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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.

“Harmless” Wales Have Never Had So Few Sharp Teeth

“Harmless” Wales Have Never Had So Few Sharp Teeth
There are some words in sport that can really hurt. One of them was uttered by a French rugby pundit last Friday night, moments after Wales had succumbed to a 43-0 defeat in their opening Six Nations match against France.

Darcey Harry In A Hurry As Women’s Open Looms

Darcey Harry In A Hurry As Women’s Open Looms
Welsh golfer Darcey Harry starts her professional career on the Ladies European Tour this week – with the AIG Women’s Open in Wales as her number one target for the season. The event will be at her home club, Royal Porthcawl, at the end of July, and will be the biggest female sporting event ever held in Wales with the world’s top stars descending on the South Wales coast for the first men’s or women’s Major held in Wales.

Italy v Wales . . . A Brief Modern History

Italy v Wales . . . A Brief Modern History
The 2025 Guinness Six Nations championship is well underway and after a whitewash defeat in Paris last week, Wales will be looking to avoid another loss. Warren Gatland’s men are striving to put behind them what happened against France and aim to record their first win of the tournament – and first in 13 matches – against Italy in Rome.

Nelson Jardim Pays Tribute To Newport County Godsend Nick Townsend

Nelson Jardim Pays Tribute To Newport County Godsend Nick Townsend
Newport County head coach Nelson Jardim was a relieved man after his side took a vital step towards securing their League Two status. The County boss was content with a tense 2-1 victory over relegation-threatened Morecambe at Rodney Parade.

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Wales Captain Ben Davies Tells FAW Boss Noel Mooney To Zip It Over Rob Page

Wales captain Ben Davies has told the boss of the Football Association of Wales to zip it over the future of manager Rob Page. Davies and his squad are fuming that Football Association of Wales chief executive Noel Mooney has undermined Page on the eve of their crunch Euro 2024... Read More

Gemma Grainger Left Proud Of Wales, But Target Now Switches To Chasing World Cup Play-Off Spot

Gemma Grainger has praised her Wales players for delivering one of the best displays since she took charge, despite their 2-0 defeat to France on Tuesday night. It was a first loss of the Women’s World Cup qualifying campaign for Wales and it leaves them unlikely to finish top of... Read More

Gemma Grainger Urges Wales To Stay Hot For France After They Deal With Cold, Wet And Windy Llanelli

Gemma Grainger praised her team for their professionalism in overcoming awful conditions to hammer Greece 5-0 and keep their World Cup qualification dream on track. The Wales manager was full of admiration for the way her players stuck to their task at Parc y Scarlets where a howling gale, rain,... Read More

Aaron Ramsey Aims For Another Wales Epic Against Belgium . . . As Margin For Home World Cup Play-Off Starts To Narrow

Aaron Ramsey aims to replicate his greatest night in a Wales shirt when he faces Belgium on Tuesday evening – and put Wales a step closer to the World Cup finals. The Juventus midfielder says the Euro 2016 3-1 victory over the Belgians was “up there” alongside any of his... Read More

99 Caps, 36 Goals, 15 Years, One Gareth Bale . . . But No World Cup (Yet)

By Gareth James Gareth Bale has won his fitness battle and is ready to crown his “incredible journey” with a 100th Wales cap on Saturday. Bale became Wales’ youngest ever player in May 2006 when making his debut in a friendly against Trinidad & Tobago at the tender age of 16 years... Read More

Wales Poised To Smash Record As Skipper Sophie Ingle Admits Three Years Has Been A Lifetime

Sophie Ingle has admitted not so long ago she would never have believed Wales could stand on the threshold of a record crowd by means of a fixture against Estonia. But that is exactly where Wales are poised to be for Tuesday night’s qualifier for the Women’s World Cup which... Read More
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