It’s crunch time in the Allianz Premier 15s season with home semi-final games up for grabs in the penultimate round of regular league fixtures. Gloucester-Hartpury hold a six-point lead over Exeter Chiefs, with reigning champions Saracens back in third and Bristol Bears in fourth. Fifth placed Harlequins need to pick up maximum points from their […]
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Last weekend Dan Biggar picked up an EPCR Challenge Cup winners medal with Toulon and now Nick Tompkins and Aled Davies are hoping to end their club seasons on a high by steering Saracens to victory in the English Premiership final at Twickenham. Both men were in the Sarries side that went down to a […]
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It was on a Bank Holiday Monday 36 years ago on 25 May, 1987 that Wales kicked-off their World Cup journey. They were match No 8 in the inaugural tournament, facing Ireland in Wellington. Maggie Thatcher was still in No 10 in 1987, and heading for a third term in office a month later, […]
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Alun Wyn Jones will captain the Barbarians at Twickenham on Sunday in the game against a World XV. It will be the 37-year-old Ospreys lock’s 15th international outing at the home of English rugby in a game that will see him make his debut for the Baa-Baas. He has three wins over England in 12 […]
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The Welsh Rugby Union has announced a major investment and partnership in Women’s and Girls rugby to underpin the recent success of the Wales Women’s senior side. Three new Player Development Centres (PDCs) – in East Wales, West Wales and North Wales – will be established to support the development of high potential young players […]
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