Tonight's rugby news as Welsh boss bids to silence Cardiff's 'X-Factor' stars and Wales ace relishing scrum-half rivalry

Wales coach is trying to silence Cardiff's 'X-Factor' stars.

Dragons and Cardiff are preparing to play each other at the Arms Park this weekend. Dai Flanagan's team has to stop Talupe Faletau and his team-mates. Cardiff coach David Young claims the Welsh regions are 20 points behind other teams in the United Rugby Championship. Flanagans believes Cardiff have a number of 'X-Factor' stars, including Wales and Lions No.8 Falenau. He watched Falonau as a teenager in one of his first games for Cross Keys against Cardiff at Arms park.

Kieran Hardy relishes the scrum-half rivalry with the Scarlets and Wales. He started all three matches for Wales in the South Africa Test series. Hardy has worn nine just once this season for theScarlets. Gareth Davies and Dane Blacker are competing with him for a starting spot. Scarlet's face Zebre on Saturday at Parc y Scarlett's.

Wales beat Scotland 18-15 in their World Cup opener. They play New Zealand in the early hours of Sunday. New Zealander's team beat Australia 41-17 in round one. Siwan Lillicrap is excited about the match. She believes the team can express themselves. The last time Wales played New Zeland was at the 2017 World cup. Wales have shown glimpses of what they can do.

Wasps and Worcester are suspended from the Premiership. Kieran Maguire, a lecturer from University of Liverpool Management School, believes rugby has been slow to address the issues it faces. He believes football is too successful and takes too much of the media's attention. He thinks rugby will always be a sport, but he is not convinced it can go on as it has done historically.