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Posted 83 days ago
SOMETIMES THE stats do lie.
If you didn’t know the score at Murrayfield on Sunday and were just handed the match data afterwards, everything would suggest that Ireland had beaten Scotland and consequently joined Wales and England at having a shot at the Championship title. But as everyone knows by now, against the odds, it’s Scotland who earned that right.
Posted 89 days ago
THE BRITISH and Irish Lions are still hotter than a Justin Bieber and David Beckham collaborative calendar. Need proof? Every single test ticket for this summer’s tour sold out in 15 minutes. People are tearing their hair out, trying to find a seat. The powers that be Down Under have promised a spectacle to rival the 2003 Rugby World Cup and the omens are good.
Posted 95 days ago
IF EVER there was a media brouhaha that your regular Australian rugby fan would want from the British Isles at this time of the year, then Warren Gatland’s purported ‘Anglo-gate’ fits the bill perfectly. In an interview with the Evening Standard yesterday Gatland was quoted as saying of the English. “If they do well in the Six Nations, there will be a reasonable contingent of English players
Posted 107 days ago
A new Six Nations is getting underway and there are plenty of new faces to catch the eye. Billy Twelvetrees, while a big unit himself, should add more finesse to England’s recent bish-bash midfield. His tactical awareness is sure to help Owen Farrell at ten and he has the boot to keep the Scots pinned back in their own territory.
Posted 465 days ago
WALES welcome back Gethin Jenkins and Dan Lydiate for their RBS 6 Nations fixture against Scotland on Sunday, and have made a total of three changes to their starting XV.
Jenkins, who has successfully recovered from a knee injury, replaces Saracens youngster Rhys Gill at loosehead prop, while Lydiate, returning from an ankle problem, will step into the No 6 jersey.…
Posted 471 days ago
RHYS PRIESTLAND and Jamie Roberts have been selected in the Wales team to play Ireland in their opening RBS 6 Nations game on Sunday.
Fly-half Priestland and centre Roberts, who both impressed for Wales at the World Cup, had been struggling with knee injuries but have recovered in time to earn starting berths.
Cardiff Blues wing Alex Cuthbert replaces Shane Williams in Wales’…
Posted 714 days ago
By Sarah Mockford, Rugby World Features Editor
GAVIN HENSON made his long-awaited return to Test rugby against the Barbarians on Saturday afternoon. He’d been out of the international arena for two years and 75 days – and was given precisely 61 minutes to prove that he still had the talent to be a key man for Wales. So how did the…
Posted 744 days ago
Wales coach Warren Gatland has declared his players will be given a licence to thrill against the Barbarians their first World Cup warm-up match at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday 4th June (Kick-off 2.30pm).
Gatland and his coaching team will name a 24-man squad early next week and he has left no ambiguity in publicly announcing the way he wants them…
Posted 799 days ago
Wales coach Warren Gatland said his team had become “battle-hardened” thanks to facing the big three from the southern hemisphere on a regular basis. Wales have played South Africa twice, New Zealand three times and Australia once in the last year. They beat Ireland 19-13 at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday, and Gatland praised their gutsy defence as they managed…
Posted 834 days ago
The losing run continued for Wales on Friday night as England beat them 26-19 in the opening round of the Six Nations, but Warren Gatland and co were still able to take many positives from their team’s performance, and will go to Murrayfield believing they can win, writes Bea Asprey. “I can’t fault the effort of our guys,” said Gatland.…
