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European rugby returns this weekend with all four Welsh regions chasing the "romance" of knockout places in the Challenge Cup. All four have a victory under their belt ahead of the final back-to ...
Defeat today in Rome would leave the loser staring at the wooden spoon and a winless campaign. ... that has engulfed Welsh regional rugby. All four Welsh professional regions – Cardiff, Dragons ...
Welsh regional rugby is the top tier of professional Welsh club rugby and is composed of the Scarlets, Ospreys, Cardiff Rugby and the Dragons which compete in the United Rugby Championship. The regions were established for the start of the 2003/04 rugby union season.
Rugby union in Wales is governed by the Welsh Rugby Union. [1] The top level of Welsh rugby is represented by the regional sides, formed in 2003, who play in the United Rugby Championship (formerly the Celtic League, Pro12 or Pro14). Originally consisting of five teams, there are currently four regional sides in the United Rugby Championship ...
These regions came into being in 2003 when the WRU elected to reduce the current top tier of Welsh professional rugby union from nine clubs into five regions modelled on the successful Irish provinces and the Super Rugby franchises in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. The WRU had hoped to reduce the teams to four regions but Cardiff and ...
Wales 3-8 England, 41 minutes. 17:29, Harry Latham-Coyle. Louis Rees-Zammit has roamed a lot so far today, often into the channel outside Mason Grady. Jack van Poortvliet manages to haul him down ...
The first 'Golden Era' of Welsh rugby is so called due to the success achieved by the national team during the early 20th century. Wales had already won the Triple Crown in 1893, but between 1900 and 1914 the team would win the trophy on six occasions, and with France joining the tournament (unofficially in 1908 and 1909) three Grand Slams.
Warren Gatland’s return ended in defeat in Cardiff as a dominant Ireland secured the bonus point win