Wales flanker Jac Morgan has signed a new deal with the Ospreys – bucking the trend of recent internationals to move elsewhere. The 23-year-old has put pen to paper on a fresh agreement to continue with the region he joined from the Scarlets, although the length of the deal has not been revealed. His decision is a major boost for the Ospreys who have recently lost Wales centre Joe Hawkins and flanker Ethan Roots to Exeter.

It really will be Judgement Day at the Principality Stadium next Saturday as Cardiff and the Ospreys go head to head, with the Welsh Shield and Heineken Champions Cup qualification on the line. All four of the Welsh regions lost in the penultimate round of the United Rugby Championship over the weekend, leaving three of the bottom four places occupied by Welsh sides and four of the bottom six.

Former Wales international Rachel Taylor admits Wales have some way to go before they can match the quality of Grand Slam champions England. Taylor watched as Wales were humbled again by the Red Roses who won their TikTok Women’s Six Nations clash, 59-3 at Cardiff Arms Park. Wales had won their opening two games against Ireland and Scotland and were seeking a Triple Crown, but they were blown away by England, who scored nine tries through nine different players.

Around tea time on Saturday, Wales will hope to thank the day Sisilia Tuipulotu gave up netball. The Six Nations title contenders will have played England, the champions, at Cardiff Arms Park by then and Tuipulotu may just have underlined her growing reputation as the breakthrough player of the tournament.

Dai Young has admitted the Welsh regions need to develop greater depth if they are to compete across the board for honours. Young takes his Cardiff side to Connacht on Saturday night, seeking a victory that would keep alive their hopes of a top eight finish and entry into the URC play-offs.

After more than a year away from the international stage, Gareth Davies is sending out a very timely reminder of just why he has 67 Wales caps to his name. He hasn’t appeared for the national team since March 2022 and has missed out on the squads altogether this season. Having been a permanent fixture for the best part of a decade, it has been a new and unwanted experience, one which left him feeling despondent.

Wales wing Lisa Neuman reckons England will prove the acid test for unbeaten Wales in Saturday’s sell-out TikTok Women’s Six Nations clash. Two games played, two bonus point wins and 10 points – that’s the record of both teams to date ahead of the Cardiff Arms Park clash. England lead the table thanks to a superior try count and points difference, but whoever wins the Anglo-Welsh clash will be out in front in the battle to win the title. France are also unbeaten, on nine points, but don’t play their round three match against Scotland until Sunday.

Wales’s most capped Wheelchair international player, Alan Caron, has been appointed as head coach for the Wales Rugby League Wheelchair international side for a second time.

The confirmation of the departures of Wales pair Dillon Lewis and Jarrod Evans has been put into sharp focus by Leinster’s retention of two key Ireland internationals. On the day that Harlequins announced the capture of both prop Lewis and outside-half Evans for next season, Leinster revealed James Ryan and Josh van der Flier had signed on again with the IRFU.

There were mixed fortunes for the Thomas brothers at Principality Stadium as Steve saw his Vardre team lose out to Abertillery BG in the WRU Division 3 Cup final before Paul enjoyed success in the Division 2 final with Morriston. The first day of two club cup finals in the ‘Road to Principality’ rugby jamboree saw Crumlin take the Division 5 title with a 38-24 win over Ferndale, Bryncethin defeat Nantyglo 19-15 in the Division 4 final and unbeaten Abertillery BG pip Vardre 34-27 in the Division 3 game.

Eight players could make their debuts after Wayne Ponting announced a 31-strong Wales Rugby League Under 18 men’s squad for the 2023 season. The squad includes 13 players who were part of the Wales U16 squad that beat England Community Lions twice last year, and a further 11 who were in the youthful Wales U19 squad who finished third in last year’s European Championships.

Llandovery did everything they needed to do to hold onto the top spot in the Indigo Premiership as they beat Swansea 52-24 and with two games to go they at least now know they’ve done enough to secure a top four place. The next target has to be to keep on winning and to claim a top two finish to ensure they have a home tie in the semi-finals. They face a trip to fifth placed Aberavon on Saturday and still have to go to another top four contender, Newport.

Dai Young insisted he was satisfied with his team’s efforts after Cardiff bowed out of the European Challenge Cup at the quarter-final stage. The Arms Park director of rugby watched his team establish a lead, but they were hauled in by Benetton Treviso, who made history by becoming the first Italian team to reach the semi-finals of a European tournament. The home side came from behind to beat two-time EPCR Challenge Cup champions Cardiff, 27-23 at Stadio Monigo. 

Scarlets centre Johnny Williams has praised Sam Costelow for his “nerves of steel” as they look ahead to a European semi-final. Williams was a tryscorer as the Scarlets came from behind late on to beat Clermont Auvergne, 32-30, on Friday night to secure a home Challenge Cup semi-final against Glasgow. Costelow’s conversion of Ryan Conbeer’s corner try three minutes from time gave the home fans a famous European night at Parc Y Scarlets over opponents who had been reduced to 14 men.

Ross Moriarty has said he had to quit Welsh rugby to secure financial security for his family. The Wales back row forward has left the Dragons with immediate effect and joined Brive after rejecting a reduced contract offer from the Newport-based region. He follows fellow Welsh internationals Will Rowlands, Jarrod Evans and Joe Hawkins in opting to play elsewhere next season as the effect of reduced wages in Wales starts to thin playing resou

The Scarlets will have history, form – and maybe even referee Wayne Barnes – in their favour when they host Clermont Auvergne on Friday, according to the French club’s head coach Christophe Urios. Clermont may have won away at Bristol in the last 16 of the European Challenge Cup, but Urios reckons his team’s quarter-final tie at Parc y Scarlets will be much tougher. The match referee is Barnes, the Englishman who is widely regarded as the world’s best, but not an official Urios reckons his team really understand. “Once again, we will not be favorites,” said Urios, looking ahead to a match that is live on S4C.

Wales will face England in the TikTok Women’s Six Nations in front of a record sell-out home crowd at Cardiff Arms Park next week. More than 8,000 tickets have been sold for the game between the top two sides in this year’s championship at Cardiff Arms Park on April 15. Both sides are unbeaten following the opening two rounds of the Six Nations.

Tony Brown, one of the greatest benefactors Welsh rugby has seen, had died at the age of 86. The owner and chairman of Bisley Office Furniture, his business acumen, vision and considerable financial backing for Newport RFC and then the Dragons allowed rugby fans in Gwent to experience some fantastic times, including winning the WRU Challenge Cup in 2001.

Dafydd James, the former Wales and Lions wing, has revealed he has been diagnosed with early onset dementia. James, who is now 47-years-old, played for the Scarlets, Bridgend, and Pontypridd before his career ended in 2009 after fracturing a vertebra in his neck.

Joe Hawkins has explained why he chose to end his Wales career so soon after it had begun. The 20-year-old Ospreys centre – one of the discoveries of a disappointing 12 months for Wales – has agreed to join Exeter this summer. It means he will no longer be eligible for Wales unless the Welsh Rugby Union tear up their policy of only selecting players outside of Wales who have won at least 25 caps.