England‘s Joe Launchbury expects Wales to put in a strong performance when the two sides meet at Twickenham on Saturday, despite their well documented injury problems. Wales lost influential players…
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World Cup Highlights: Wales 54-9 Uruguay
Watch official World Cup highlights of Wales' opening win over Uruguay
Five things we learnt: Wales v Uruguay
When is a job done satisfactorily? The difficulty with completing any job is that some people are never fully satisfied. Whether it’s a painter, gardener or rugby writer someone will…
World Cup 2015: Wales 54-9 Uruguay
Wales avoided a first-day upset, running in eight tries to beat Uruguay at a canter. Four first-half tries – three by Cory Allen – set the scene and after the…
Has Warren Gatland picked the right Wales team to face Uruguay?
By David Marsh Fit again Welsh stars Liam Williams and Samson Lee have been named in Wales’ starting XV to face Uruguay on Sunday. After Wales lost both Rhys Webb…
How Wales will cope with the loss of Leigh Halfpenny and Rhys Webb?
Coping with life after Leigh Halfpenny and Rhys Webb The only problem with friendlies is that when a team loses a player through injury, it’s particularly galling. A situation where…
Rugby World Cup: The Tongan priest, Fijian panache and airport training
Clive Norling was working as a college lecturer in Swansea when the first Rugby World Cup rolled around in 1987. His first thought? I’ll give that a miss. His gripe…
Gareth Thomas – Never Alone
Whicheve lens you look through, Gareth Thomas is a rugby legend. He became the first player to represent Wales 100 times, he was a Grand Slam winning captain with Wales…
World Cup squads selections continue to raise eyebrows
By Will Macpherson Making sense of World Cup squads is an exercise carried out on two levels. Firstly, things are best kept simple: who’s in, who’s out, which coach nailed…
Five Talking points – August
Argentina make rugby history August was largely a month of Rugby World Cup warmups and national coaches carefully pruning their squads like Mister Miyagi tending to a bonsai tree. But…