Gareth Anscombe aims to “put a stake in the ground” against Scotland to prove to Warren Gatland he has what it takes to wear the Wales No.10 jersey full time. As the countdown to the 2019 World Cup in Japan kicks-off in earnest on Saturday, the man who four years ago gave up on his dreams of following in the footsteps of Andrew Mehrtens and Dan Carter as the next All Blacks outside-half believes his big moment in Wales has finally arrived. Gatland had no hesitation in handing the former New Zealand Junior World Cup winner only his fourth start in the Welsh No.10 shirt at the start of the four test November series. Dan Biggar is unavailable and Rhys Patchell is still suffering from a head knock.

Wrexham have earned five successive home wins, but manager Sam Ricketts is demanding more from his players. The Dragons defeated Hartlepool 1-0 at the Racecourse in midweek, but Ricketts was fed up after and described that performance ‘the worst of my time in charge.’ Hartlepool had a player sent off, but Wrexham laboured to victory […]

Sir Bradley Wiggins reckons Geraint Thomas can win the Tour de France another two times in his career. Wiggins, the first Brit to win the world’s greatest race in 2012, says his former Team Sky team-mate was the strongest rider this year.

Wales manager Jayne Ludlow has named nine uncapped players in the squad for the friendly double header with Portugal on November 10 and 13.

Gary Madine and Jamie Veale scored for Cardiff City in their 2-2 draw against Crystal Palace in the Professional Under-23 Development League. Paris-born winger Christian Koffi was in Cardiff’s starting XI. The 18-year-old played youth football at Fiorentina before making the switch to Cardiff. The young Bluebirds were far from happy with a draw after dominating the […]

Oli McBurnie insists Swansea City and their manager Graham Potter are too raw to take any notice of the Championship table. The Swans striker is part of a team that currently lay eighth and could move higher if they win at Rotherham on Saturday. That would be a third successive league victory for Potter’s side – something the club have not achieved since May 2017, when they won their final three games of the season under Paul Clement to remain in the Premier League.

Warren Gatland has told his players to turn up the heat on Scotland’s rookie outside half Adam Hastings when he makes his debut against Wales in the Cardiff cauldron this weekend. While the young Glasgow Warriors No 10 will be hoping to turn back the family clocks 28 years and following in the footsteps of his illustrious father, Gavin, in winning in the Welsh capital, Gatland is planning to make life as difficult as possible for him.

The JD Welsh Premier League is in a healthy state according to ‘one of the most powerful men in the Welsh game’, Osian Roberts. Roberts, now FAW technical director and assistant national team manager to Ryan Giggs, formerly managed Porthmadog in the Welsh Premier early in his coaching career. And he believes the national league […]

Ladies European Tour star Carly Booth was on hand at Ryder Cup venue Celtic Manor to see some of the best young golfers in Wales. The Scottish golfer was at the finals of the Wales Mini Masters, to cap of a record-breaking year for the event.

Wales start their November series against Scotland on Saturday and if there’s a dryness in the air, it’s not just the autumnal conditions. The new “dry” no alcohol section of seating is the Welsh Rugby Union’s trial to counter growing complaints. Graham Thomas drank coffee only in the North Stand with chief executive Martyn Phillips. You’ll be able to spot them – high up in the North Stand, surrounded by a sea of demon drinkers like some modern day meeting of the Temperance Movement. These are the puritans, the abstainers, the sober citizens who do not wish to be sullied or tempted by contact with the rowdy revellers all around them. They are the Presbyterian Tabernacle of Westgate Street. The South Stand? That’s the devil’s enclave. At least, that’s how the Welsh Rugby Union appear to have categorised them, those fans who

Warren Gatland insists the best is yet to come from Gareth Anscombe after naming him at No.10 for the opening autumn international against Scotland on Saturday. Anscombe has been selected in the absence of the unavailable Dan Biggar, but the Wales coach has suggested the battle between the two contenders for the outside-half spot has never been as intense. It is now four years since the 27-year-old Cardiff Blues player moved from New Zealand to pursue a Test career with Wales, but in that time he has only started eight Test matches, with just three of those with a No.10 on his back.

Tesni Evans has blasted her way into the world’s top 10 squash players – the first Welsh women in history to achieve the feat. The Cardiff-born, Rhyl-based player has reached No 9 in the latest PSA World Rankings – a rise of three places from her previous carer high.

Halloween night in Glasgow and it was the masked men who stole the show at both ends of the ice.  Devils started on the back foot and relied on a big period from Ben Bowns in goal to weather the storm from the Clan in the opening 20 minutes. Glasgow outshot the Devils 15-8, but […]

Mike Butt could make his Wales debut in the crunch European Championships clash with Scotland in Galashiels on Friday (November 2) The Swinton Lions player missed out when John Kear’s squad opened their defence of the title with a 54-18 defeat in France last weekend.

Joe Rodon has described signing a new long-term contract at Swansea City as a dream come true, but fans will be anxious Connor Roberts soon shares the same destiny. Both highly promising young defenders were on deals that run out at the end of this season and major clubs such as Manchester City and Aston Villa have been monitoring their progress. Rodon, who turned 21 last week, had not played for his hometown club before the start of this season.

Gethin ‘Huge’ Hughes is the hero of a new rugby book, Absolutely Huge, written by author Luke Upton. Published by Y Lolfa (£9.99), and available now, ‘Huge’ becomes a major Welsh sporting celebratory in a series of adventures and misadventures, including an infamous association with a Ukranian-made energy drink. Here’s an extract: With continued success on the pitch and his relationship with Heledd Harte giving him a profile beyond just rugby fans, a number of commercial opportunities came Gethin’s way. His first deal was to feature in adverts with Yew Tree Dairy (later renamed Dragon Vale Dairy) promoting yoghurts, then came an agreement to be the face (and body) of Welsh clothing shops Fred’s Threads, but the most high profile tie-up was with an energy drink manufacturer to make his own range – Huge Bombs.

It’s a difficult time to be a Welsh rugby fan, says Robin Davey. If you’re not being asked to cough up more for international tickets, or told Lions tours are about to be slashed, then someone could be about to spill a pint over you unless you head for the “alcohol free” section. Rampant commercialism has taken over rugby. Player welfare is increasingly suffering, while fans are having to dig ever deeper into their pockets.

Joel Makin saw his storming run at the Qatar Classic ended at the quarter-final stage on Wednesday. The Haverfordwest-born player was beaten in four sets by No 3 seed Tarek Momen of Egypt.

Osian Pryce will give the VR4K Oreca FIA R4-spec car its international competition debut this weekend, when he contests the Rallye Ciudad de Granada. Co-driven by Dale Furniss, Pryce will drive an Etios R4 on the penultimate round of the Spanish Gravel Rally Championship. The event will be the 25-year old Machynlleth driver’s first overseas gravel rally since he finished fourth in WRC2 on the 2017 Rally Finland (M-Sport Fiesta R5). The R4-spec Etios that Pryce will drive will be run by Barcelona-based ASM Motorsport – a team that has created a separate R4 Rally Cars Division, dedicated to the construction, on-event running and worldwide growth of the new FIA-homologated category.

The Cardiff Devils will be looking to give the Glasgow Clan another scare tonight (7.30). The Devils, who have an 8-1-0 in the Elite League, gave the Scottish team nightmares earlier this season when they annihilated the Clan back at Ice Arena Wales on September 30th. The Devils rioted in that game, racking up a […]