There will be a whiff of revenge in the air at the Principality Stadium when the WSC Rugby U18 Final between Coleg y Cymoedd and Ysgol Glantaf kicks-off on Wednesday night (7.30pm).

As autumn rugby makes way for Europe, then the festive Welsh derbies, Andrew Weeks casts an eye over the November campaign and wonders if it will be a bleak mid-winter.

Ospreys head coach Mark Jones has hailed the character behind his side’s extraordinary 24-21 comeback victory over Connacht, reports David Roberts.

The Scarlets may have fallen agonisingly short in their Champions Cup return, but head coach Dwayne Peel insists their narrow defeat to Bristol Bears showed they can still make their mark.

It promises to be a busy afternoon and evening at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday, reports David Roberts.

Louis Rees-Zammit will run out for his first club match in Wales since leaving rugby to pursue his NFL opportunity on Saturday night, reports Paul Jones.

Steve Tandy insists Wales can climb much nearer to England in the world rankings by the time the old enemies meet in the pool stages of the 2027 Rugby World Cup, reports Graham Thomas.

Cardiff and the Welsh Rugby Union have both come to the aid of Penarth RFC after their clubhouse was devastated by fire, as David Roberts reports.

Wales have been handed as good a Rugby World Cup draw as they could possibly have hoped for.

The draw for the Men’s Rugby World Cup 2027 takes place in Australia on Wednesday, with Wales among 24 teams in the hat.

Wales will discover their route to the 2027 Rugby World Cup on Wednesday morning when the tournament draw takes place in Sydney, reports Graham Thomas.

South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus has offered a message of hope to Wales after his world champions handed them a degrading record 73–0 defeat in Cardiff.

Scarlets coach Dwayne Peel has revealed how an honest review paved the way for a memorable 23-0 victory over high-flying Glasgow, as Simon Thomas reports.

Of all the questions posed by Welsh rugby’s historic - as well as histrionic - descent into the abyss, there is one that has yet to be fully faced up to, writes Graham Thomas.

If, at the end of your year, you're still able to pick a team that contains nine players who have won two World Cups, there can’t be much wrong with your strength in depth, reports David Roberts.

Having played just one game in the last year, Mason Grady is straining at the leash to return to action this weekend, reports Simon Thomas.

For all the WRU talk of rebuilding, nothing exposes their current financial desperation quite like staging a Test against the world champions outside the international window, reports Graham Thomas.

Fletcher Anderson is the latest in a long line of Kiwis to come over to Wales to ply their trade and there are high hopes for him, reports Simon Thomas.

Steve Tandy has warned his Wales team they must brave, bright-eyed and boldly up for the fight against South Africa - otherwise they are going to get “swallowed”, reports Graham Thomas.

Wales coach Steve Tandy has been forced into making huge changes to his team to face South Africa after almost an entire XV were unavailable.