Articles...
Dec 17 2007
JEREMY GUSCOTT has delivered a damning assessment of the star-studded Ospreys and even questioned the monthly pay cheques being picked up by coach Lyn Jones and his players....
Dec 17 2007
CERI SWEENEY admitted the Dragons’ home form is becoming worrying after they crashed to defeat against the Italian minnows and saw their Heineken Cup quarter-final qualification chances sent crashing....
Dec 17 2007
DEAN Ryan is refusing to take a Heineken Cup quarter-final place for granted, despite Gloucester’s relentless march towards the knockout stages....
Dec 17 2007
A RUGBY Football Union employee was ejected from Wasps’ 25-24 Heineken Cup win over Clermont Auvergne for striking a visiting player with a programme....
Dec 17 2007
UNBEATEN Division Two West front-runners Felinfoel sensed an upset when they led Premiership strugglers Maesteg 16-15 in the final quarter of their Konica Minolta Cup third round tie....
Dec 17 2007
SCARLETS director of rugby Phil Davies admits his side need to discover a ruthless streak if they are going to return to the top table of European rugby....
Dec 17 2007
THE Athletic may have been nowhere near winning this game but they were neither embarrassed nor outclassed in a rousing cup tie at their new out-of-town ground....
Dec 17 2007
IT’S back to real business for Pooler on Saturday – their league match at Beddau....
Dec 17 2007
DAVID BISHOP marked his return to rugby after a 26-month injury absence with a hat-trick of tries as the Ravens overwhelmed their village neighbours in the Konica Minolta Cup....
Dec 17 2007
LLANDOVERY, shock winners of the Konica Minolta Cup last season, looked as though they would surrender the silverware at the first hurdle this time as they trailed the students of Uwic 22-10 at half-time....
Dec 17 2007
ANY concerns Ponty coach Paul John had over his side’s apparent lack of match practice were emphatically dispelled as the three-times cup winners moved comfortably into the fourth round....
Dec 17 2007
LYN JONES has revealed how the Heineken heartache his Ospreys suffered last season is driving them on towards the quarter-finals this time around....
Dec 17 2007
PREMIERSHIP leaders Ebbw Vale were professional winners in their clash at Division One East outfit Llantrisant, but they were made to work hard by their spirited hosts, writes Huw Owen....
Dec 17 2007
A LATE try from winger Viv Jenkins spared the blushes of the defending champions Llan-dovery as the Premiership side scraped past the students of Uwic 32-29 at the Cyncoed campus....
Dec 17 2007
RHYDYFELIN flyer Mike McCabe was the hero of the hour at Usk Road as his two tries saw off the challenge of basement boys Llanishen in a 25-8 victory....
Dec 17 2007
FRANCE star David Skrela claimed Stade Francais were virtually out of the Heineken Cup following their 10-point defeat in the Welsh capital....
Dec 17 2007
BRISTOL secured their third win of the season against Harlequins at the Memorial Stadium to keep the pressure on Cardiff Blues at the top of Pool 3....
Dec 17 2007
JUST as the Blues appear to be getting it consistently right on the pitch they are having to contemplate the possibility of losing Rob Howley....
Dec 17 2007
PAUL TITO brought the Blues back down to earth with a bump by telling them they have to cut out their mistakes if they are to reach the latter stages of the European showpiece....
Dec 17 2007
CARDIFF Blues boss Dai Young has confirmed backs coach Rob Howley will continue to work with the region until the end of the season while joining up with the new Wales set-up under Warren Gatland....
Dec 17 2007
DAI Young urged a note of caution after guiding his Cardiff Blues side to a famous Heineken Cup victory over French champions Stade Francais at the Arms Park....
Dec 17 2007
ANY hopes that the 10th cup clash between these old rivals might rekindle memories of the epic tussles of the past fizzled out in the opening quarter....
Dec 17 2007
FORMER top flight club Rumney have fallen on troubled times in recent years, but the concentration on youth to cement their climb back up the leagues looks like it is beginning to bear fruit....
Dec 17 2007
ELEVEN years ago Bridgend were on the wrong end of one of the biggest shocks in Welsh Cup history when they went down at Garndiffaith, but there was to be no repeat of that nightmare for Chris Stephens’ side this time....
Dec 17 2007
PAUL TURNER blamed inconsistency for the demise of Newport Gwent Dragons in this year’s Heineken Cup following their 24-22 defeat to Bennetton Treviso....
Dec 17 2007
THE students of Uwic came within a whisker of causing the only major upset in the Konica Minolta Cup’s Third Round....
Dec 17 2007
TALK is cheap in sport unless you can back it up with actions. But that is exactly what the Cardiff Blues did at the Arms Park on Saturday with the most important victory in their short history....
Dec 17 2007
EVERYTHING seemed to be heading the right way for the Dragons as they enjoyed some post-match Italian hospitality a week last Saturday, having just beaten Treviso thanks to a Ceri Sweeney drop goal....
Dec 17 2007
EDINBURGH supremo Andy Robinson (right) could not hide his elation after watching his revitalised players break their Heineken Cup duck with a comprehensive Murrayfield triumph over star-studded Leinster....
Dec 17 2007
SARACENS rugby director Alan Gaffney was a relieved man after seeing his side fight back from 26-3 down at half-time to secure a Heineken Cup Pool Four victory in Viadana....
Dec 17 2007
WALES target Shaun Edwards has revealed his ambition to coach at international level ... with our arch-rivals England! The rugby league legend is wanted as a pivotal figure as part of Warren Gatland’s backroom team with Wales....
Dec 17 2007
LEICESTER captain Martin Corry admits his side’s Heineken Cup hopes are “out of their hands” after sinking to a 22-11 defeat in Toulouse....
Dec 17 2007
TREDEGAR came within seconds of taking Aberavon to extra-time on a day when floodlights were on from the start....
