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Omer Riza Moves Closer To Cardiff City Job After Further Talks

Omer Riza Moves Closer To Cardiff City Job After Further Talks
Omer Riza has revealed he held “constructive talks” with Cardiff City’s board as he edges closer to his ambition of being given the manager’s job on a permanent basis. Cardiff scored two late goals to snatch a dramatic 2-1 win at home against promotion-chasing Norwich City at the weekend.

Filo Tiatia Set For Extended Run To Prove He Can Fire The Dragons

Filo Tiatia Set For Extended Run To Prove He Can Fire The Dragons
Filo Tiatia will be given a chance to prove he should be the man to step up and take permanent charge at the Dragons. The former All Blacks forward, who joined the Dragons as defence coach this summer, will now call the shots as interim head coach after their decision to part company with Dai Flanagan.

After Waiting Nine Hours For A Goal, Swansea City Boss Luke Williams Insists There Are More Coming

After Waiting Nine Hours For A Goal, Swansea City Boss Luke Williams Insists There Are More Coming
Luke Williams believes Swansea City’s previously shot-shy strikers can build on the club’s first goals for over nine hours. After failing to find the net throughout October, the Swans eventually ended their barren run when Zan Vipotnik turned in Ronald's cross to spark a 2-1 victory at Oxford United at the weekend.

Gareth Anscombe Targets 2027 World Cup As Latest Wales Comeback Takes Shape

Gareth Anscombe Targets 2027 World Cup As Latest Wales Comeback Takes Shape
It says much about Gareth Anscombe’s self-belief that he wants to play for Wales at the next World Cup. After all, the last tournament was only 12 months ago and it ended in another bitter injury nightmare for the 33-year-old outside-half.

Fiji Warm Up For Wales With Scotland Mission

Fiji Warm Up For Wales With Scotland Mission
Welsh fans will be able to join Warren Gatland and his squad in running the rule over next week’s opening opponents in the 2024 Autumn Nations Series when Fiji kick-off their tour with a clash with Scotland at Murrayfield this weekend. The side is drawn exclusively from their Super Rugby Pacifica team the Drua because the game falls outside the Test window.

Cardiff City Rule Out Talk Of Aaron Ramsey Comeback For Wales

Cardiff City Rule Out Talk Of Aaron Ramsey Comeback For Wales
Wales skipper Aaron Ramsey will miss his side’s push for promotion back to the top tier of the Nations League after being ruled out of their final two fixtures in Group B this month. The Cardiff City midfielder has already missed the last two games after picking up a hamstring injury after coming on as a replacement in the final 10 minutes of the 2-1 win in Montenegro in the second round match in Niksic on 9 September.

We’re Not Sexist . . . Just Incompetent, Insist WRU

We’re Not Sexist . . . Just Incompetent, Insist WRU
The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) has acknowledged it “needs to apologise” for threatening to pull the women’s team from competition, though the organisation denies any sexist intent behind its actions. According to a report by The Telegraph, the WRU allegedly warned the women’s team they could be withdrawn from the upcoming Rugby World Cup if they did not agree to new contract terms.

Tommy Reffell Happy To Face The Hairdryer Treatment For Leicester And Wales

Tommy Reffell Happy To Face The Hairdryer Treatment For Leicester And Wales
Tommy Reffell insists he will have no problem if Warren Gatland gives out the hairdryer treatment in the Wales dressing room this autumn. Reffell was one of the Leicester players who took a full blast of hot air from Tigers coach Michael Cheika recently.

Swansea City “Edge” Forward As Luke Williams Looks To Carry The Fight

Swansea City “Edge” Forward As Luke Williams Looks To Carry The Fight
When football managers – and rugby coaches – talk about training sessions having “an edge” about them, it normally only means one thing. There’s been a fight. It may not have been full-on, fists swinging, bare-knuckle bruising. But someone, somewhere has over-stepped the mark and tempers have boiled over. Nine times out of 10, managers love this kind of thing. It proves their players are more like thin, hungry dogs, than fat, sleepy cats and they look forward to unleashing the hounds on Saturday afternoon.

In Praise of Jess Fishlock . . . Wales’ Big Fish in Whatever Size Pool

In Praise of Jess Fishlock . . . Wales’ Big Fish in Whatever Size Pool
Has there ever been a more reliable Welsh footballer than Jess Fishlock? It’s a question worth considering after her country’s heroine once again came to Wales’ rescue late on Tuesday night.

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Welsh Rugby Is Back On Saturday . . . As The Admiral Premiership Returns

Welsh rugby is back. It may not be... Read More

Ian Evans Takes Joint Charge At Merthyr After Rowland Phillips Departs

Ian Evans has stepped up to become the new joint head coach at Merthyr RFC until the end of the season. The former Wales and Lions second row - who was a regular alongside Alun Wyn Jones during the early part of Jones’ international career - has replaced Rowland Phillips,... Read More

Dan Biggar: The Wales No.10 Who Played Like A Fan

March 27th, 2010. It was a clear, bright South Wales afternoon and the most galactic of ‘Galacticos’ Ospreys sides had arrived in Newport to take on the Dragons. The starting XV reads like a fantasy draft: a Jerry Collins-Marty Holah-Ryan Jones back-row; Jonathan Thomas and Ian Evans in the... Read More

Kelly’s Hero Performance On The Tour Of Epynt

Mark Kelly put in a hero’s performance of the Tour of Epynt, winning the sixth round of the 2023 J D Tyres Welsh Tarmacadam Championship in his Škoda Fabia R5.Co-driven by Dafydd Evans for the first time, Kelly and his rivals faced seven special stages over the daunting military range... Read More

It's Almost As If The Pro14 Fixtures Have Been Arranged To Help Make The Dragons Competitive

The Guinness Pro 14 fixtures are out and it’s a time for new hopes and dreams. Robin Davey says for the Dragons, though, it is far more. The scheduled matches have given them an opportunity they cannot afford to squander. The Dragons have been handed a golden opportunity to finally... Read More

Morgan Stoddart Holds The Keys To National Cup Success

Morgan Stoddart will get his first taste of action as the new head coach at Cross Keys when they Gwent side host Championship outfit Bedlinog at Pandy Park in the second round of the WRU National Cup this weekend. Keys put in a mighty performance to topple last season’s runners-up... Read More
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