Wales Italian Adventures
A weekend against Italian opposition proved a highly successful one for Wales’ international teams. With all three under differing pressures, it was vital for all of their 6 Nations campaigns that they...
View ArticleSix Nations: The Story So Far – Part 2
On Friday, I lifted the Six Nations Trophy and it got me thinking, who will be lifting it come Super Saturday? Heart and head say that it will be Chris Robshaw. Together with Stuart Lancaster, he has...
View ArticleWill Wales Win in Williams Move?
With a break in play this weekend, bad news reached Parc Y Scarlets as news of Owen Williams’ move to the Leicester Tigers came to the surface. The promising young fly half’s transfer seemed to be as...
View ArticleA Trio Of Welsh Wins
Wales in recent times have had a very decent record over Scotland, both home and away, yet with Scotland’s senior side on their best run of form in the 6 Nations for a decade, Saturday’s match was one...
View ArticleSix Nations – Team Of Round 4
The penultimate round of the 2013 Six Nations was nothing short of a complete let down. I was on a good friend of mine’s Stag Do this weekend and so I was looking forward to watching the games with...
View ArticleTaking Stock: An Observation Of The Six Nations Finale
“Men against boys.” “Masters against apprentices” “Not at the races” “A class above the rest” For me, one of the most notable things to come out of the Grand-Slam and Championship decider between Wales...
View ArticleSix Nations – Team Of The Final Round
That’s it for another year and all in all I think Wales deserved to win, that coming from an England fan. Not just because they were superb against England, but because the weight on their shoulders...
View ArticleDestined To Be – Wales’ Six Nations Story
There are always times as a writer of rugby when you love to get things right. There are even times when you can love to get things wrong. I wrote this paragraph the week before the 6 Nations began...
View ArticleSix Nations: Team Of The Tournament
Inevitably this year’s Six Nations had the Lions selection as a sub plot, not just the last chance to impress on the international stage, but a chance to do so against rivals from the other nations....
View ArticleForget The WRU, Focus On The Positives
With the clocks going forward an hour on Easter Sunday, the rift between the WRU and the regions also moved forward at quite a ferocious speed with the WRU publicly criticising the Scarlets for their...
View ArticleWales’ Southern Hemisphere Woes
Time to kick on……….. This autumn will see Wales play South Africa, Argentina, Tonga and Australia……again. With a healthy representation in the Lions this summer (10 Welsh players starting the final...
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