Wales Women U18 to face England and coaching team announced

Wales Women U18 will play their England counterparts at Rugby School on Sunday 5 March (1pm) as part of the 200 year celebrations of the birth of rugby at the school. Former Wales backrow Catrina Nicholas-McLoughlin has been appointed as Wales U18 head coach for the season, assisted by Oli

Wales U20s fightback impresses Hayward

A Wales U20 Development XV scored 21 unanswered points in the second half to overturn a halftime deficit to beat Scotland 26-22 at Cardiff Arms Park. Scotland led 17-5 at the break in bitterly cold conditions with Scarlets hooker Lewis Morgan crashing over to score Wales’ only points in the

Happy 140th birthday to the greatest rugby championship

As the countdown clock to the opening game in the 2023 Guinness Six Nations ticks past 50 days, it is interesting to record that today (Friday, 16 December) is the 140th birthday of the first game played in what is world rugby’s longest standing and most successful championship.  Wales will

North undergoes cheekbone surgery

George North has had an operation on the broken cheekbone he suffered against Leicester Tigers and looks set to miss at least the next three games for the Ospreys.  The Wales and British & Irish Lions wing left the field last Sunday after a heavy collision. Ospreys head coach Toby

PRB shares principles of new six-year deal with WRPA

Members of the Professional Rugby Board (PRB) met with the Welsh Rugby Players Association (WRPA) recently to update on the current position on a new funding model for the professional game in Wales, after welcoming a verbal agreement on a new six-year-deal. The verbal agreement reached is a six-year-framework which

Gatland’s back – and looking positively towards 2023

Warren Gatland is back in Wales and already planning for the Six Nations and Rugby World Cup having taken over as the Wales head coach.   There are 52 days to go to the first game in the Six Nations championship against Ireland at Principality Stadium on Saturday, 4 February.

Tributes flow for Dr Julian Widdowson

Tributes have been pouring in after the sudden death of Wales pathway doctor, Julian Widdowson. The popular Widdowson joined the Welsh Rugby Union as Wales Men’s U20s Team Doctor in 2014. He also twice accompanied Wales Men’s U18s to South Africa. In these roles, his skills and experience as a