#Rhys Priestland

Mason Grady earns reward for bright performances off the bench with a start for Cardiff when they face Newcastle Falcons in the EPCR Challenge Cup encounter at the Arms Park today (1pm). He is one of eight changes coach Dai Young makes after last weekend's home defeat in the United Rugby Championship to the Scarlets. The young centre, an imposing…

Here are the latest rugby headlines on Friday, January 13. Scotland's sporting anthem Flower of Scotland should be ditched because of its anti-English "chippiness", according to rugby legend Jim Telfer. Having previously made the call for it to be replaced 12 years ago, the Scot hasn't changed his mind about the song which refers to Robert the…

It speaks volumes about the positivity of Andrew Fenby that, even now, he still tries to find upsides to the challenging couple of years he's faced. In the space of a week back in October 2020, the former Scarlets winger was diagnosed with stage two cancer and was also forced to close down his sports management agency. The cruel double blow would…

The new Gallagher Premiership Rugby season kicks off on Friday with an enthralling encounter that sees Saracens begin life back in the top-flight against Bristol Bears following their promotion at the end of last term. Bristol Bears against Saracens gets underway at 7:45pm at Ashton Gate before an action-packed weekend of Premiership…

By Neale Harvey Freddie Burns will put body and soul into winning silverware at Bath after accepting his chances of an England recall under Eddie Jones are remote.The ace playmaker's stellar final season at Leicester cut no ice with Jones, who overlooked the experienced 27-year-old in favour of previously uncapped fly-half novices Alex Lozowski and…

WALES will be eager to build on their impressive win last weekend when they take on Georgia in their next Autumn Internationals match. Wayne Pivac's side bounced back from a heavy defeat to New Zealand with a morale-boosting victory over Argentina. And Man of the Match Taulupe Faletau stood out the most as it was his tries which inspired Wales to a…

WALES face the tricky opponent of Argentina in the latest clash in the autumn internationals. This comes after Wales were thrashed by New Zealand, losing 55-23 last time out. They will be keen for revenge against an Argentina side who were impressive, coming out victors against England on Sunday. And we have all the information ahead of the…

WALES host New Zealand in the first of four autumn internationals TOMORROW. The Welsh side will be looking to pull off a famous victory as they have not beaten the All Blacks since 1953. Wayne Pivac's side will then face Argentina, Georgia and Australia to top off the autumn internationals. The All Blacks have already defeated Japan and will now…

Head coach Wayne Pivac has named the Wales senior men's team to face New Zealand in the opening round of the Autumn Nations Series on Saturday (KO 3.15pm) Wales play the All Blacks in front of a full house at Principality Stadium where the match is live on Amazon Prime, with English and Welsh live broadcasts available. There are also highlights on…

The annual Autumn Internationals rugby carnival is underway, with England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland to be tested by the best the southern hemisphere has to offer. New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Argentina are all in action over a five-week period, which began with Scotland's narrow defeat to Australia at Murrayfield last…

These are your rugby headlines on Friday, October 28. Dragons coach Simon Cross has labelled Will Rowlands "world-class" as his side prepares to face Zebre on Saturday shorn of their Wales players (5.15pm kick-off). Locks Rowlands and Ben Carter, prop Rhodri Jones, hooker Bradley Roberts and wing Rio Dyer are with Wales for the autumn series and…

A week out from Wales' squad announcement for their final autumn campaign before next year's World Cup, there are some selection dilemmas still remaining. Scrum-half, as has often been the case, is a position where Wayne Pivac seems pretty settled on his cast list, but still a little fuzzy on who the leading man will be. As for full-back, injury to…