Topic: Wales
England's failure to qualify out of their group in front of a record crowd at Twickenham on Saturday saw New Zealand win the IRB Sevens World Series title with a day remaining of the London event.A crowd of 54,357 at 'headquarters', a ...
England great Jonny Wilkinson has insisted Gavin Henson will be welcomed back into the Toulon squad following the row that saw the Welshman suspended.Henson returned to training on Monday following an alleged drunken altercation with his team-mates that threatened the Wales centre's ...
The Welsh Rugby Union have announced that Wales' Millennium Stadium clash against the Barbarians on June 4 will be a full-cap international for what will be the WRU's 130th anniversary fixture.Caps have been awarded twice before by Wales in Barbarians encounters - ...
Ireland may not have won the Six Nations which finished on Saturday but nevertheless on Monday they were the top ranked northern hemisphere country in the IRB world rankings.The Irish are ranked fourth, largely thanks to their victory over the Six Nations ...
France will seek a quick remedy from their historic Six Nations defeat by Italy last time out by beating Wales at the Stade de France on Saturday and at least end their dispiriting campaign on a high note.A French victory would end ...
The French team are determined to set aside the historic defeat by Italy last Saturday and beat Wales in their final Six Nations match at the Stade de France this weekend, wing Alexis Palisson warned Tuesday.The 23-year-old was not part of the ...
Wales rugby great Shane Williams hopes of a grandstand finish to his Six Nations career were dashed on Tuesday as the wing was ruled out of Saturday's climax against France because of a knee injury.The 34-year-old 2008 world player of the year ...
Irish scrum-half Tomas O'Leary was on Tuesday ruled out of this Saturday's decisive Six Nations clash between Ireland and England because of an eye injury.The 27-year-old Munster star has been plagued by a back problem throughout the tournament managing to struggle through ...
France coach Marc Lievremont made five changes to the side that was humiliated by Italy as he tries to make amends against Wales in their final Six Nations match at the Stade de France on Saturday.Lievremont lashed out at his players following ...
Wales derailed Ireland's hopes of the Triple Crown with a hard-fought 19-13 Six Nations victory over the visitors at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday.A controversial Mike Phillips try, 11 points from the boot of James Hook and a long-range penalty from Leigh ...