The Welsh Rugby Union has issued a “thank you” message to the tens of thousands of fans who will pack the Millennium Stadium to watch free live screening of the Wales versus France Rugby World Cup semi-final on Saturday. More than 53,000 fans have already registered their intention to turn up, with the attendance...
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Wales will face Australia at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday, 3 December, 2011 (kick-off 2.30pm) the Welsh Rugby Union confirmed today. The now customary post-Rugby World Cup fixture will come just a month after the William Webb Ellis Trophy has been won and give fans the chance to see the returning Wales side on...
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ENGLAND Team Manager Martin Johnson has handed the captaincy reins to Mike Tindall ahead of this weekend’s clash with Wales in Cardiff. Capped 70 times for his country, the Gloucester centre, who first led England at the Millennium Stadium in this year’s RBS 6 Nations, is one of 13 changes made to the starting...
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The Welsh Rugby Union has announced the Millennium Stadium will be a venue for international matches to be played in Rugby World Cup 2015. The event will be hosted by the RFU and Wales is the only nation outside England where matches will be played. Details of the schedule of matches to be played...
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The Barbarians have added three more of world rugby’s biggest stars to their squad to face Wales at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday 4th June – Mathieu Bastareaud, Paul Sackey and Carl Hayman. The 48-times capped All Black prop Hayman, who currently plies his trade at French top 14 club Toulon, will join a...
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Ammanford, Glynneath, Maesteg Quins and Senghennydd will take part in a true festival of rugby when they travel to the Millennium Stadium for the SWALEC Finals Day on Monday, 2 May (Bank Holiday Monday). The clubs join SWALEC Cup finalists Pontypridd and Aberavon who beat Swansea and Llandovery on the weekend to claim their...
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The Ireland team to play Wales in the RBS 6 Nations Championship game at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday, March 12th has been named. Ireland coach Declan Kidney has named an unchanged starting XV and replacements bench for Ireland’s fourth game of the Championship. Ireland flanker David Wallace will win his 70th cap when...
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The Heineken Cup returns for its 16thseason on Friday, 8 October when one of only four teams who have figured in every tournament, Ulster Rugby, host one of three new clubs to the competition, Aironi Rugby, at Ravenhill. The Pool 4 clash in Belfast is one of three fixtures on the opening night of...
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A record level of income generated by the WRU enabled a series of major investments totalling millions of pounds to deliver significant benefits to the game in Wales, the Welsh Rugby Union Group Annual Report 2010 reveals today. The WRU reduced its term bank debt to a historic low, invested more than ever before...
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Wales physio Mark Davies today confirmed Matthew Rees, Gethin Jenkins and Gareth Williams will not be available for selection for the RBS 6 Nations clash with France at the Millennium Stadium a week tomorrow (kick-off 8.00pm) Scarlets hooker Rees has failed to recover from a groin problem, Blues prop Gethin Jenkins has a calf...
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