and as cover have brought in Rob Field who announced his retirement from senior rugby last month.Despite the setbacks, and a 37-15 defeat at Welsh in November, chief executive Mal Malik remains upbeat."Obviously we will miss these players, but I am confident that we are more than good eno...
Rugby Union: Howley's Boys Have the Guts to Succeed; BIG-MATCH VERDICT by PHIL BENNETT IT won't go down as one of the great victories in the history of Welsh rugby - but yesterday's... B Williams,David - Rugby Union: Howley's Boys Have the Guts to Succeed; BIG-MATCH VERDICT by ...
Rugby got into the bloodstream around the same time as all the other components that formed the character of industrialised Wales. “The Welsh Rugby Union becomes a national institution as part of the drive towards national bodies at the end of the 19th century,” says Professor Williams. “The...
The WRU's Success Is Delivering Real Pride and Belief in Wales; in an Open Letter to Rugby Fans, Welsh Rugby Union Group Chief Executive Roger Lewis Says a Successful November Paints a Bright Future for the Game in Wales. and He Describes the Four Regions, with Whom He Has Had a Rece...
Gavin Lloyd Henson (born 1 February 1982) is a Welsh rugby union player who currently plays for Dragons in the Pro14. He attracted much media attention as part of a Wales national team which achieved Grand Slams in the Six Nations Championship in 2005 and 2008. He has also played for the...
Welsh rugby union legend Sir Gareth Edwards told ITV Wales on Wednesday that the trio were "icons of the game." He said: "It is recognition of some local heroes who have been neglected possibly, for want of a better word, due to the fact that they played rugby league which...
London Welsh was formed in 1885 by and for London's Welsh community, and has played senior-level rugby since then. Its name in Welsh, isClwb Rygbi Cymry Llundain. 1960s London Welsh enjoyed great success in the late 1960s. John Dawes was appointed captain, and effectively also as coach...
Mormon founder Joseph Smith converted Captain Dan Jones to the religion, then sent him on a mission to Wales. Captain Jones in turn converted thousands, most of whom resettled in Utah and contributed much to Mormon culture. As a prime example, Welsh Americans founded the Mormon Tabernacle ...
W Mail - Gareth Hopes for Grand Day as Nation Waits on a Slam in Memory of Merv; as Welsh Rugby Mourns the Death of 1976 Grand Slam Captain Mervyn Davies, the Great Gareth Edwards Recalls His Former Team-Mate and Urges Warren Gatland's Men to Win the Grand Slam in Memory of Merv 被...
Prosser credits much of his career success to his father, who veered from the family farming trade and studied to become a mathematics teacher. Prosser said in a union magazine, as reported in the LondonSunday Times,that his father gave him the best piece of advice. "When I left home to...