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Apr 7 2008
PONTYPRIDD went through to the semi-finals of the Konica Minolta Cup with a facile win over the Ravens....
Apr 7 2008
SURVIVAL in the Premiership competition is predicated upon winning home matches and Maesteg have given their loyal supporters little joy or satisfaction this season, writes Barri Hurford....
Apr 7 2008
MARTYN WILLIAMS didn’t hide his disappointment at the Blues defeat to Toulouse and said his side got what they deserved against the French giants....
Apr 7 2008
DAVID YOUNG had no complaints about the Blues exit from the Heineken Cup and believes his side were beaten by the favourites to be the kings of Europe....
Apr 7 2008
SHAUN EDWARDS’ contract talks with Wales have reached a critical stage and his position as Warren Gatland’s right-hand man could be confirmed as early as this week....
Apr 7 2008
ENGLAND scrum-half Paul Hodgson believes London Irish have developed a taste for centre stage that is fuelling their surprise Heineken Cup assault....
Apr 7 2008
GLOUCESTER boss Dean Ryan hailed Munster as “a team built for European rugby” after the Irish mean machine rumbled into its seventh Heineken Cup semi-final....
Apr 7 2008
A BRILLIANT comeback by centre James Thomas, who was dropped in October, clinched Wanderers’ place in the semi-finals for the first time since the cup was revived in l971-72....
Apr 7 2008
IN a thrilling cup tie, in which both sides scored four tries, the kicking of Aberavon fly-half Jamie Davies was decisive as he landed five goals in a high wind....
Apr 7 2008
THIS was almost a classic example of a game of two halves at the Arms Park as Llanelli fought back from a 3-27 deficit with three tries midway through the second half, writes Chris Smart....
Apr 7 2008
NEATH held their nerve to come from behind in exciting fashion against Cross Keys during a classic quarter-final confrontation....
Apr 7 2008
ENGLAND scrum-half Paul Hodgson believes London Irish have developed a taste for centre stage that is fuelling their surprise Heineken Cup assault....
Apr 7 2008
OSPREYS coach Lyn Jones admitted his team had been their own worst enemies in their shock Heineken Cup defeat to Saracens, writes Simon Thomas....
Apr 7 2008
MAN of the match Richard Hill revealed how Saracens had been hugely motivated by being written off going into yesterday’s Heineken Cup quarter-final, writes Simon Thomas....
Apr 7 2008
THE announcer kept repeating it at the end, “A Heineken Cup semi-final for Saracens, how good does that sound?”Awful if you are a Welsh rugby fan, and more than 5,000 of them went to Vicarage Road yesterday believing this was the year of the Osprey....
Apr 7 2008
OSPREYS coach Lyn Jones has called on his players to redeem themselves in next weekend’s EDF Cup final after their Heineken Cup horror show....
Apr 7 2008
WHAT a difference a week makes....
Apr 7 2008
MAESTEG’S Principality Welsh Premiership future looks bleak after they slumped to a hugely damaging defeat at the Old Parish Ground....
Apr 7 2008
A HAT-TRICK of tries by full-back Andrew McLaughlin could not prevent Ebbw Vale bowing out of the cup at the Talbot Athletic Ground as the Wizards worked their magic to move into the semi-finals....
Apr 7 2008
CARDIFF and Llanelli served up a seven-try thriller in the best traditions of Premiership fixtures between the clubs, writes Alan Evans....
Apr 7 2008
CARDIFF Blues boss Dai Young admitted his side were totally outclassed by a Toulouse side who he has now tipped to win the Heineken Cup title....
Apr 7 2008
CARDIFF Blues face another season without silverware after they were dumped out of the Heineken Cup quarter-finals in Toulouse yesterday, completing a miserable day for Welsh regional rugby....
Apr 7 2008
FORMER All Blacks scrum-half Byron Kelleher has hailed his match-winning half-back partnership with French star Jean-Baptiste Elissalde after the duo helped Toulouse to dump Cardiff Blues out of the Heineken Cup....
Apr 7 2008
THE Blues now know how far away the are from the real elite of European rugby and the step is as big as anyone would have feared after this Heineken Cup quarter-final defeat to Toulouse....
