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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.

Tyler Morgan

Tyler Morgan Says Scarlets Style Will Suit Him

Tyler Morgan has insisted he will flourish at the Scarlets because of their playing style. The Welsh international centre has been confirmed as a new recruit for the region, just days after the Dragons announced he was leaving Rodney Parade. Morgan will be seen as a likely replacement for Hadleigh... Read More

Tyler Morgan Aims To Breath Some Fire Warren Gatland's Way In Dragons Return

Tyler Morgan will aim to put down a marker against Munster after failing to make Warren Gatland's Six Nations squad. The 23-year-old Dragons centre was involved with Wales during the autumn internationals, but failed to make the cut for the Six Nations. Now he has vowed to use his regional... Read More

Derby Time Again As Wales' Regions Battle It Out For Local Bragging Rights

IT'S derby time when grounds will be packed over the holiday period and the battle for who's best, east or west, will resume. Largely because of the Dragons' ineffectiveness - to put it politely - the west has generally proved to be best which would delight the late, lamented Ray... Read More

It's 21 Months Since The Dragons Won Back-To-Back Games . . . Not Good Enough, Says Warren Gatland

The Dragons have been told they need to improve their success rate if they are to get more players into the Wales squad. The blunt message comes from Warren Gatland as the region face a pivotal test of their strength or otherwise with a Friday night home clash against Northampton... Read More

New Dragons Signings Suggest Rodney Parade Is No Longer A Departure Lounge

The new era at the Dragons is certainly having a positive effect, given the recent contract renewals signed by Wales squad newbies Leon Brown and Elliot Dee. Home grown talent committing themselves to play under Bernard Jackman at Rodney Parade is exactly what the Dragons faithful wanted. Hallam Amos was... Read More