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Tomas Francis Swaps Fizz for Fury as Wales Seek Some Anger to Throw at France

Tomas Francis has traded the sparkling champagne and oysters of French rugby for the flat beer and burgers of a Welsh domestic game struggling to regain its appetite, as Graham Thomas reports.

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Pressure Grows for WRU to Dump Secret Ospreys Axe Plan

Resistance to the Welsh Rugby Union’s secret restructuring plans is intensifying, with criticism now hardening both within the Ospreys region and across the wider Welsh game.

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Wales Ready to go Back to Principality Stadium For England Clash Ahead of Euro 2028

Wales will look to host a major football international at the Principality Stadium if they are paired with England in Thursday’s Nations League draw.

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Wales assistant coach Matt Sherratt has insisted he believes the ongoing chaos in domestic rugby is having no effect at all on his under-achieving team.

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Leo Walta Ready to add a Finnish to Swansea City's Revamp

Leo Walta is confident he can add to Swansea City’s Championship surge, having already mixed it with the best of English and Dutch talent in the past year, as Graham Thomas reports.

Graham Thomas | Feb 11, 2026
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Swansea City Probably Need 31 More Points to Make the Play-Offs . . . so, can Vitor Matos Inspire a Miracle?

Vitor Matos was brought in to keep Swansea City in the Championship, but maybe he won’t need to, as Ian Mitchelmore reports.

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