SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE UP TO 35% Read Rugby World’s digital issue Subscribe to the Rugby World Newsletter
Posted 139 days ago
THE MILLENNIUM Stadium will host Welsh rugby’s first regional double header on Saturday 30 March and it’s being billed as ‘Judgement Day’. The four Welsh regions are hoping derby fever captures the imagination of fans while the players themselves will be looking to get one over their rivals in Cardiff as they battle for international honours. The matches are East…
Posted 288 days ago
TEENAGE WINGER Harry Robinson has signed a senior contract with Cardiff Blues.
Robinson, 19, impressed Welsh selectors and was called up to the Wales 35 man senior squad for the training camp in Poland prior to the 2012 Six Nations Championship. He made a try-scoring debut for his country in June, in the test against the Barbarians.
In 2010/11 he won the…
Posted 424 days ago
Cardiff Blues have made six changes, as they bid farewell to a number of great servants when they take on Edinburgh at the Cardiff City Stadium, Sunday 2.05pm kick off
It will no doubt be an emotional occasion being the final home match for Ben Blair, Casey Laulala, Martyn Williams, Maama Molitika, Gethin Jenkins, John Yapp, Richie Rees and Dan Parks,…
Posted 475 days ago
CARDIFF BLUES’ South Africa-born back-rower Andries Pretorius qualifies for Wales on residency this summer, but here are a few facts about him you probably don’t know…
1. He’s currently reading Jonny Wilkinson’s autobiography and says: “It sounds like he’s got a little bit of OCD.” He’s also a big fan of Bear Grylls’s “phenomenal book” Mud, Sweat and Tears.
2. He can…
Posted 521 days ago
By Sarah Mockford, Rugby World Features Editor
IT WAS hardly a vintage performance by Cardiff Blues in Reading but they head into the final round of the Heineken Cup pool stages with quarter-final qualification in their hands. Level on points with Edinburgh, they just have to match the Scots’ performance next weekend to make the last eight.
As for this match against…
Posted 805 days ago
The Blues can confirm that Ben White (above), Tom Davies, Bryn Griffiths and James Loxton will leave the region at the end of the season.
Born in Gosford on the NSW Central Coast, White, was raised in Canberra and attended St.Edmunds College. The Australian flanker signed for Cardiff Blues from ACT Brumbies in 2006. White went on to make 50 appearances…
Posted 818 days ago
CARDIFF BLUES welcome back Six Nations players for crunch match The Blues take on Munster on Friday at 7.05pm kick off at the Cardiff City Stadium, as they return to Magners League action, with their only defeat in their last six league matches a 13-32 loss against Ulster in February.
Munster have lost only one Magners League encounter since November so…
Posted 845 days ago
CARDIFF BLUES travel to Ulster on Friday having secured four successive Magners League victories and climbed from 5th to 2nd place in the table in the process.
However, they face an Ulster side whose only loss in their last five matches in all competitions was 22-23 at Ospreys in the Magners League in February. They have won three of their four games…
Posted 855 days ago
CARDIFF BLUES can confirm that backrow forward Sam Warburton has signed a new contract extension with the region. Cardiff-born Warburton became a member of the Blues Academy in 2006-07 and was part of the Blues U20 squad that blazed a trail through the U20 Reebok Regional Championships to win the title.
Versatile enough to play anywhere in the backrow Warburton made…
Posted 876 days ago
This time last season it looked like Dan Parks’s Test career was doomed. A full year since he had won a cap and 17 months since he had started a Scotland match, he was definitely out of favour with new coach Andy Robinson.
But a remarkable turnaround has occurred and now Parks is a vital cog in a winning Scotland…
