If you’re a Welsh rugby fan (and I am), or even if you’re a casual observer of all things Welsh rugby, you’ll know that, despite the national side being on a record-breaking run of wins and just two victories away from a Grand Slam, things are not well in the Welsh game. Specifically, things are…
News today that young Welsh wonderprop Samson Lee has failed to recover from concussion following the knock he took in last Friday’s Six Nations opener against England. As such, he will be missing from the starting line-up v Scotland and, in one fell swoop, the whole saga of whether Adam Jones should have been selected…
A little over a year ago Red Rugby published this post previewing the 2013/2014 season. Looking back on it, I’m amazed by how optimistic we were. The piece was littered with phrases like, “this season [looks set to be] a real belter”, “you can expect a greater fight from the Welsh regions” and (perhaps worst…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock called ‘pays little attention to Welsh Rugby’ for the last eighteen months or so, you’ll be all too aware of a bitter and divisive spat between the Welsh Rugby Union and Wales’ four professional teams (‘Regions’) that had threaten to rip apart the professional game in Wales. If you…
The new era of European rugby competition began in Neuchâtel, Switzerland today with the draws for next season’s inaugural Rugby Champions Cup and Rugby Challenge Cup. The competitions replace the now defunct Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup and are run by a new organising committee called European Professional Club Rugby. EPCR aims to create…
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