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Sam Warburton Hints Warren Gatland Has Lost The Wales Dressing Room

Sam Warburton Hints Warren Gatland Has Lost The Wales Dressing Room
Sam Warburton has suggested Wales coach Warren Gatland may have “lost the dressing room” following the defeat to Italy. Former Wales captain Warburton - made captain by Gatland for two Lions tours - gave a damning verdict on Wales under Gatland after the team had suffered a 14th successive defeat in Rome.

Luke Williams Backs Swansea City To Build On Shock First Win Of The Year

Luke Williams Backs Swansea City To Build On Shock First Win Of The Year
Luke Williams believes Swansea City have drawn a line in the sand after they gained their first victory of 2025. Josh Tymon's second-half strike was enough to give the Swans a 1-0 Championship victory over Bristol City in a full-blooded Anglo-Welsh battle at Ashton Gate.

No Wins, No Progress, No Hope . . . But Warren Gatland Insists He’s “Working Hard” As Wales Coach

No Wins, No Progress, No Hope . . . But Warren Gatland Insists He’s “Working Hard” As Wales Coach
Warren Gatland insists it’s business as usual for him as Wales continue to lose and fall further down the world rankings. Some coaches may have read the room and offered to resign after a 14th successive defeat led to a further drop in the rankings to 12th, a record low. But despite a deserved 22-15 defeat to Italy in Rome, Gatland was again talking about “working hard” and “staying tight” - just as he has been doing for almost 500 days since he last won a game of rugby.

Omer Riza Praises Rubin Colwill As Cardiff City Reach Last 16 of FA Cup

Omer Riza Praises Rubin Colwill As Cardiff City Reach Last 16 of FA Cup
Omer Riza praised Rubin Colwill after Cardiff City banished the ghost of FA Cups past with a 4-2 win over Stoke to reach the fifth round for the first time in 11 years. Goalkeeper Ethan Horvath and midfielder Colwill were the heroes after an enthralling cup tie, which ended 3-3 after 120 minutes. The Bluebirds made it fourth time lucky at the bet365 Stadium as they finally got one over the Potters in the competition.

Wales Facing More Damning History If It All Turns To Ruins In Rome

Wales Facing More Damning History If It All Turns To Ruins In Rome
First the good news – Wales are chasing a ninth consecutive win in Rome and Italy have only once made it back-to-back home wins in the Six Nations. Then comes the bad news.

Cardiff City Can Use FA Cup Glory As Championship Fuel

Cardiff City Can Use FA Cup Glory As Championship Fuel
Omer Riza insists Cardiff City will give the FA Cup their full respect and attention when they visit Stoke City on Saturday. The Bluebirds manager is unlikely to be judged on the length of any Cup run when owner Vincent Tan makes a call at the end of the season as to whether Riza stays in charge or not.

Three Italian Dangermen Wales Must Control

Three Italian Dangermen Wales Must Control
Wales face Italy in Rome this weekend - looking for their first win after a difficult start to the Guinness Six Nations Championship. The match at Stadio Olimpico will be important for both teams, as Italy will be aiming to win back-to-back matches against Wales for the first time in their history.

Warren Gatland Bets The Lot On Red No.8

Warren Gatland Bets The Lot On Red No.8
Warren Gatland is banking on Taulupe’s 100+ cap experience providing his young Welsh side with a real boost in confidence as they seek to beat Italy in Rome in Round 2 of the Guinness Six Nations championship. The 34-year-old Cardiff Rugby No 8 has returned from his latest injury misery to pick up his 105th cap at Stadio Olimpico at the weekend in a vital clash for both nations.

Forget The Super Bowl . . . and Remember Sardis Bowl Back In 1975

Forget The Super Bowl . . . and Remember Sardis Bowl Back In 1975
America, and viewers across the world, will gather for the Super Bowl on Sunday. Twm Owen looks back 50 years to when an American Football game was the biggest show in one Welsh town. You would expect the history of American football in Wales to start in the 1980s when William ‘the Refrigerator’ Perry of the Chicago Bears became a household name and amateurs from Cardiff to Swansea and Caernarfon to Prestatyn took to the gridiron.

Warren Gatland Looks To Taulupe Faletau To Lift Desperate Wales

Warren Gatland Looks To Taulupe Faletau To Lift Desperate Wales
Taulupe Faletau will play his first game for Wales since the 2023 Rugby World Cup after being named on Thursday in the starting line up for their vital Six Nations clash with Italy in Rome on Saturday. In a boost for beleaguered Wales coach Warren Gatland, Faletau's selection is one of two changes to the side that was heavily beaten in Paris last Friday in the opening game of this year’s tournament. Wales are on a run of 13 defeats and were they to extend that beyond this weekend, it would make Gatland’s position begin to look untenable as well as see the side slip below Georgia to 12th in the world rankings.

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From Premier League Pitch Of The Year . . . To Swansea City's Big Christmas Dig Up

You couldn’t help but note the irony. As darkness descended over Wales last Saturday - both literally and metaphorically after the First Minister’s announcement regarding a national tier four lockdown - intense work on the Liberty Stadium surface was already underway. Merely minutes after Swansea had completed a 2-0 win... Read More

Yan's The Man For Steve Cooper At Swansea City . . . And Can Pitch Them Higher In 2021

Yan Dhanda believes a new pitch at Swansea City can lay firm foundations for a push towards promotion to the Premier League. Swansea City’s former Liverpool midfielder helped create some of their best moments in the 2-0 weekend victory over Barnsley on a surface so poor even Monty Don would abandon... Read More

Michael Flynn: Newport At Cambridge Should Have Been Abandoned . . . But We Can't Afford The Petrol

Mike Flynn has revealed he would have called for Newport County’s weekend match at Cambridge United to have been called off were it not for the coronavirus pandemic. A first defeat of the League Two season for the Exiles came at Abbey Stadium and in awful conditions with torrential rain... Read More

It's Tiki Taka At Newport County . . . Until The Mud Makes It Pretty Sticky

The footballing revolution at Newport County gathered pace this week with Michael Flynn’s men taking Cambridge United to school in the Carabao Cup second round. It may only have ended in a 1-0 win, and earned the Exiles another home draw with Watford in the next round, but it was... Read More

The Times, They May be Drastic . . . But Neath Are Going Plastic

The spread of coronavirus might have hit Welsh rugby hard, but Neath RFC hope good times are around the corner with the introduction of a synthetic 4G pitch planned at The Gnoll. Championship outfit Neath have seen their season cancelled due to the impact of Covid-19 and one of Wales’... Read More

Why It's Time To Get Drastic About The Plastic . . . Following Shameful Glasgow Response

The Scarlets ripped Glasgow apart last week, but they also ripped the skin off their limbs in winning. Robin Davey says this latest incident involving injuries on artificial surfaces needs urgent attention. Scarlets players with gruesome friction burns deserve a better response than the disinterested shrug of the shoulders from... Read More
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