PRINCIPALITY
PREMIERSHIP
Bedwas v Newport
(Saturday, 2.30pm)
Bedwas return to action after three weeks off and are
looking to pick up their first win at the Bridge Field this season having lost
their first three home games. Although they will have been buoyed – by the performance
at least – against Carmarthen Quins last time out, when they scored two tries
inside the first three minutes, before eventually going down 44-29.
Newport have been in Premiership action in recent weeks and,
although they’ve suffered defeats at Cardiff and then...
Thursday, 23 October 2014
Match Report: Swansea University Women's RFC 32-5 Plymouth University Women's RFC
Swansea University Women’s recorded the first win of their BUCS Western 1A campaign with a comfortable home success over Plymouth at Sketty Lane.
The Green and Whites, who went down 14-0 at Bristol last week, had too much experience across the park for their opponents in what was at times a training game.
Despite dominating the first 40 minutes, Swansea were perhaps guilty of switching off after the break as the game's continuity was broke up by changes and injuries.
Swansea were cruising at the interval and were 25 points to the good, but...
Thursday, 16 October 2014
British & Irish Cup Round 2 – Predictions
Pool 1 – Connacht v
Pontypridd (Sunday, 2pm)
Pontypridd put last season's agonising semi-final defeat to
Leinster A behind them with a win over London Scottish on the opening weekend.
Connacht shipped a half-century of points away to Bristol. Connacht have beaten
Welsh opposition twice in six attempts in the B&I Cup, with victories over
Cross Keys and Llanelli in 2012 and 2013 respectively. They have never played
Pontypridd before though.
Prediction: Pontypridd by 15 points
Pool 2 - Rotherham
Titans v Aberavon (Saturday, 3pm)
Tries...
Quins rocked by double departure
CARMARTHEN QUINS remain united despite being rocked by the recent resignations of two club officials after a row over selection for the British & Irish Cup.
Chairman Dorian Taylor and club secretary Don Davies have both quit due to regional influence over the Quins’ campaign – with the Scarlets using the competition to field a largely development XV containing contracted regional and academy players.
Both felt that, having qualified for the group stages, it should in fact be the Premiership side representing the region – with...
CARMARTHENSHIRE PENSIONER SET FOR TURKEY TEST
A retired consulting engineer from Burry Port will be the elder statesman in the Golfplan Insurance PGA Pro-Captain Challenge final in Turkey.
PGA Professional Martin Stimson (right) and club captain Martin Hale (left). Picture courtesy of Scott Heavey at Getty Images
Ashburnham captain Martin Hale, 73, qualified to play in the showpiece after partnering his club’s PGA Professional Martin Stimson to victory in the regional qualifier at Bowood.
The...
British & Irish Cup round 2 preview
Bristol Rugby set a new attendance record for a British
& Irish Cup match with a crowd of 7,640 turning up at Ashton Gate on Sunday
to see the Greene King IPA Championship pacesetters maintain their winning
start to the season with a 50-34 victory against Connacht Eagles.
It was also a day for Olly Robinson to remember as he scored
a hat-trick on his competitive debut for the West Country club.
Bristol feature in one of three all-Championship tie in
Round 2 when they take on London Scottish at The Athletic Ground on Saturday
afternoon....
Friday, 10 October 2014
Skipper Byrne returns to lead Dragons against Edinburgh
Newport Gwent Dragons captain Lee Byrne has returned to the Dragons starting XV for this weekend's clash against Edinburgh, Saturday October 11, KO 14:40.
The international fullback has returned to full fitness after suffering a back strain before the Welsh Derby, resulting in him not appearing for the Dragons against the Scarlets in Round 5.
Alongside Byrne, Lyn Jones has made seven changes to the team that faced the Scarlets last weekend.
The fullback is joined in the back three by Matthew Pewtner and Hallam Amos. The centre pairing takes...
CARL FIELD'S WEEKEND PREDICTIONS
CARL FIELD previews
the weekend’s action as the British & Irish Cup gets going, while there is
one Principality Premiership fixture.
PRINCIPALITY
PREMIERSHIP
Cardiff v Newport
With both these sides failing to make it to the B&I Cup
group stages, the two face off in a league clash at the Arms Park.
Cardiff lost to Cross Keys on their last outing here –
having won their first two games with a bonus-point – but bounced back with
victory at Llandovery last weekend.
Newport, who have lost three from four so far, are currently
ravaged...
Match Report: Swansea Uni RFC 18-8 Cardiff Uni RFC
Swansea University have drawn first blood on
the road to Welsh Varsity as the Green and Whites were good value for their
BUCS Premier South A success over their bitter rivals Cardiff at Sketty Lane.
The hosts outscored the Red and Blacks two
tries to one after the visitors were unable to make a strong wind advantage pay
before the break, with all three touchdowns coming after the interval.
There were some impressive performances from
players on both sides. Swansea’s prop pairing of Tom Cross and Sean
McDonnell-Roberts got through a lot of work...
Thomond victory will be step in the right direction for Scarlets says Priestland
Scarlets outside half Rhys Priestland says it was bitterly disappointing to lose against Munster at Musgrave Park in the PRO12 last season and taking a victory over the Irish province at Thomond Park on Friday evening will be a step in the right direction for the Welsh region. The clash away from home against Munster heralds a big month for the Scarlets that will see the West Wales region take on Munster and Toulon in consecutive weeks, who collectively have five Heineken Cup titles between them, before moving on to face Leicester Tigers at...
Wednesday, 8 October 2014
Swalec League Weekend Review
Last season’s runners up Cardiff Met are starting to move through the gears after a slow start to their Swalec Championship campaign, and the Students clinched their third triumph as they dismissed new boys Merthyr 45-14.
Crymych wing Carwyn Phillips in action against Kidwelly
Photo courtesy of AlfiePics
Connor Nicholls was at the double while James Beal, John Dawe, Charlie Hewitt and Emerson Beffell also crossed. Owen Thomas fired over three...
HARRIES HAPPY WITH PING TITLE
Haverfordwest's Becky Harries is looking forward to a winter of hard work building on her success winning the Golf Union of Wales Ping Order of Merit for the first time – after three years as runner-up.
It was fourth time lucky for Harries after finishing behind Amy Boulden for the last three years - but while Boulden is making her way onto the Ladies European Tour, 25-year-old Harries is in no rush to join her in the professional ranks with...
British & Irish Cup Round 1 preview
Leinster 'A' begin their quest for a hat-trick of British & Irish Cup titles with a trip to Plymouth Albion on Saturday afternoon.The Irish province became the only side in the five-year history of the competition to win the trophy more than once when they beat Leeds Carnegie in last season's one-sided final in Dublin. The previous year they were pushed to the limit by Newcastle before winning a thrilling final in extra-time.For the first time, there will be no Scottish representation in the cross-border competition, with the 12 sides from...
Friday, 3 October 2014
Principality Premiership weekend predictions
All Wales Sport’s CARL FIELD previews this weekend’s
Principality Premiership fixtures.
Llanelli v Neath (Friday)
Llanelli will fancy their chances after pushing Carmarthen
Quins all the way last weekend, while Neath need to make massive improvements
in their scrum play if they are to get their first points on the board.
Prediction: Llanelli by 7 points
Aberavon v Pontypridd
Jason Hyatt’s side will be buoyed by picking up their first win
of the season at Bedwas but I can’t see past yet another bonus point win for
the champions...
Wednesday, 1 October 2014
Scorpions to move to Mountain Ash
South Wales Scorpions Rugby League Club will be moving to Parc Dyffryn Pennar, the home of Mountain Ash RFC for the start of the 2015 season.
The move has been made so that the club, who play in League One which is two divisions below Super League, can secure a base where the team can not only play home matches, but for the first time in the club’s history, they can train regularly on their home turf.
South Wales Scorpions played for four years in Neath before a temporary move to Maesteg this year. One game in 2015 will be played “on...
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