Callum Sheedy’s match-winning boot may have grabbed the headlines at the Arms Park last weekend, but the Cardiff fly-half insists the real privilege came from learning from Leigh Halfpenny.

Despite appearances, there are some good news stories in Welsh rugby as 2025 comes to a close, you just need to know where to look, as Simon Thomas reports.

Ospreys chief executive Lance Bradley has called on the Welsh Rugby Union to end the uncertainty in the game following confirmation that Jac Morgan and Dewi Lake are leaving.

Angus O’Brien described the feeling as “awesome” after captaining the Dragons to a dramatic European Challenge Cup comeback that ended a near year-long wait for a victory.

Dwayne Peel has urged his players to focus firmly on their own performance rather than becoming consumed by the scale of the task awaiting them at Champions Cup holders Bordeaux-Begles.

Owen Watkin’s last game of rugby was on 31 January in Paris when his 44th cap for Wales lasted a mere 27 minutes at Stade de France, as David Roberts reports.

The Welsh Rugby Union have announced chief executive Abi Tierney will return to take up her leadership position in the New Year.

Jac Morgan will remain free to represent Wales when he moves to England - even though he will have less than 25 caps, as Graham Thomas reports.

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.