This has definitely been my toughest pre-season ever as we prepare for the World Cup. We had two camps in Poland in July doing lots of weights and conditioning work.…
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Wales squad – Powell, Thomas and Owens back in contention
Wales coach Warren Gatland has named the 39-man squad which will meet at the WRU National Centre of Excellence on Monday in preparation for the Rugby World Cup warm-up clash against…
England v Wales preview from Lydiate and Charteris
Wales and Dragons duo Luke Charteris and Dan Lydiate will both have English supporters on their side if they get the opportunity to run out against the old enemy at…
Lloyd Williams’s World Cup verdict
Lloyd Williams may be the son of a former dual-code international and British & Irish Lions scrum-half, but it is his Wales squad colleague Mike Phillips who was his boyhood…
Australia 23 Samoa 32 – an incredible result!
Manu Samoa have issued a stern warning to their opponents ahead of the Rugby World Cup after upsetting the Qantas Wallabies 32-23 in the opening Castrol Edge Test at ANZ…
Stephen Jones heads to Poland
Stephen Jones (pictured) was one of the first names on the list of players heading for Wales’ second pre-Rugby World Cup training camp in Spala, Poland next week. The Wales…
Eight players cut from Wales squad
Wales have named the 35 players to travel to Poland next Monday for the second pre-2011 Rugby World Cup training camp of the month. An initial squad of 42 met…
Principality Premiership fixtures released
Principality Premiership champions Llanelli will launch the defence of their title away to Newport on Saturday, 3 September. Following that opening round game, the side, who clinched the league with…
Gethin Jenkins – ready to take on England
Wales and British & Irish Lions prop Gethin Jenkins has declared he is back to full fitness and ready to take on England and Argentina in the Rugby World Cup…
Injury blow for Ospreys’ Gareth Owen
GARETH OWEN could miss the entire 2011-12 campaign after suffering “a substantial injury” in training. The 22-year old, who can play at full-back, fly-half and centre, already has 50 appearances…