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Warren Gatland Looks To Wales New Boys For Six Nations Boost

Warren Gatland Looks To Wales New Boys For Six Nations Boost
Ospreys outside-half Dan Edwards and Scarlets wing Ellis Mee are the two uncapped players to have been named in coach Warren Gatland’s Wales squad for the Six Nations. Gatland has also included hooker Sam Parry - who walked out of a national camp last year after feeling disrespected by the Wales coach - along with a number of players who have recovered from recent injuries.

Cardiff City Earn Trip To Stoke As Last Welsh Team Standing In FA Cup

Cardiff City Earn Trip To Stoke As Last Welsh Team Standing In FA Cup
Cardiff City’s reward for beating Sheffield United is another away trip for the fourth round of the FA Cup - to Stoke City. The Bluebirds - the only Welsh club left in the tournament after Swansea City lost 3-0 at Southampton - overcame Championship high-fliers Sheffield United last Thursday night and then had to wait until Sunday evening to learn of their opponents in the next round.

Luke Williams Admits Swansea City Were “Outclassed” As FA Cup Hopes Crushed

Luke Williams Admits Swansea City Were “Outclassed” As FA Cup Hopes Crushed
Luke Williams admitted Swansea City were deservedly dumped out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle after a one-sided defeat at Southampton. The Swans lost 3-0 and offered little in the way of resistance against a team struggling to win a game in the Premier League.

Mark Jones’ Ospreys Revival Rolls On Into European Knockout Stages

Mark Jones’ Ospreys Revival Rolls On Into European Knockout Stages
Ospreys head coach Mark Jones paid tribute to his team as they continued their revival under his guidance. The Swansea region impressed as two tries from Jack Walsh helped them become the third team in Pool 2 to clinch a ticket into the EPCR Challenge Cup knockout stages for the second season in a row, as they beat Newcastle Falcons 35-15 at the Swansea.com Stadium.

Teddy Ready To Finally Get The Job Done With Cardiff In France

Teddy Ready To Finally Get The Job Done With Cardiff In France
Teddy Williams is hoping to round off a great week by picking up his first win on French soil when he leads Cardiff into their third-round clash in the EPCR Challenge Cup against Perpignan. The 24-year-old Welsh international second row confirmed on Thursday that he had signed an extension to his contract with the Arms Park club and was immediately made captain for the trip to France.

Wales U20s Start Countdown To Six Nations With A Win

Wales U20s Start Countdown To Six Nations With A Win
The Welsh Academies U23 XV promised to give the Wales U20 side a run for their money in the first of two clashes ahead of the U20 Six Nations and they did exactly that at the Arms Park. In front of a very healthy crowd, Richard Whiffin’s U20 team were forced to tough it out against their older and heavier counterparts in what should prove to be a very useful warm-up to the opening championship game against France in Vannes on Saturday 1 February.

Last But One On Stage, But Swansea City May Fancy Some FA Cup Limelight

Last But One On Stage, But Swansea City May Fancy Some FA Cup Limelight
You need to have shown admirable patience if you’re interested in Swansea City’s FA Cup progress this season. The Swans do not begin their Cup campaign until late Sunday afternoon at 4.30pm – the penultimate fixture of the third round – when they visit Southampton.

Welsh Golf To Earn £1m Boost From Women’s Open

Welsh Golf To Earn £1m Boost From Women’s Open
Golf in Wales is to receive a £1m financial boost from the Welsh Government, to help ensure a lasting legacy from the largest female sporting event ever to be held in Wales. The investment will support the Women’s Golf Legacy Fund which aims to create long-lasting change by addressing barriers faced by women and girls in golf. The initiative will provide grants to golf clubs for projects across Wales, focusing on developing inclusive, family-friendly, and gender-equal facilities.

Cardiff City’s FA Cup Shock Can Pump Life Into Their Relegation Fight, Insists Omer Riza

Cardiff City’s FA Cup Shock Can Pump Life Into Their Relegation Fight, Insists Omer Riza
Omer Riza believes Cardiff City’s surprise 1-0 FA Cup victory at Sheffield United can provide the fuel to propel his team away from relegation trouble. Riza watched a much-changed Bluebirds team beat an equally re-jigged home side thanks to a Cian Ashford goal to move into the fourth round.

Ageless Taulupe Faletau Ready To Stride To Wales’ Rescue . . . Again

Ageless Taulupe Faletau Ready To Stride To Wales’ Rescue . . . Again
Taulupe Faletau will reclaim his Wales No.8 spot for the Six Nations, claims Cardiff coach Matt Sherratt who insists: “If you’re good enough, you’re young enough.” After a frustrating 15 months sidelined by injuries, Faletau is slowly re-establishing himself as a familiar force on the field.

Bobsleigh

Adele Ready To One Day Say Hello To Sport Number Three After Wales Games Debut

Adele Nicoll is already an international athlete in two sports, but it would seem a reasonable bet to place on her one day making it a hat-trick. Adele said hello to bobsleigh after first emerging as a talented track and field athlete and she finds trying new sports just as... Read More

Adele Nicoll . . . Shot Putter, Bobsleigh Olympian And Risk-Taker With A Smile

By Owen Morgan Adele Nicoll is living proof of the old saying that a change is as good as a rest. And if you can enjoy both - as Wales’ winter Olympian has managed over recent months - then so much the better. Nicoll, from Welshpool, is currently at the Winter Olympics in... Read More

Welsh Shot Putter Named As Reserve For Women’s Bobsleigh In The Winter Olympics After World Cup Second Place Medal

By Lucy Rees Team GB has named Adele Nicoll amongst the eight bobsledders heading to the Winter Olympics next month in Beijing. After first stepping into a bobsleigh back in 2020, her first World Cup race in 2021, and being selected as a reserve in 2022, it's fair to say the shot... Read More

Adele Nicoll . . . Seven Years Of Waiting And Now She Has Commonwealth Games And Winter Olympics In Her Diary

Shot putter Adele Nicoll took her last chance to claim a Commonwealth Games qualifying standard on Saturday before turning her attention to her bobsleigh ambitions. The Birchfield Harrier had been knocking on the door of claiming the qualifying standard all season, but appeared to be running out of time when... Read More

Mica Moore Returns To Bobsleigh For Olympic Push

By Paul Jones Welsh star Mica Moore has re-joined the British Bobsleigh team and has here eyes firmly set on making February’s Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. Moore was a key performer at the last Olympics in South Korea three years ago as she recorded the country’s best ever finish in the... Read More

Laura Deas To Lead GB World Cup Bid

Wales’ Olympic bronze medalist Laura Deas will lead the British challenge for more skeleton success this season after being named in the World Cup team. Deas tasted Olympic glory in 2018 and now has her sights set on similar achievements on the sport’s top circuit in 2019 and 2020. Madelaine... Read More
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