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Cardiff City To Be Given Frank Assessment Of Their Survival Chances
Cardiff City’s weekend fixture at Coventry City has suddently become the focus of most attention in the Championship after their hosts confirmed Frank Lampard as their new manager. The former Chelsea boss – who once had a loan spell as a player at Swansea City - has been appointed on a two-and-a-half-year contract.
Luke Williams Demands More From Swansea City, Despite Win
Luke Williams insists his Swansea City team must learn to win with more comfort if they are going to challenge for the play-off places. The Swans head coach was pleased with his team’s fast start in their 2-1 victory at Derby County which has taken them up to 11th place in the Championship, five points off the top six.
Omer Riza Admits Cardiff City Are Struggling For Goals And Says: “We Failed”
Omer Riza admitted Cardiff City might not have scored had they played all night following his team’s deflating 2-0 home defeat to QPR. The Bluebirds interim manager watched his team struggle against the Championship’s bottom club before Rangers earned a deserved victory.
Time For Wales To Look Beyond Warren Gatland For Fresh Answers
If you printed out all the reviews currently taking place in Welsh rugby, then you could probably use them as compacted blocks of snow to build a new igloo, inside which WRU officials could shelter themselves from reality. The roof of the current one seems to have finally fallen in on those running the game, with national teams of both genders and all age groups hardly able to win a game.
Four Welsh Regions Bid To Warm The Spirits In URC After Cold Comfort Autumn
The United Rugby Championship is back this weekend and for the Welsh regions it means a chance to move the gaze away from Wales’ woes. Not that the foursome have all been awesome themselves, but at least they are gaining the occasional win here and there, unlike the national team.
Phil Parkinson Insists Dogged Wrexham Can Keep Toughing It Out
Phil Parkinson reckons Wrexham were rewarded for going the extra yard to beat stubborn Lincoln 1-0 and maintain their promotion push. Tendayi Darikwa’s 67th-minute own goal settled an evenly-fought contest and gave Parkinson’s side an eighth home league win in nine attempts.
Liam Williams Set For Wales Six Nations Recall After Saracens Switch Is Confirmed
Liam Williams has joined Saracens for a second time, the London club have confirmed – meaning the Wales full-back should be free to return to the national squad for the Six Nations. Williams, 33, has agreed terms until the end of this season, returning to English domestic rugby following a stint with Japanese club Kubota Spears.
The Ghosts Of St. Helen’s Are About To Awaken As Ospreys Get Ready To Rumble
Swansea’s St Helen’s is a stadium filled to its vast capacity with the ghosts of sporting occasions past. Wales playing their first ever home international rugby union match way back in 1882.
As Wales Consider Wielding The Axe, England Chief Pockets £1.1m
While the Welsh Rugby Union consider whether to stick with their two highest paid rugby staff – head coach Warren Gatland and director of rugby Nigel Walker – England fans have been left choking over their breakkfasts over the news that RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney is to be paid £1.1m for the last financial year. That comes despite the governing body reporting record losses and making 42 staff redundant.
Steve Cooper Sacking Leaves Wales Without A Premier League Manager
Steve Cooper’s surprise sacking by Leicester City at the weekend means there are currently no Welsh managers left working in the Premier League. Cooper had been flying the flag for Wales in the top flight after the dismissal last year of Nathan Jones by Southampton and the relegation suffered last season by Luton Town with Rob Edwards at the helm.
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Warren Gatland Sets Sail With New Faces As Wales Bid To Turn The Tide
Warren Gatland has turned to a couple of new faces from outside of Wales in a bid to turn the tide in results this autumn. Gloucester second-row Freddie Thomas and Scarlets wing Blair Murray are the uncapped pair drafted in by Gatland for the November Tests. Thomas was born in... Read More
Dafydd Jenkins Is New Wales Captain Along With Five Uncapped Players
Wales coach Warren Gatland has named Dafydd Jenkins as his new captain and five uncapped players in his squad for the Guinness Six Nations Championship. The squad announcement, though, was overshadowed by Wales wing Louis Rees-Zammit being released by Gloucester to pursue his dream of a career in the NFL.... Read More
Will Rowlands Insists Wales Have Only Done The Bare Minimum So Far
Will Rowlands says it was Wales’ “minimum standard” to reach the... Read More
No Talks Yet And The Ball Is In Your Court . . . Sabri Lamouchi Waits For Cardiff City Move
Sabri Lamouchi has insisted the ball is in Cardiff City’s court over whether or not he remains at the club next season. Lamouchi’s final home game in charge ended with Sunday’s 2-1 defeat to Huddersfield, but with the Bluebirds already having secured their Championship status before the match because of... Read More
Eight Players Poised For Wales RL Debuts As Performance Pathway Pays Dividend
Eight players could make their debuts after Wayne Ponting announced a 31-strong Wales Rugby League Under 18 men’s squad for the 2023 season. The squad includes 13 players who were part of the Wales U16 squad that beat England Community Lions twice last year, and a further 11 who were... Read More
Russell Martin Predicts Huge Summer Of Change At Swansea City . . . Overseen By Him
Russell Martin insists Swansea City are already planning for a summer rebuild - with him still as head coach. The heat on Martin was turned up when his team lost for the seventh time in nine matches at Millwall on Tuesday night as they went down, 2-1. Swansea co-owner Steve... Read More
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