Scotland 29, Wales 13 – the players ratings. SCOTLAND STUART HOGG: Another hugely influential display from the full-back. Produced a moment of inspiration to set up Tim Visser for the crucial second try. 8/10 TOMMY SEYMOUR: Sublime finish as he got the ball down despite Scott Williams’ best efforts at stopping him to fire Scotland ahead. Dealt impressively with the high ball. 8

Rob Howley has admitted he has “a lot to dissect” after seeing Wales put to the sword by Scotland at Murrayfield. The Wales coach watched his side fail to score any points in the second-half as the Scots pinned their opponents out on the lab board and reached for the scalpel. After suffering the pain of a 29-13 defeat and with difficult matches remaining against Ireland and France, Howley said: “We got turned over too easily and lost the aerial battle as well, so there is a lot for us to dissect.

Cardiff Devils 8 Coventry Blaze 0 Cardiff Devils bounced back to winning ways with an emphatic 8-0 thrashing of Coventry Blaze at the Ice Arena Wales on Saturday night. The Devils shrugged off the midweek defeat at Nottingham Panthers to maintain their six point lead in the Elite League.

Mansfield Town 2 Newport County 1 Graham Westley admitted 10-man Newport County’s defeat at Mansfield was hard to take as they suffered another blow in their relegation fight.

Merthyr Town 1, Frome Town 2 The Martyrs suffered their first Southern League home defeat of the season and slumped from second to fourth place in the Premier Division. Visitors Frome Town twice went ahead and they held on to deny the home team. Connor Roberts (24 mins) and Samuel Teale (67) were the Frome […]

Cardiff City 2, Fulham 2 Cardiff City extended their unbeaten Championship run to four matches – and chairman Mehmet Dalman pledged that manager Neil Warnock will be given the backing he needs to mount a promotion push next season. The Bluebirds team boss signed a new contract before kick-off against Fulham, taking him through 2017-18, […]

Head coach Jason Strange hailed Wales U20 young guns after a record-breaking eight-try romp against Scotland. The 65-34 win at Broadwood Stadium kept Wales in with a chance of a top two finish with second-placed Ireland next up at Parc Eirias on March 11th.

Head coach Rowland Phillips branded Wales Women’s 15-14 defeat to Scotland on Friday night as a disgrace. Wales led 14-0 until just before half-time but suffered their second Six Nations defeat in a row when Sarah Law kicked a penalty with four minutes left.

Chaz Davies launched his World Superbikes campaign with second place in a cat-and-mouse opening race of the season in Australia. The Powys-born rider was edged out by just 0.042secs by two-time defending champion Jonathan Rea at Phillip Island near Melbourne.

Merthyr Town are hoping for a bumper Penydarren Park attendance on Saturday for another crunch Southern League Premier clash (3pm). The Martyrs, still unbeaten at home this season, are second in the table behind leaders Chippenham Town and they welcome Frome Town to Merthyr Tydfil this weekend. From are eighth and must win if they […]

American forward Denny Kearney will make his Cardiff Devils home debut against Coventry Blaze on Saturday and he’s tipped to make a big impact over the rest of this season. Kearney, who joined Devils from Italian club Bolzano, is a high-end forward capable of tipping the title balance in the favour of leaders Devils. He […]

Guildford Flames are the 12th team in Elite League ice hockey for 2017-18. Over the last 25 seasons Flames have won 19 English Premier League trophies – six league titles, five play-off championships, seven cups and a conference first place. Now Flames, for the first time in their history, will ice at the top level […]

Neil Warnock is far from lonely in Cardiff – and he is committed to leading a Bluebirds promotion charge in 2017-18. He will fly to Kuala Lumpur this summer to finalise the financial backing owner Vincent Tan is prepared to give him, but Warnock has made it clear he believes there is every chance Cardiff […]

Scotland Women 15 Wales Women 14 Wales suffered an agonising defeat against Scotland in the Women’s Six Nations clash at Broadwood Stadium on Friday night.

TNS must overcome in-form Bangor City if they are successfully defend their JD Welsh Cup crown in the pick of this weekend’s quarter-final ties. The Saints have lifted the Welsh Cup for three years in succession but eight-time winners Bangor will be looking to bring an end to that run. Having already won the League […]

Alun Wyn Jones believes Wales must be ready to “expect the unexpected” when they chase a 10th successive victory over Scotland on Saturday. Wales will arrive at Murrayfield with their RBS 6 Nations title ambitions still intact, despite the agony of England wing Elliot Daly’s 75th-minute try consigning them to defeat in Cardiff a fortnight ago.

Josh Llewellyn-Jones is on a mission to prove that people with cystic fibrosis are capable of anything as he gears up to tackle the Cardiff and Vale College Cardiff Bay Run. The 29-year-old will join 5,000 runners on the start line of the new 10k race on Sunday 2nd April – wearing an altitude mask to replicate conditions at 12,000ft.

Wales wing Jasmine Joyce is ready to soar as she prepares for her first full senior cap. Joyce, a star of last summer’s Rio Olympics in sevens rugby, starts against Scotland in the Women’s Six Nations on Friday night and is looking to continue the form that elevated her to the world stage. On a global platform last August, Joyce’s impressive speed and spellbinding acceleration saw her leave a trail of defenders in her wake as she shone on the Olympic stage.

Neil Warnock has agreed to stay on as Cardiff City manager next season after talks with the club’s hierarchy. Warnock has won 11 of his 23 games since he was appointed until the summer following Paul Trollope’s departure in October. And ahead of Saturday’s home game against Fulham, the 68-year-old revealed he will be in Wales next season to “have a go” at winning promotion to the Premier League.

Chaz Davies got his World Superbikes campaign off to a blistering start by clocking the fastest time in opening practice in Australia. The Knighton-born rider took up where he left off last season as the new season started at Phillip Island near Melbourne.