Wales have embraced a new coach and new players since Sean Lynn took charge, but one of the old school will hit a landmark in their Women’s World Cup opener.

The Scarlets have thrown off the gloves and are ready for a bare-knuckle fight with the WRU over how the game should operate in west Wales.

Steve Tandy will become Welsh rugby’s first Welsh-born permanent head coach since Gareth Jenkins (2005-2007) when he takes up his appointment on 1 September.

How bad is having no Welsh players in a Lions team? It’s the most damning expression of a country that has forgotten how to be good at its national sport, says David Parsons.

The Scarlets may be threatened by structural upheaval in Welsh rugby, but that won’t stop them looking forward to a return to the European elite.

It has been a disappointing World Rugby U20 Championship so far for Wales, who must now aim for fifth place in Italy.

Wherever you look in Welsh rugby there are new lows, uchartered depths. There's a record losing streak of 18 matches, a record low world ranking of 14, and now no Welsh players in a Lions team.

First it was Luka Modric, now Gareth Bale is said to be the figurehead for more wealthy Americans needing glamour to add to their banknotes.

It is two years since Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton put Wales on top of the darts world for the second time and now they are chasing a hat-trick, as David Parsons reports.

Elfyn Evans endured a tough time on the opening day of Rally Italia Sardegna, but remains optimistic conditions will suit him better on day two.

Wales U20s are the only national team with some momentum behind them after a Six Nations in which they won a dramatic match against England.

The inaugural Super Rygbi Cymru Grand Final will be an all-Gwent affair and Ebbw Vale coach Jason Strange reckons his team are ready to deliver against old foes Newport.