Welsh Rugby Union news

• The South Africa reserve team from the URC they reckon would beat Wales

  26-05-2022 21:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales head to face the world champions this summer in a three-Test series in South Africa
  
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• The new life of Phil Davies, the most powerful Welshman in world rugby who now looks very different

  26-05-2022 20:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Former Wales forward Phil Davies has taken up the role as World Rugby’s Director of Rugby
  
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• Rugby evening headlines as 'electric' Wales international stays to fill Liam Williams' boots

  26-05-2022 18:25 via walesonline.co.uk
  
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• Gavin Bilton at World’s Strongest Man: The 30-stone ex-soldier and Welsh rugby player who eats 10,000 calories a day to compete

  26-05-2022 16:53 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The former Welsh Premiership second-row has been crowned UK Strongest Man in 2020 and 2021
  
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• Seiuli signs new Dragons contract

  26-05-2022 15:04 via wru.wales
  
  Dragons have re-signed prop Aki Seiuli ahead of the 2022/2023 season. Seiuli joined from Glasgow Warriors last summer and went on to make 21 appearances for the Men of Gwent – the joint highest made by any Dragon last season. The 29-year-old – who missed just one game all campaign – has put pen to […]
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• Homegrown Rosser signs new deal

  26-05-2022 15:04 via wru.wales
  
  Dragons have confirmed homegrown ace Jared Rosser has agreed a new deal to remain with the Men of Gwent. Rosser – a product of the Dragons Academy – finished as top try scorer at Dragons last season, grabbing five tries in just 11 games. The 24-year-old added to an already excellent try scoring record for […]
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• Maro Itoje vows not to sing English rugby anthem 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot' again

  26-05-2022 13:46 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The England and Lions star has issues over the origins of the song, which has links to the American slave trade
  
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• Wales star ends international career as move to English rugby's second tier is officially announced

  26-05-2022 13:03 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Jonah Holmes has joined English Championship club Ealing Trailfinders following his departure from the Dragons
  
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• Warrior ex-Wales captain to play first rugby game in three years as he joins cast for one-off match

  26-05-2022 12:02 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  He played 60 times for his country and in three Tests for the British and Irish Lions
  
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• 'Spineless' Cardiff leave Tom Shanklin stunned as he slams lack of commitment from 'alleged' good players

  26-05-2022 11:22 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Dai Young's Cardiff team suffered a humiliating final-day defeat to Benetton which left Shanklin and his fellow pundits most unimpressed
  
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• Football now the most popular sport in Wales ahead of rugby for first time

  26-05-2022 11:02 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Rugby no longer holds the crown as Wales' national sport after the findings of a recent independent report
  
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• Today's rugby news as Welsh club heartbroken by teen player's death

  26-05-2022 08:45 via walesonline.co.uk
  
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• Welsh rugby dithers over signing 'superstar' as special WRU deal floated and five English teams move in

  25-05-2022 21:33 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  He becomes a free agent at the end of this season
  
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• Nigel Owens' legendary 'This is not soccer' put down of star player gets 1.8 million TikTok views in just one day

  25-05-2022 21:11 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Owens' famous comment to Tobias Botes has been given a new lease on the video social channel
  
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• Mike Phillips picks the Wales team to play South Africa as Alun Wyn Jones left out and Basham must play

  25-05-2022 20:53 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Phillips is looking forward to seeing a new centre partnership and youngster having the chance to nail down a jersey for years to come
  
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• Rugby evening headlines as top Wales teen international goes pro in England and European boss wants Welsh improvement

  25-05-2022 17:43 via walesonline.co.uk
  
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• Ashley Beck: Wales centre agrees new Worcester Warriors deal

  25-05-2022 17:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wales international centre Ashley Beck agrees a new deal with Worcester Warriors for the 2022-23 season.
  
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• Players break down in tears as livelihoods lost - the brutal reality as Welsh rugby stars thrown onto scrapheap

  25-05-2022 17:01 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Being released is part and parcel of professional sport but there are few things that can prepare a player for the dreaded tap on the shoulder
  
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• Welsh wonderkid finally settles on long-term position after impressing Wayne Pivac in brief audition

  25-05-2022 16:28 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The 21-year-old back made his Test debut as a full-back in 2020 but his future appears to lie elsewhere
  
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• Unknown 'best fly-half in Wales this year' wins prestigious award three months after astonishing drop goal

  25-05-2022 15:25 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  He's the cousin of a Wales international
  
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• Dragons: Wing Jared Rosser signs fresh contract

  25-05-2022 15:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wing Jared Rosser signs a contract extension to remain at Dragons for the 2022-23 season.
  
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• Exactly why Wayne Pivac so badly wants Rhys Patchell on board for Wales' tour to South Africa as lifeline extended

  25-05-2022 14:10 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Rhys Patchell is finally back in a Wales squad, nearly two years since last being involved, but it could well be short-lived
  
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• Lydiate signs contract extension with Ospreys

  25-05-2022 13:07 via wru.wales
  
  Wales flanker Dan Lydiate has agreed a new deal to stay at the Ospreys for another season. Lydiate is a hugely respected figure at the Ospreys and returned to action towards the end of the United Rugby Championship campaign. He was part of the Ospreys squad that lifted the Welsh Shield in the URC and […]
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• Dan Lydiate: Veteran Wales flanker signs one-year Ospreys contract extension

  25-05-2022 13:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Veteran Wales and British and Irish Lions flanker Dan Lydiate signs a one-year contract extension to stay at Ospreys for 2022-23.
  
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• Today's rugby news as Welsh boss reveals 'uncomfortable truth' amid 'madness' and coach makes 'scary' Wales star claim

  25-05-2022 09:35 via walesonline.co.uk
  
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• Wales may have one spot left in World Cup backline and it's down to two people

  24-05-2022 19:53 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The rest of the backline looks relatively settled, but inside centre remains a position of flux
  
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• South African rugby show claim Alun Wyn Jones has been finished for some time as they predict Wales annihilation

  24-05-2022 18:57 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales have been out of sorts this year and the regions were on the wrong end of some hidings against South African sides in the URC
  
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• Huw Taylor: Dragons forward agrees new contract

  24-05-2022 18:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Forward Huw Taylor agrees a new contract to stay with Dragons.
  
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• Rugby evening headlines as Rhys Patchell's tour in balance and Wales star becomes 'exceptional' in England

  24-05-2022 17:48 via walesonline.co.uk
  
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• 'Amazing' Shane Williams had pivotal talk with England legend after Six Nations viewers left her crushed

  24-05-2022 15:40 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  World Cup-winning England full-back Danielle 'Nolli' Waterman reveals her crucial conversation with Shane Williams as she talks social media abuse, controlling the narrative and promoting women's rugby
  
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• Wales international signs for Merthyr RFC as Welsh Premiership side target another

  24-05-2022 13:13 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Scrum-half Tavis Knoyle has signed for Merthyr along with his former Dragons team-mate Josh Lewis
  
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• Ospreys: Prop Garyn Phillips signs first senior Ospreys contract

  24-05-2022 13:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Prop Garyn Phillips signs his first professional contract with Ospreys after graduating via their academy.
  
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• The best team each Welsh region can now field next season after major signings and mass clearouts

  24-05-2022 12:35 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The four sides will be hoping for better next season after a miserable 2021/22 campaign
  
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• Today's rugby news as Ospreys respond to ridicule over picture and England fly-half baffled by Shaun Edwards snub

  24-05-2022 09:02 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Here are your rugby morning headlines for Tuesday, May 24
  
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• Where Welsh rugby stands 20 days on from the bombshell as new 'R' word emerges

  23-05-2022 20:43 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  WRU performance director Nigel Walker is the first WRU official to speak publicly on the controversial option of cutting to three pro teams
  
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• The Wales international called into an office and given crushing news that's left him with nowhere to go

  23-05-2022 19:31 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  He had been a stalwart for his region over seven seasons
  
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• The Wales international called into an office and given crushing news so late it's left him with nowhere to go

  23-05-2022 19:31 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  He had been a stalwart for his region over seven seasons
  
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• Rugby evening headlines as 6/10 Wales star goes missing in crunch match but team-mate earns rave reviews

  23-05-2022 18:25 via walesonline.co.uk
  
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• Rupert Moon tells fans to have faith in elected WRU officials and reveals role in helping new Wales star

  23-05-2022 15:29 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Former Wales and Scarlets scrum-half Rupert Moon discusses Welsh rugby's future, the challenges around the regions, the "perfect" rugby game and helping a new Wales star
  
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• Welsh regional rugby team of the season dominated by players Wales don't pick

  23-05-2022 13:22 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Who have been the standout performers in Welsh rugby this term?
  
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• Sean Holley rips apart Cardiff's disastrous display and shows the 'unacceptable' things that were happening

  23-05-2022 12:26 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The setback capped a miserable campaign for Dai Young's team
  
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• Welsh rugby winners and losers as forgotten Wales wing steps out of shadows and Wayne Pivac endures sobering weekend

  23-05-2022 11:19 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  There was silverware for one Welsh side but three South African victories over regional teams will worry Wayne Pivac
  
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• Today's rugby news as jailed rapist allowed out to play and former Wales star baffled by Wayne Pivac

  23-05-2022 09:49 via walesonline.co.uk
  
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• Welsh regions complete 'most disjointed season'

  23-05-2022 09:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Sport Wales speaks to the head coaches and directors of rugby of the four regional sides to see how they have coped with a turbulent, unsuccessful season.
  
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• WRU rubbish idea of axing region and reveal what's happening in live TV interview

  23-05-2022 09:30 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Nigel Walker appeared in Scrum V to have his say on Welsh rugby's issues
  
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• Nigel Walker: Welsh Rugby Union does not want to cut regions, says performance director

  22-05-2022 22:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Performance director Nigel Walker says the Welsh Rugby Union does not want to cut a professional region in Wales.
  
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• Nigel Walker says Welsh rugby fans should be optimistic about future under Wayne Pivac

  22-05-2022 22:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Welsh Rugby Union performance director Nigel Walker says Wales can turn results around "reasonably quickly" under head coach Wayne Pivac.
  
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• Rugby evening headlines as Taulupe Faletau stuns with two moments of brilliance amid special goodbye

  22-05-2022 19:29 via walesonline.co.uk
  
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• Ireland's CJ Stander names 'robot' and hard man as Wales' toughest players

  22-05-2022 17:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Lions star CJ Stander has been reflecting on the Wales players who presented him with the biggest challenge
  
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• The 'mini Wales team' bidding to be crowned England's best side

  22-05-2022 16:34 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The squad boasts more than 10 Wales rugby internationals
  
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