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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

Dragons’ Oliie Griffiths To Take Medical Break After Spinal Tumour Diagnosis

Dragons’ Oliie Griffiths To Take Medical Break After Spinal Tumour Diagnosis
Ollie Griffiths, the 29-year-old Wales and Dragons flanker, is set for another period on the sidelines after his region revealed he is undergoing medical treatment for a tumour on his spine. The Dragons have said his condition “requires intervention” and he will be “unavailable for selection for the foreseeable future as he undergoes medical treatment”.

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FAW Appoint Female Chair And Two New Directors To Board

The Football Association of Wales have announced the appointment of three independent non-executive directors to the board, including a first female chair. The appointments – including that of Alys Carlton as the new chair, replacing outgoing chair, Steve Dalton - were confirmed at a meeting of the FAW shareholders on... Read More

Wootton Double Leads Bluebirds To Plymouth Success

Plymouth Parkway 1, Cardiff City 5 Former Stoke City trainee Laurence Wootton scored twice for Cardiff City’s development team in their convincing win against Plymouth Parkway at Bolitho Park. The young Bluebirds completed their three-match pre-season tour to Devon and Cornwall with a 100 per cent record, having scored 15 goals and... Read More

Madine, Tomlin Find Magic On Bluebirds' Devon Trip

AFC Tavistock 0, Cardiff City 7 Hat-trick hero Gary Madine and playmaker Lee Tomlin teased and tormented hosts AFC Tavistock in the opening fixture of Cardiff City’s under-23 tour to Devon and Cornwall. Centre-forward Madine scored three times in the first 30 minutes, two of them created by the ever-dangerous Tomlin, who... Read More

Warnock's Bluebirds' Academy Revolution Takes Off

Neil Warnock’s Bluebirds’ Academy revolution has started in style. Cardiff City have signed eight players on new two-year apprenticeship deals - and opened their under-18 season with a 5-0 home win against Colchester United. Dan Griffiths (2), Sam Bowen, Sion Spence and Isaac Davies scored the goals for coach Craig Bellamy’s under-18... Read More

Bluebirds Sign Four Players In Transfer Window Swoop

Cardiff City have confirmed the four signings dai-sport have been talking about for some time. Twins Jack and Paul McKay, Ciaron Brown and Ogo Obi have all been on trial with the Bluebirds and have now signed under-23 development contracts. The McKays are 21-years-old, 6ft 2ins tall and the sons of football... Read More

Bluebirds Assess Five Young Players In Development Match

Cardiff City included five trialists in their under-23 Professional Development League Cup clash with Southampton. Bluebirds manager Neil Warnock and his coaching staff are working to increase levels of quality and competition within the group just outside the first team squad. The five players Cardiff drafted in this week, for development matches... Read More
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