s monumental undisputed heavyweight title clash against Oleksandr Usyk.

Dewi Lake Keen To Dive Straight Back In For Ospreys And Wales

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Dewi Lake is aiming to play his part in helping put some joy back into Welsh rugby. It’s been a difficult season for the game in Wales with the Test team suffering a Six Nations whitewash and three of the regions lying in the bottom four of the BKT URC table.

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Ashton Hewitt Backed To Do It . . . All Over Again

He’s the Dragons highest try-scorer in Europe and only seven off Aled Brew’s regional record of 43, but Ashton Hewitt won’t be able to add to his tally of 36 tries in 125 games this season. Instead, the fleet-footed wing will have to wait for up to nine months before... Read More

It’s 1905 All Over Again As The Charlie Pritchard Collection Goes Up For Auction

One of the most unique collection of rugby jerseys, gathered by one of Wales’ greatest sporting heroes, is due to go under the hammer at Rogers Jones Auctioneers on Thursday, December 7. Charlie Pritchard gathered shirts from opponents he met during his six-year, 14-cap career and almost 120 years on... Read More

Big Ben Carter Blow For Dragons And Wales

Dragons lock Ben Carter is facing a race against time to be fit for consideration for Warren Gatland’s Guinness Six Nations squad in the New Year after being ruled out for up to four months with a severe hamstring tear. The 22-year-old picked up the injury in his side’s first... Read More

Dragons New Boy Cai Evans Aims To Win Back Wales Place

It’s been a very eventful year in the life of Cai Evans as his rugby dreams have come true. The young utility back was a bolter selection in Wales’ World Cup training squad and then went on to make a surprise start against South Africa in August, winning his first... Read More

Whatever Happened To Those Oldies Who Played For Wales?

Dai Sport contributor Simon Thomas explains the background to his new book ‘Rugby Lives’. It all started with a question that kept on popping up in my head: “I wonder what happened to so and so?” Now the identity of “so and so” would change from week to week and... Read More

Sam Costelow Leaves Huge Gap In Wales Squad For Six Nations

Wales fly-half Sam Costelow is expected to be sidelined until January after suffering shoulder... Read More
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