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Tag: Rugby union

Rugby Union: Llandovery RFC 28 Bedwas RFC 24

Monday, March 23, 2015Monday, March 23, 2015

On Friday evening, March 20, Bedwas allowed a 24-11 advantage going into the final quarter of the game to slip away and with it almost any hopes of making the end of…

Rugby: Bargoed score five tries to make it 18 wins in a row

Friday, March 6, 2015Friday, March 6, 2015

Wing Lee Pearson scored a hat-trick in an entertaining encounter as Bargoed extended their unbeaten run to 16 in the Swalec Championship with a 33-22 victory over Glynneath on the new 4G…

Rugby Union: Cardiff RFC 22 Bedwas RFC 20

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Principality Welsh Premiership, Saturday 20 December 2014 Match report and photography by Ian Lovell.Fourteen points from the boot of Dean Gunter proved to be the difference as Cardiff edged home to claim…

Rugby Union: Blackwood 9 Bargoed 40

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Bargoed maintained their fine start to the Swalec Championship season with a third consecutive bonus point victory, scoring six unanswered tries at near neighbours Blackwood.The home side had the territorial advantage in…

Rugby Union: Bargoed 40 Pontypool 3

Monday, September 8, 2014

Bargoed RFC got their season off to the best possible start, on Saturday September 6, by thrashing promotion hopefuls Pontypool by five tries to nil in the opening game of the Championship,…

Rugby Union: Wales team to face South Africa

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Wales Head Coach Warren Gatland has named an experienced side to take on the Springboks in the first test on Saturday.Adam Jones will make his 100th International appearance in the game at…

Rugby Union Wales Trial: Probables 55-7 Possibles

Friday, May 30, 2014

The Probables carried too much firepower and class as the Possibles failed to live up to expectations as the shadow Test team romped to a comfortable 55-7 victory at a packed out…

Rugby Union: Caerphilly cruise to fifth place in bonus point win against Rhymney

Friday, April 18, 2014Friday, April 18, 2014

Caerphilly RFC won a bonus point victory, beating bottom of the table Rhymney 38-7 at Virginia Park on Saturday April 12.The home side scored six tries, climbing two places to fifth in…

Rugby Union: Abergavenny 3 Caerphilly 15

Friday, January 24, 2014Friday, January 24, 2014

RUGBY UNION: Torrential rain an hour before kick-off turned the Abergavenny pitch into something just short of a swimming pool, as both sides battled the weather on Saturday January 18.This Swalec League…

Rugby Union: Warren Gatland to remain Wales head coach until after Rugby World Cup 2019

Monday, December 16, 2013

Wales Head Coach Warren Gatland has signed a contract extension with the WRU which will keep the New Zealander in charge until after the 2019 Rugby World Cup.It is the second extension…

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