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Jamie Roberts To Be Key Figure As Warren Gatland's Wales Future Is Weighed Up

Jamie Roberts To Be Key Figure As Warren Gatland’s Wales Future Is Weighed Up
Warren Gatland is facing the sack as Wales coach – unless he can convince his former star player Jamie Roberts he should be allowed to continue. Gatland lost for the 12th time in a row on Sunday and the 45-12 defeat to South Africa means he is the first Wales coach for 87 years to go through an entire calendar year without winning. The buffeted Welsh Rugby Union will start their review process of the Autumn Series next week, with Roberts set to be a key figure.

Will Rowlands Insists The Buck Stops With Players As Wales Face A Dozen Straight Defeats

Will Rowlands Insists The Buck Stops With Players As Wales Face A Dozen Straight Defeats
Will Rowlands accepts that Wales find themselves in “a brutal situation” as they prepare to face South Africa following 11 successive Test defeats and raging speculation about their head coach’s future. Wales and Warren Gatland are behind the eight-ball ahead of an Autumn Nations Series finale that has landslide defeat written all over it.

Dion Regan And Isobel Kelly Win For Wales . . . And Follow Rory McIlroy

Dion Regan And Isobel Kelly Win For Wales . . . And Follow Rory McIlroy
Wales Golf squad16-year-old Dion Regan has won the biggest title of his career at the Faldo Junior Tour European Grand Final, following in the footsteps of the likes of Rory McIlroy and Mel Reid. It was also a Wales double with Isobel Kelly winning the Under 21 Girls category, at the 28th Grand Final of the series, started by six-time Major champion Sir Nick Faldo to develop the champions of tomorrow.

Omer Riza Says It’s Business As Usual At Cardiff City . . . Uncertainty

Omer Riza Says It’s Business As Usual At Cardiff City . . . Uncertainty
Omer Riza appears happy enough with his trip to Malaysia to meet Vincent Tan – even though he did not return with a signed contact as the new permanent Cardiff City manager. Instead, Riza remains in interim charge of the Bluebirds as they prepare to face Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough on Saturday lunchtime.

Chepstow Racecourse: Preview And Tips For Friday’s Seven-Race Jumps Card

Chepstow Racecourse: Preview And Tips For Friday’s Seven-Race Jumps Card
Chepstow Racecourse hosts its latest Jumps card on Friday afternoon with a seven-race offering at the track as the cold snap sweeps across Britain. Racing will get underway at 12.30pm with a two mile and three furlong maiden hurdle in class four before the last race of the day heads off at 3.59pm as a field of 14 take on the Bumper - a Flat race run over Jumps rules.

Sam’s The Man For Warren Gatland . . . At Least For This Weekend

Sam’s The Man For Warren Gatland . . . At Least For This Weekend
Warren Gatland has handed the keys to No.10 to Sam Costelow and told him: No pressure, mate! None at all, except for the fact that Costelow will start at outside-half in a Wales team that has lost its previous 11 matches, is facing world champions South Africa, and has been selected by a coach who may be one defeat away from the sack.

Derby Winner Geoff Lewis Honoured At Welsh Horse Racing Awards

Derby Winner Geoff Lewis Honoured At Welsh Horse Racing Awards
Geoff Lewis – the only Welsh jockey ever to ride a winner of the Derby – has picked up another trophy to add to his collection. The 88-year-old – winner of the 1971 Derby on Mill Reef – was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Welsh Horse Racing Awards in Cardiff on Thursday night.

Rob Howley Insists Wales Should Stick With Winless Warren Gatland And Things Will Turn “At Some Point”

Rob Howley Insists Wales Should Stick With Winless Warren Gatland And Things Will Turn “At Some Point”
Rob Howley still believes Warren Gatland is “the best coach in the world” and is backing him to pull Wales out of their worst losing run in their history. If the world champions South Africa end their international season with a win in Cardiff on Saturday it will condemn Wales to their 12th defeat in a row and make it the first winless year for the national side since 1937.

Warren Gatland And Craig Bellamy . . . Wales Coaches At Opposite Ends Of The Sporting Spectrum

Warren Gatland And Craig Bellamy . . . Wales Coaches At Opposite Ends Of The Sporting Spectrum
Craig Bellamy and Warren Gatland have more in common than simply being current Wales national coaches. They now share a similar history in their opening half a dozen matches in charge of their respective teams, games in which they both hit the ground, running - hard.

Royal Porthcawl To Be Part of Record Prize Tour For 2025

Royal Porthcawl To Be Part of Record Prize Tour For 2025
The world’s top female golfers will compete for a record £103million ($131m) next season, Tour officials have announced - including a tournament in Wales. The total prize fund for the LPGA tour’s 75th season represents an increase of 13 million dollars (£10.2million) from 2024.

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Welsh Fire Stoke Things Up As Jonny Bairstow Pinpointed To Generate The Heat

Welsh Fire will be undertaking a major overhaul for their 2023 The Hundred campaign, as they have only retained five players from last year's squad. The team had a disappointing season in 2022, finishing last in the league table after losing all eight of their matches. In response, they have... Read More

Welsh Fire Remain Winless . . . In What Has Been A Difficult Start To The Hundred

By David Williams The Welsh Fire men succumbed to their fifth defeat in five games in the hundred against Southern Brave, who dominated both games at Sophia Gardens. The Welsh side are now languishing at the bottom of the table with 0 points in both the men’s and women’s competitions, after another... Read More

Sleepless In The Swalec As David Miller Jets In To Give Glamorgan Blast Off

David Miller has jetted in to the Glamorgan squad for Wednesday night’s NatWest T20 Blast quarter-final clash with Leicestershire Foxes at The Swalec Stadium. The South African batsman arrived on an overnight flight from Johannesburg on Wednesday morning, just hours after playing match in his homeland. The big-hitting left-hander arrives... Read More

Glamorgan In The Pink And Ready To Blast Through To T20 Finals This Time

Pink is the new red, but is winning the new feeling for Glamorgan in the NatWest T20 Blast quarter-finals? Richard Thomas sees reasons for optimism, especially if results lead to the county having to hit the road. It is pink ball time this week as England take on West Indies... Read More

David Miller Smashes Glamorgan To Top Of T20 Blast On Debut

Glamorgan are top of the T20 Blast South Group on run rate after a 25-run victory over Gloucestershire at Bristol on Tuesday night. South African debutant David Miller struck a 33-ball fifty in a third wicket stand of 85 with fellow countryman and Glamorgan skipper Jacques Rudolph, who also hit... Read More

David Miller Boosts Glamorgan As He Becomes County's Sixth South African

“If it’s in the arc, it’s out the park” is a motto Glamorgan will be hoping David Miller brings with him as he joins up for the remainder of their T20 Blast campaign. The Welsh county currently occupy the fourth qualifying spot after the first four games, of which they’ve... Read More
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