How did you get into rugby? My father, Tony, took me to Pontypridd minis when I was eight. He was a huge influence and coached my team until I was…
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Hotshots: Cardiff Blues scrum-half Tomos Williams
When did you start playing rugby? With Treorchy U7. One of my brothers was there and my old man (Steve Williams) was a coach. He coached us all the way…
Sam Warburton teaches David Flatman to sing Welsh national anthem
Wales flanker Sam Warburton talks Tour De Flats, conducting a choir and derby day in Europe
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints That’s the Wade to do it Christian Wade gave Stuart Lancaster a timely reminder of his try-scoring prowess with a superb try for Wasps against Saracens in the…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints King Henry Everyone’s talking about George Ford and Danny Cipriani, but Henry Slade reminded the rugby world of his excellent credentials at fly-half when he scored 27 points…
Saints and Sinners: The weekend’s talking points
The Saints Saxon spirit Facing an Ireland Wolfhounds team with just under 300 Test caps between them, and not to mention a smattering of Lions players, the England Saxons had…
PRO12 play analysis: Gareth Anscombe, Cardiff Blues
Northern hemisphere rugby has long cowered in an inferiority complex with regard to New Zealand. That is largely understandable – the all-conquering All Blacks have cast more of a solar eclipse…
Blues-Dragons derby a shadow of yesteryear
Close your eyes at Cardiff Arms Park on Boxing Day and you might just imagine you’ve stepped back in time. A bumper crowd is expected for the Blues-Dragons Guinness Pro12…
Adam Jones’ drop-goal masterclass
Everyone’s favourite tight-head Adam Jones caused much mirth last month with his unexpected attempt at a drop-goal against Munster, that dropped just short of the posts – although, we should…
Start of season talking points
Gloucester to pack a punch Gloucester simply weren’t at the races last season, with a porous defence leaking 60 tries and finishing a lowly ninth. It served to be the…