Australia and Wales The sextet that makes up the elite group of the new WXV divides into two. Canada, England, France and New Zealand sit far ahead of Australia and Wales. This split neatly mirrors their world rankings, 1-6, but the fear remains that even within those subdivisions wide gaps will appear when the tournament
Italy v Wales – Six Nations – Round Five Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma Result: Italy 10 Wales 36 Player of the Match: Alex Callender The looming arrival of the WXV meant that every point scored in Parma would take on extra significance. To ensure their place in Tier 1 Wales had either to win or gain
France v Wales Six Nations, Round Four, Stade des Alpes, Grenoble Result: France 39 Wales 14 Player of the Match: Gaëlle Hermet Another stormer of a match on the edge of the Alps. France made sure they beat the current 6N attendance record before Twickenham could smother it six days later – 18 604 present.
It was a question that could have been dismissed with a simple answer, no further expansion asked for, or required. When Simon Middleton was asked last week if his team’s issues from the tee were a major concern, the England head coach might have batted the query aside, noted a couple of key absentees, insisted
Who needs 15 players on the field? – Wales v England Six nations – Round Three Cardiff Arms Park CAP was a wonderful sight: a sea of happy faces on all sides. How times change. The final result – see below – looked way off as Wales started at a terrific pace. In the first minute
Wales v England – Round Three Live Coverage: BBC Two from 14.00 (14:15 kick-off, BST), plus Flo Sports in the USA. First plays second in a juicy tie in the Welsh capital. Teams below. Wales Wales are full of optimism, which is great to see. They find themselves in the same position as last year,
England head coach Simon Middleton has named his 23-player Red Roses matchday squad to take on Wales at Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff (Saturday 15 April, kick-off 2.15pm and live on BBC Two). Marlie Packer captains the side at open-side flanker while Alex Matthews makes her first appearance of the tournament at No.8. Sadia Kabeya is
Six Nations – Round Two – Scotland v Wales DAM Health Stadium, Edinburgh As predicted this turned into a battle royal. So much hung on the result. For the Scots it would mean a return at last to winning ways; for the Welsh a continuation of the long-delayed happy days. For once they started as
This was much more than an hors-d’oeuvre before the 6 Nations tests took over on Saturday afternoon. A thoroughly entertaining match in sunny Madrid saw the Springboks come back from a pummeling by Canada last week to defeat the hosts 35-20. They had beaten Las Leonas twice at home last year, but playing in Europe
Wales v Ireland – Round One Cardiff Arms Park Answers came aplenty to pre-tournament doubts. Wales thumped Ireland to give them real hopes for the future. Another record crowd watched proceedings. There was a lovely moment pre-match when the very young mascot charged with helping Hannah Jones on to the field got cold feet but
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