Jerry Yates believes Swansea City showed their true personality in victory at Rotherham in their first match since the dismissal of Michael Duff. Rotherham academy product Yates came back to haunt his former club as he grabbed the winner in the Swans’ 2-1 victory.

Dewi Lake scored a record equaling four tries in a European match for the Ospreys as he guided his side to a bonus-point 43-34 win in Pool 2 in the EPCR Challenge Cup. The Wales hooker converted three driving line-outs and also drove over for another from close range as home forwards just managed to outgun the superb Benetton threequarters.

Erol Bulut put points above performance as he assessed a vital win for Cardiff City that keeps them on the edge of the Championship play-offs. The Bluebirds manager saw his team overcome Millwall 1-0 in the capital in a match that will not live long in the memory. But the victory came after back-to-back defeats and was enough to leave Cardiff only outside the top six positions on goal difference.

The four Welsh regions have a break from the United Rugby Championship this weekend, but that doesn’t mean life is going to get easier. In fact, it looks tougher in some respects with three of them facing club opposition in Europe and the Ospreys up against the Italians of Benetton who they lost to last week.

Swansea City have been encouraged by Ange Postecoglou they could be pushing at an open door for Chris Davies at Tottenham. Spurs manager Postecoglou has suggested Davies could well end up being allowed to leave the London club to take up the vacant head coach’s post with the Swans.

Wales has a new European swimming champion in the shape of Medi Harris. The Commonwealth Games bronze medalist struck gold at the European Short Course Championships in Romania on Thursday night and there could be more silverware for Great Britain, and Welsh swimmers, this weekend.

Swansea City caretaker coach Alan Sheehan has told his players they need to lift themselves and their fans this weekend following the sacking of Michael Duff. Sheehan, 37, has stepped up from an assistant’s role and into Duff’s shoes following the former boss’s dismissal at the start of the week.

The final whistle on Wales women’s 0-0 draw with Germany had long cut through the cold night air. Despite the plummeting temperatures, the home team were still lining the Swansea.com Stadium touchline some 20 minutes later.

The British and Irish Lions will be part of an “amazing occasion” when they play in Ireland for the first time in 2025, according to Ieuan Evans. The Lions will take on Argentina in a June 2025 warm-up fixture ahead of their tour of Australia.

Llandovery College made history by becoming the first school side to win the WRU’s elite WSC Rugby Cup with a 28-13 win over 14-man Ysgol Glantaf. The win at Principality Stadium ensured Joe Denman’s side completed an unbeaten season in the tournament and went one better than two years ago when they fell at the final hurdle to Cardiff & Vale College.

Steve Cooper insists he is not thinking about losing his job despite Nottingham Forest’s 5-0 defeat at Fulham. The only Welsh-born manager in the Premier League was a forlorn figure on the touchline as Alex Iwobi and Raul Jimenez bagged braces and Tom Cairney also scored to heap more misery on Forest, who have lost their last four Premier League matches.

Bridgend & District Schools’ two try hero Sam Watkins picked up the player of the match award in his side’s thrilling 19-18 win over Mynydd Mawr & Dinefwr. It was the first time since 1990 that Bridgend had won the most coveted title at U16 level in Wales, but their hearts were in their mouths in the final play of the game when MMD outside half Tom Evans had a shot at goal to win the game.

Jess Fishlock has told her Wales teammates they have found a new level they must deliver as a minimum standard in future. The country’s most capped player was reacting after Wales earned their first Women’s Nations League point in their concluding group match as they held Germany to a goalless draw in Swansea.

Football’s loss is proving to be rugby’s gain in the case of Alex Mann. The Cardiff flanker has been the United Rugby Championship’s top tackler this season but he spent three years on the books of Cardiff City as a teenage centre-half before opting to focus on the oval ball rather than the round one.

Premier League clubs must use their record-breaking television revenues to make matchday attendance more affordable for fans, the Football Supporters’ Association has said. The league announced domestic media rights sales worth £6.7billion on Monday for the four seasons starting in 2025-26, with the live rights increasing in value by four per cent within that to £6.406bn compared to the current cycle.

Welsh athletes dismayed at the turmoil over the 2026 Commonwealth Games have been offered a potential lifeline – from London. Conservative Mayor of London candidate Susan Hall has thrown her support behind London hosting the next edition of the Games after the Gold Coast in Australia dropped the only bid for the event in four years’ time.

Wales will benefit from the growing pains that have come with five straight defeats in the Women’s Nations League qualifiers, according to captain Sophie Ingle. Manager Gemma Grainger’s team finish their campaign against Germany in Swansea on Tuesday night – looking to prevent a whitewash of half a dozen losses.

George North has agreed a two-year deal to join second-tier French side Provence from the Ospreys at the end of the season North was part of the Wales side that lost in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals to Argentina and can still play for his country as he has many more than the 25 caps needed to play outside of Wales, with 119.

Swansea City chairman Andy Coleman has admitted the club got it horribly wrong in appointing Michael Duff, who they sacked as manager late on Monday night. Leam Richardson, Nathan Jones and Osian Roberts lead the early betting with Welsh bookmaker DragonBet as the Swans prepare to replace Duff after a run of just one victory in his last eight matches.

Rob Page has called on his Wales team to give their supporters the chance to enjoy the Euro 2024 experience. Wales are still two wins away from qualification but now know that if they can make it to the tournament they face mouthwatering matches against the Netherlands, Austria and France in Group D.