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New Vale Resort Club Captain Richard Jones Names Friends Of Y Bwthyn As Charity Of Year

Vale Resort Club Captain Richard Jones
New Vale Resort Club Captain Richard Jones has pledged to turn his year-long role into a money-making term for the Y Bwthyn palliative care unit at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. Jones has made a commitment to fundraise for the Friends of Y Bwthyn volunteers who selflessly give up their own time to support the unit in Llantrisant and patients in the community with life-limiting illnesses.

Rob Edwards Claims Championship Clubs Face Financial Chasm As Promoted Trio Get Set To Return

Rob Edwards Luton
Former Wales international pair Rob Edwards and Craig Bellamy are dropping out of the Premier League, with Luton Town boss Edwards admitting it is getting harder for clubs from the Championship to compete. For just the second time in Premier League history all three promoted sides are heading back down to the Championship after a season that has exposed the growing gulf between English football's top two tiers.

Lauren Price Inspires New Fight Plans, More Fans . . . And A Poem

Lauren Price
Lauren Price’s promoter Ben Shalom believes major opportunities await Wales’ new world champion in both welterweight and middleweight divisions. Price has expressed her determination to unify a stacked women’s welterweight division after winning world belts in only her seventh professional fight.

Welsh Rugby Risks Losing Fan Base, Warns Tom Shanklin

Leinster Ospreys
Tom Shanklin has called on the Welsh Rugby Union to show some vision and offer some hope for the future after another bleak weekend for the game in Wales. All four Welsh teams lost in the United Rugby Championship over the weekend – the fifth time this season they have suffered a collective whitewash.

Glamorgan’s Andy Gorvin Vows County Will Build On Overdue Win

Andy Gorvin Glamorgan
Andy Gorvin plans to build on his first five-wicket haul after the Glamorgan bowler inspired the county to their first County Championship win for a year. Glamorgan secured a nine-wicket victory over Sussex at Sophia Gardens with Gorvin starring on his way to career-best figures of five for 40.

New World Champion Lauren Price Targets Unification Fights At Principality Stadium

Lauren Price will target major unification fights against WBO title holder Sandy Ryan and IBF champion Natasha Jones as part of her mission to create a legacy. Price became the first Welsh female boxer to attain world champion status when she claimed the WBA, IBO and Ring Magazine welterweight world title with a comprehensive victory over Jessica McCaskill in Cardiff on Saturday night. Both Ryan and Jones were in attendance and Price can now move forward and target lucrative matches, with the English pair high on her list.

Jessica McCaskill’s Fight Night Menu: Lauren Price, Then Burger And Wings

Boxing
Jessica McCaskill plans to end Lauren Price’s world title dream and taste success again after spoiling herself with a burger and chicken wings during her stay in Cardiff. American veteran McCaskill has put her WBA, IBO and Ring Magazine welterweight world titles on the line as Price attempts to become Wales’ first female boxing champion in just her seventh professional fight.

Newport Bid To Remake History In Welsh Premiership Final Against Llandovery

Indigo Prem final
It has been 20 years since Newport last won what is now the Indigo Premiership title and Ty Morris’ men are 80 minutes away from bridging that gap when they head to Church Bank to face reigning champions Llandovery on their own patch. The ‘Class of 04’ won 27 and drew another of their 30 matches to finish 12 points clear of Neath in the table. Dan Griffiths scored 326 points during the season and Craig Richards scored 30 tries, while Llandovery finished one off the bottom.

Toby Booth Plans Dortmund-Style Determination To Upturn The Form Book

Toby Booth Ospreys
Leinster Rugby v Ospreys, Saturday, 7.35pm. Ospreys coach Toby Booth is calling on his team to draw inspiration from Borussia Dortmund as they take on the Leinster “juggernaut” in Dublin.

Old Wales Mates Craig Bellamy and Rob Edwards Go Toe-To-Toe

Rob Edwards Luton
Two coaches - both former Wales internationals - will walk the Premier League relegation tightrope this weekend, desperate to avoid the drop. Craig Bellamy and Rob Edwards were once Wales teammates, but they are now both fighting for survival on the penultimate weekend of the season.

Newport RFC

Dai Watkins Tributes Paid After Dual Code Legend Dies Aged 81

David Watkins has been the subject of glowing tributes throughout Welsh rugby after the death of one of rugby’s cross-code greats at the age of 81. Blaina-born Watkins, known affectionately as “Dai”, played rugby union for Newport and was part of the team which famously beat the touring All... Read More

Tributes Paid To Tony Brown, The Man Who Brought The World’s Stars To Newport

Tony Brown, one of the greatest benefactors Welsh rugby has seen, had died at the age of 86. The owner and chairman of Bisley Office Furniture, his business acumen, vision and considerable financial backing for Newport RFC and then the Dragons allowed rugby fans in Gwent to experience some fantastic... Read More

Matt O'Brien Believes Newport Will Have To Be At Their Best Against RGC . . . As The Indigo Premiership Continues To Simmer

By Harry Corish Matt O’Brien insists his side must learn from mistakes made against Ebbw Vale but hopes they can get back to winning ways against a resurgent RGC side, to put themselves back in the top six of the Indigo Premiership. It is a huge game for both sides, with RGC... Read More

Tyron Morris Insists His Team Are Out For Revenge In The Gwent Derby . . . As Part Of The Indigo Premiership's Festive Showing

By Harry Corish Newport head coach Tyron Morris insists his team are now back to their best and expects his Black and Ambers to avenge their opening day defeat to local rivals, Ebbw Vale when they meet on Boxing Day. The big Gwent derby at Eugene Cross Park is one of four... Read More

Will Reed Returns From Dragons’ Stint to Take Newport to Finals Day Glory . . . Leaving Them One Step Closer To Historic Double

Young gun Will Reed returned from Dragos duty in South Africa to help Newport win the first leg of a potential historic league and cup double this season. The fly-half helped Newport to a 25-21 cup final win over Aberavon in the Indigo Premiership Cup, kicking 15 points off the... Read More

Welsh Rugby Union Community Chief Geraint John Hopes Clubhouses Will Be Packed Out. . . As S4C Agree Deal To Show The Indigo Premiership

By Tom Prosser Welsh Rugby Union Community boss Geraint John says he hopes S4C’s new broadcast deal to show the Indigo Premiership will pack out clubhouses up and down the country. “We have worked closely with S4C on a new and exciting plan for the Indigo Group Premiership which we hope will... Read More
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