Dan Biggar carries Welsh hopes in the biggest weekend in European club rugby when he plays for RC Toulon against Glasgow Warriors in the ECR Challenge Cup final at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin. The Wales and British & Irish Lions outside half has yet to feature in a European rugby
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Euro Wheelchair championships hailed as outstanding success
Beyonce had a tough act to follow at Principality Stadium this week following the outstanding success of the European Wheelchair Rugby Championships at the beginning of the month. Reigning champions France retained their title as they beat Great Britain 55-49 in a classic final, while the British women’s team won
Pooler front row duo sign Dragons Academy contracts
Pontypool’s Wales U20 front row duo of prop Dylan Kelleher-Griffiths and hooker Sam Scarfe have both been snapped up on Senior Academy contracts with the Dragons. Both are hoping to head too South Africa with Wales this summer for the Junior World Championships and are among seven highly promising youngsters
Scrum-half Lewis to miss WXV tournament
Wales scrum-half Ffion Lewis has sustained a knee injury and has been ruled out of the forthcoming WXV tournament. The 33-times capped Welsh international left the field towards the end of Wales’ 36-10 victory over Italy in the final game of the TikTok Six Nations in Parma. Lewis, 26, was
Moss leaves green shoots to grow
Welsh Rugby Union Group Finance Director Tim Moss has confirmed he will move on this month, after 16-years with the governing body. The WRU Board and key stakeholders have been aware of this decision for some time and a transition plan is in place which sees Moss succeeded on an
Mark Jones appointed interim Wales U20 head coach
Former Wales international wing Mark Jones has been named as Wales Under 20 [men’s] interim head coach after Byron Hayward tendered his resignation as Lead Pathway coach. The Welsh Rugby Union has acted swiftly in replacing Hayward with Jones who has a vast pedigree as a former player with Wales
Welsh officials Evans and Whitehouse selected for Rugby World Cup
Wales referees Craig Evans and Ben Whitehouse are among the team of match officials selected for Rugby World Cup 2023 in France later this year. A total of 26 Emirates Match Officials (12 referees, seven assistant referees and seven Television Match Officials) representing nine nations with more than 630 Test