Apologies that there isn’t a fuller piece here this week on, oh I don’t know, England’s courageous showing in Auckland last Saturday or the Welsh attempt to notch up a win against the Springboks for the first time since 1999. It’s been a busy seven days, what with new European Cup draws, the WRU’s looming…
You could see it coming. Many had predicted a tight contest in Dublin between two equally-matched sides. Some (including this sheepish blogger) had even predicted a Welsh win, albeit by a small margin. But given the opening weekend’s results, the predicted Lions fatigue and Ireland’s impressive recent run of form, a trouncing was not out…
With the confirmation yesterday of Leigh Halfpenny’s switch to big-spending Toulon next season, Shôn Douglas takes a look at the Welsh players on the brink of following the star fullback to the riches of France. The great and the good of Welsh Rugby are faced with an unenviable decision to make at the end…
The Heineken Cup clash between Ospreys and Northampton Saints was a game that matched the West Wales weather…it was a bit grim. Handling errors and botched opportunities aside, the match was raised out of the rugby doldrums by a certain G. North who lit up the gloomy Liberty Stadium pitch with two dazzling runs early…
As regular readers of this blog will be aware, I view this year’s Autumn Internationals (which begin on Saturday) as vitally important for the northern hemisphere nations. There’s less than two years to go before the Rugby World Cup arrives on English shores and history tells us that to win a World Cup you must…
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