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France grabbed the spoils and kept their pursuit of a first Grand Slam in ten years on track with victory against Wales. It was a deserved win for Les Bleus, who played the more controlled and decisive rugby. Wales made it a close run thing but were unable to land a knockout blow. After two […]
England fell to a disappointing 24-17 defeat to France in their Six Nations opener on Sunday. Eddie Jones’ side found themselves 17-0 down at the break and despite the best efforts from Jonny May, failed to complete a dramatic comeback. Here’s how we rated the England players from the defeat in Paris.
The first obvious implication is that Wales are through. Had the try been disallowed, could Wales have summoned up the energy for one last tilt at the French line for victory? Who’s to say that France might not of gone up to the other end of the field themselves making the match safe for them? […]
Wales edged a 20-19 victory to secure their place in the semi-finals against South Africa who later in the day saw off the host nation in their own quarter final match up. France played the majority of the rugby in this match especially in the first half but Wales won’t care now they are into […]
The dust has now settled on two quarter final match-ups and we now know that England and New Zealand will contest one of the semi finals. Both winning teams looked to be peaking at the right time. England saw off Australia without losing any of their players to cards or injuries. There were some stand […]
We now know who has reached the knockout stages of the World Cup. Each clash is a mouth watering one and should provide some extremely memorable action. First up is England versus Australia. England are marginal favourites and as with all the other quarter final ties, there is plenty of history to provide extra spice. […]
Wales held on for a memorable pool stage victory against the Wallabies, edging it 29 to 25. They are now in a good position to qualify in first from the group, however they will still need to overcome a strong Fiji side and the Uruguayans in their final pool game. There are many talking points […]
Rob Howley, Wales attack coach has been sent home before the tournament has begun for breaching betting regulations. Will this seriously dent Wales’ tournament aspirations? The WRU have requested that Stephen Jones join the camp in Japan and begin his term as attack coach slightly earlier than planned. Originally he was going to be part […]
Ireland 19 – Wales 10, Aviva Stadium Dublin. Although you don’t want to over analyse these warm-up games, it was a good afternoon for Ireland and a concerning one for Wales. Chief among Wales’ concerns will be a Head Injury Assessment for Rhys Patchell. This compounds the bad luck already suffered by one of Wales’ […]
A friend shared a greatest ever rugby union world cup fifteen online with me recently. It got me thinking and as a result I have come up with a greatest ever Welsh world cup fifteen. The criteria includes players who have appeared in World Cups for Wales since its inauguration in 1987. Defensively my team […]
Wales defeated England at home to get revenge for last week which means they are now top of the rankings in world rugby. Under a closed roof in the principality stadium Wales were much improved. There was more intensity to their game from the get-go. Wales’ line out, not always an area of strength functioning […]
England defeated Wales on Sunday afternoon at Twickenham in the first of two warm up games between the two nations. England were the superior side and although Wales rallied in the second half England secured a deserved victory. Despite this being a phony war England landed a pre World Cup psychological blow against Wales. They […]