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Mike Forshaw and Alex King join Warren Gatland’s Wales coaching staff

Mike Forshaw has left Sale to become Wales’ new defence coach with Alex King returning to the set-up to complete Warren Gatland’s backroom staff ahead of the Guinness Six Nations. Gatland, who was parachuted in by the Welsh Rugby Union after the ...

12 Jan 2023 at 11:26

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Law firm to serve proceedings against rugby union governing bodies

The sports law firm representing more than 225 players suffering from neurological impairments will this week serve proceedings against World Rugby, the Rugby Football Union and Welsh Rugby Union. Rylands Garth say its claimants “contend that ...

22 Nov 2022 at 18:38

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Warren Gatland leading contender to take over from Wayne Pivac as Wales boss

Warren Gatland is the clear front-runner to coach Wales in next year’s Six Nations Championship and World Cup if Welsh rugby chiefs decide that Wayne Pivac should be replaced. Gatland, who Pivac succeeded as Wales boss after the 2019 World ...

27 Nov 2022 at 20:51

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Welsh regional teams can start offering players new deals

Wales’ four regional teams can start offering their players new deals after an agreement was reached to introduce standard contracts. It comes after a tumultuous period in the Welsh professional game when players faced uncertain futures ...

18 Mar 2023 at 11:34

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WRU member clubs vote overwhelmingly in favour of governance reforms

Welsh Rugby Union member clubs voted overwhelmingly in favour of governance reforms at an Extraordinary General Meeting on Sunday. Of the 252 votes cast either at the Princess Royal Theatre in Port Talbot or by proxy, only seven did ...

26 Mar 2023 at 12:21

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Exeter not expecting new boy Joe Hawkins’ Wales career to be put on hold

Rob Baxter says that Exeter have not signed Wales centre Joe Hawkins with the expectation that his Test career will be put on hold. Hawkins seemingly faces an uncertain international future after it was announced he had signed for ...

05 Apr 2023 at 11:46

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On this day in 2021: Alun Wyn Jones named Lions captain for tour of South Africa

Alun Wyn Jones was named as British and Irish Lions captain for the summer tour of South Africa, on this day in 2021. The Wales forward later suffered a shoulder injury which looked certain to rule him out of the trip, but he ...

06 May 2023 at 06:00

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Maggie Alphonsi joins independent panel for review into WRU culture

England World Cup winner Maggie Alphonsi has been appointed to the independent review panel that will report on organisational culture and behaviour within the Welsh Rugby Union. Sport Resolutions, administrators of the ...

14 Mar 2023 at 11:49

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Gareth Davies ‘feeling pretty good’ as Wales work intensifies before World Cup

Gareth Davies is enjoying the grind of Warren Gatland’s Rugby World Cup training camp as the Wales scrum-half turned heads with photos posted on social media. The 32-year-old has been working to get into peak physical ...

29 Jun 2023 at 15:01

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Abi Tierney ‘a major coup for Welsh rugby’ after becoming WRU chief executive

Abi Tierney has promised to deliver “North Star” leadership to guide the Welsh Rugby Union away from what has been described as a “toxic culture” at the organisation. Tierney will join the WRU next January at the ...

17 Aug 2023 at 17:02

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Wales’ professional players could consider strike action over contracts freeze

Wales’ professional players could consider strike action amid a new contracts freeze in Welsh rugby. It is understood that a meeting will shortly take place between Welsh Rugby Players’ Association officials and ...

14 Feb 2023 at 23:27

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Alun Wyn Jones admits Wales strike a possibility but would be ‘very last option’

Alun Wyn Jones says the possibility of player strike action is “hard to deny” as Welsh rugby finds itself gripped by a professional contracts freeze. But Jones, Wales’ record cap holder with 156 appearances, ...

16 Feb 2023 at 16:07

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