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Gareth Davies Joins The 250 Club And Plans A Scarlets Party Win Over Cardiff

Gareth Davies Joins The 250 Club And Plans A Scarlets Party Win Over Cardiff
Wales scrum-half Gareth Davies will be aiming to celebrate a major career landmark in winning style when the Scarlets host Cardiff in the first Welsh derby of the season on Saturday. Davies will become just the third player - after front row duo Ken Owens and Phil John - to make 250 appearances for the Scarlets since the start of the regional era.

WRU Contract 37 Players For Wales Women And Insists There Is More To Come

WRU Contract 37 Players For Wales Women And Insists There Is More To Come
Welsh Rugby Union chief executive Abi Tierney has insisted there is still more to come for women’s rugby in Wales after the union issued new full-time professional contracts to 37 players. The move – which comes as Ioan Cunningham’s squad prepares to face Australia in the WXV2 tournament in South Africa this weekend – includes many extended two-year deals for the first time.

Swansea City Urged To Become Mean And Moody As Well As Magnificent

Swansea City Urged To Become Mean And Moody As Well As Magnificent
It’s been a while since opponents of Swansea City used to wake up on match day with a knot in their stomach. Luke Williams wants to bring those days back, but not in the way you probably imagine.

Omer Riza Vows New Vibe At Cardiff City As He Makes Early Job Pitch

Omer Riza Vows New Vibe At Cardiff City As He Makes Early Job Pitch
Omer Riza is promising “a fresh approach” with more fight, more energy and hopefully more goals from bottom of the table Cardiff City. Riza is the last man standing from Erol Bulut’s coaching team after Bluebirds owner Vincent Tan pulled the trigger on firing Bulut after last weekend’s 2-0 defeat to Leeds United.

Rio Wants To Be The Hero . . . But Dragons Will Need 15 Superheroes To Dent Leinster

Rio Wants To Be The Hero . . . But Dragons Will Need 15 Superheroes To Dent Leinster
For Rio Dyer, his moment of rugby renewal this summer came from watching a Frenchman connect with his nation. Dyer – who had an extremely busy 2023-24 season for Wales and his Dragons region – could have been forgiven for switching off completely from the sport after a 12-month stretch that went from last year’s World Cup build-up to this summer’s tour to Australia.

Cardiff Not Good Enough To Win At Scarlets, Says Tom Shanklin

Cardiff Not Good Enough To Win At Scarlets, Says Tom Shanklin
Tom Shanklin is backing the Scarlets to edge out Cardiff in Saturday’s big Welsh derby clash. Both teams made positive starts to the BKT URC season, with Cardiff recording a bonus point win over Zebre Parma and the Scarlets coming tantalisingly close to a landmark victory away to Benetton Rugby before ultimately drawing 20-20.

Steve Cooper Feeling The Heat From Fans At Leicester City

Steve Cooper Feeling The Heat From Fans At Leicester City
Steve Cooper is “even more committed” to succeed at Leicester City following negative fan chants during the penalty shoot-out victory at League Two Walsall in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday night. The Foxes made 10 changes and had to rely on Wales goalkeeper Danny Ward saving spot-kicks from Taylor Allen, David Okagbue and Liam Gordon in the shoot-out to advance to the fourth round.

Welsh Duo Win Dream Place At AIG Women's Open Pro-Am At Royal Porthcawl

Welsh Duo Win Dream Place At AIG Women’s Open Pro-Am At Royal Porthcawl
The North Wales pairing of Debbie Roberts and Heather Wathan produced a remarkable performance to win the 2024 Coronation Foursomes Grand Final in St Andrews. On a cold but still day at the home of golf, the pair from Barons Hill Golf Club triumphed in the popular championship for women and girls’ golfers across Great Britain and Ireland – by scoring 50 stableford points.

Farmer Dan Ready To Milk The Plaudits For Cardiff At The Scarlets

Farmer Dan Ready To Milk The Plaudits For Cardiff At The Scarlets
After some 12 years as a professional rugby player, Dan Thomas is finally about to experience his first Welsh regional derby. It will be all the more special for the new Cardiff flanker as it will take him down west towards his family roots and back to the club where it all began for him.

Cardiff City . . . The Doom Loop Club Stuck On Groundhog Day

Cardiff City . . . The Doom Loop Club Stuck On Groundhog Day
According to some business theories, there are three types of management crisis: responsive, proactive and recovery. There’s a fourth, though – Cardiff City. This is a state of permacrisis where the management is changed, the faces alter, the name plates in the car parking spaces are updated, but the crisis goes on

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Erol Bulut Ready To Go Down Swinging . . . Especially At Those Cardiff City Fans Who Say “Stupid” Things

Erol Bulut has taken a swipe at his critics by labelling some of their criticism “stupid” and suggested genuine Cardiff City fans would offer support instead of complaints. Bulut may be under huge pressure after his team's winless start to the season, but if he does go down this weekend,... Read More

Aaron Ramsey Insists He Can Still Deliver For Wales Despite Euro Play-Off Snub

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Strap In and Hold On . . . The Craig Bellamy Ride Starts Here

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Connor Roberts Has Seen The Craig Bellamy Show Before . . . And He Wants To Buy Another Ticket

Connor Roberts insists the Wales players are as excited as the fans to see what sort of team and style Craig Bellamy sends out to play against Turkey in his first game in charge. The clash at Cardiff City Stadium on Friday night will be the first of six Nations... Read More

Neil Robinson Is The Quiet Big Man Of British Para Table Tennis

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Leeds United’s Karl Darlow Is Wales’ New Boy As Craig Bellamy Considers Captaincy Options

Leeds goalkeeper Karl Darlow has joined the Wales set-up by being named in Craig Bellamy’s first squad. Northampton-born Darlow – the grandson of former Wales international and 1958 World Cup squad member Ken Leek – turned down the chance earlier in his career to join the Dragons’ squad when choosing... Read More
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