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Glamorgan Can Win Division Two Next Season, Insists Coach Grant Bradburn

Glamorgan Can Win Division Two Next Season, Insists Coach Grant Bradburn
Glamorgan coach Grant Bradburn insists the county have enjoyed a successful season, despite their failure to mount a promotion charge from Division Two of the County Championship. Bradburn’s team won their final game of the season against Gloucestershire to finish fifth in the table, but some distance behind the promoted top two. But with Glamorgan having won the One Day Cup, Bradburn believes the 2024 campaign should be viewed in a positive light.

Matt Sherratt Insists Top Spot For Cardiff Means Nothing Yet After Derby Win

Matt Sherratt Insists Top Spot For Cardiff Means Nothing Yet After Derby Win
Cardiff coach Matt Sherratt insists he won’t be getting carried away by his team having opened their United Rugby Championship campaign with back-to-back bonus point victories. They followed up the round one maximum against Zebre by coming from behind to claim another as they won 24-15 away to the Scarlets in Saturday’s Welsh derby. It has put them level on 10 points with Leinster at the top of the table and set them up nicely for Friday’s big Arms Park clash with champions Glasgow.

Wales Bid For Repeat Victory Over Aussies In WXV2 Opener

Wales Bid For Repeat Victory Over Aussies In WXV2 Opener
Can lightning strike twice in eight days? Having beaten Australia for the first time at Rodney Parade last weekend, Keira Bevan will lead the Welsh side into battle with the Wallaroos once again in the opening round of the WXV2 in Cape Town.

Dragons Still Have Much To Learn Admits Dai Flanagan After Leinster Lashing

Dragons Still Have Much To Learn Admits Dai Flanagan After Leinster Lashing
Dragons coach Dai Flanagan admitted his team were brought back down to earth after their last gasp home win over the Ospreys was followed by a heavy defeat to Leinster in Dublin. Flanagan watched his side go down to a 34-6 loss against Leinster at the Aviva Stadium.

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.

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Toby Booth Admits He Will Be Emotional . . . But Insists It’s Nothing To Do With Ospreys Farewell

Toby Booth insists it will be business as usual for him as he embarks on his fifth and final season as head coach at the Ospreys on Saturday. The Englishman will be leaving at the end of the campaign with Mark Jones stepping up from defence coach, a role which... Read More

Toby Booth Insists It's The Right Time To Leave The Ospreys After One More Season

Toby Booth has insisted the Ospreys’ shock announcement that he is to stand down at the end of the 2024-25 season is the right decision. The Swansea-based region have said that former Bath and London Irish coach Booth, who masterminded progression to the United Rugby Championship play-offs and EPCR Challenge... Read More

Dan Biggar Insists Wales Are Moving Forward . . . But Admits It’s Too Slow

Dan Biggar believes Wales... Read More

We’re On The Way Back, Insists Justin Tipuric After Ospreys Go Down Fighting

Justin Tipuric admitted the Ospreys were “ground down” by Munster after the only Welsh team to make the knockout stages of the United Rugby Championship fell to a 23-7 defeat in Limerick. The former Wales star captained an Ospreys team who put up an admirable showing against the champions, without... Read More

Wales Stars Of Tomorrow Can Give Bright Finish To A Gloomy Season

At a time when the judgements on Welsh rugby tend mostly to be harsh ones, it would be easy to dismiss this weekend’s Judgement Day as almost an irrelevance when it comes to the business end of the United Rugby Championship. After all, the Ospreys need a series of unlikely... Read More

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

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... Read More
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