Topic: Leigh Halfpenny

RugbyU: New Zealand 42 Wales 9

Full-time score in the first Test between New Zealand and Wales at Carisbrook here on Saturday: New Zealand 42 Wales 9 (H-t: 15-9) Scorers New Zealand - Tries: Keven Mealamu, Cory Jane, Dan Carter (2), Richard Kahui. Conversions: Carter (4). Penalty: Carter ...

Cardiff see off Toulon to claim Welsh rugby first

Cardiff Blues became the first Welsh side to win a European title when they beat French club Toulon 28-21 in the Challenge Cup final on Sunday. The cosmopolitan French club had dominated the first half but failed to convert massive possession and ...

Cardiff sting Wasps to reach Challenge final

Cardiff Blues defeated hosts London Wasps 18-15 in the European Challenge Cup semi-final on Saturday to set up a final clash against Toulon. Blues will face the big-spending French side at Marseille's Stade Velodrome on May 23 after holding their nerve to ...

O'Connell back for Lions against Cheetahs

Captain Paul O'Connell is back in the team for the British and Irish Lions to play the Cheetahs here on Saturday. The Munster and Ireland lock, who missed the midweek 74-10 mauling of the Golden Lions, pairs up with Donncha O'Callaghan and ...

Wales' Hook called into Lions rugby squad

Welsh playmaker James Hook has been called into the British and Irish Lions squad for the tour to South Africa as a replacement for the injured Leigh Halfpenny. Tour manager Gerald Davies said: "Leigh Halfpenny has returned to Cardiff where he is ...

Wales' Hook called into Lions squad

Welsh playmaker James Hook has been called into the British and Irish Lions squad for the tour to South Africa as a replacement for the injured Leigh Halfpenny. Tour manager Gerald Davies said: "Leigh Halfpenny has returned to Cardiff where he is ...
Reigning Six Nations champions Wales kept their quest for back-to-back grand slams on track with a thrilling 23-15 win over England at the Millennium Stadium here Saturday. England, much derided as an attacking force against the major nations, outscored Wales by two ...

Hook gives South Africa a huge fright

It remains that Wales have beaten South Africa only once, in 1999 on the day the Millennium Stadium opened. But how close they came to making it twice. Five Welsh penalties against two converted tries and two penalties suggest that the Springboks ...

Springboks withstand late Welsh rugby charge

World champions South Africa withstood a late onslaught to beat Wales 20-15 in their opening autumn international at the Millennium Stadium here on Saturday. The Springboks, boasting eight of their 2007 World Cup final-winning team, scored two tries through Adrian Jacobs and ...

Springboks withstand late Welsh charge

World champions South Africa withstood a late onslaught to beat Wales 20-15 in their opening autumn international at the Millennium Stadium here on Saturday. The Springboks, boasting eight of their 2007 World Cup final-winning team, scored two tries through Adrian Jacobs and ...