European roundup: Connacht stay alive and condemn 14-man Bristol
Bristol are out of the Champions Cup after losing at Connacht but Glasgow beat Toulon to go through
February 2023
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Wales in crisis: regions the bane of a rugby nation facing the abyss
How can Ireland be thriving on broadly the same levels of union income and exactly the same number of professional teams?
June 2022
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Rugby’s dazzling wizard Phil Bennett converted plenty to the oval ball
Wales’ pocket-sized illusionist enriched the sporting world, with clips of his brilliance now part of union’s heritage and soul
Phil Bennett remembered as a ‘natural talent’ and ‘legend of a player’ for Wales
Wales legend Phil Bennet, who has died aged 73, has been remembered by former teammates and opponents as a ‘natural talent’ who made ‘anything possible’
Rugby union pays tribute to Phil Bennett, who has died aged 73
Phil Bennett helped Wales win the Five Nations grand slam twice in their 1970s golden era and was part of the famed British Lions tour victory in 1974
January 2022
European club rugby fixtures to go ahead after France relaxes Covid rules
European fixtures can go ahead as planned this weekend after the French government relaxed its rules on travellers entering from the UK
December 2021
Scarlets forfeit European Cup tie to Bristol with 32 players in quarantine
Champions Cup organisers relax Covid rules following Scarlets appeal
November 2021
Covid forces rugby teams and golfers in South Africa to race for flights home
Cardiff and the Scarlets are struggling to escape South Africa after it was added to the UK government’s travel red list
December 2020
Wasps beat 14-man Montpellier, Toulon refuse to play Scarlets over Covid-19
Wasps earn a 33-14 bonus point win against Montpellier in the Champions Cup with Alfie Barbeary scoring twice after Henry Immelman’s early red card
December 2019
Wales full-back Liam Williams to leave Saracens and rejoin Scarlets
Liam Williams has confirmed he will leave Saracens to link back up with Scarlets at the end of the season
September 2019
Wales’s Rhys Patchell: ‘It’s a long time since I have been this excited’
The fly-half on the long road back from injuries and his optimism about Wales’s World Cup chances after making the cut
April 2019
Welsh rugby travelling on parallel roads as Judgment Day approaches
Alun Wyn Jones close to Ospreys new deal and ‘50-50’ for Cardiff Blues game
March 2019
Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw dropped for Ali Price in bid to end Wales run
Gregor Townsend has dropped his captain Greig Laidlaw for Ali Price as he searches for a winning formula in Scotland’s Six Nations match against Wales
Scarlets confirm merger with Ospreys is ‘off the table’ after talks fail
The new chairman of the Ospreys, Robert Davies, said it was ‘time for grownups to get back in the room’
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Ospreys prepare for bloody fight against merger with Scarlets
Paul Rees
Ospreys chairman Mike James resigns amid turmoil over Scarlets merger plan
Ospreys and Scarlets set to merge as WRU plans radical changes
January 2019
Rugby union: talking points from the weekend's action
Rugby union: talking points from the European Champions Cup
Dan Robson’s display is silver lining for Wasps, Tadhg Beirne outmuscles Exeter while Saracens look Leinster’s biggest threat
