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Showing the Northerners how it’s REALLY done!
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London sevens tomorrow and Sunday.
Live on the sevens app and World Rugby website
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Nes ti clywed y stori o dre mas yn canol Gwlad y Gorllewin Gwyllt? Hear the story of a small West Wales market town making it to the top of Premiership Mountain? The Drovers of Old Llandovery Town are 2022/23
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Corey Paraskeva( Croesyceiliog RFC-he’s Welsh) on the bench for Cyprus
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The First World Cup
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Did you know that 36 years ago today on 25 May, 1987 Wales kicked-off their World Cup journey? They were match No 8. in the inaugural tournament, facing Ireland in Wellington.
It was at a windy Athletic Park, in Wellington, and the Irish were 6-0 up at the break, but then Richard Moriarty led Wales fought back in the second half to win 13-6.
Fly-half Jonathan Davies was in commanding form in a swirling wind with his half-back partner Robert Jones providing a sound service. It was Davies and his clubmate, full back Paul Thorburn, who played a part in creating the game’s only try, scored by centre Mark Ring.
Thorburn converted and Davies dropped two smart goals to surpass Michael Kiernan’s two first-half penalties. It wasn’t a classic, but it was a winning start for Wales at the World Cup.
Wales went on to beat Tonga 29-16 and Canada 40-9 in the Pool stages, England 16-3 in the quarter-finals, but lost 49-6 to New Zealand in the semi-finals. They met Australia in the Play-Off for third place and won 22-21 in Rotorua.
That inaugural World Cup campaign remains Wales’ most successful tournament of the nine to date
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Under 20 world championship
Wales men’s U20 [interim] head coach Mark Jones has named his squad for the World Rugby U20 Championship in South Africa starting later this month.
Dragons RFC’s Ryan Woodman captains the 30-player squad which consists of 17 forwards and 13 backs. There are five uncapped players included in the squad.
The tournament, hosted in the Cape Town region, returns for the first time since 2019, running from June 24 to July 14, and featuring the top 12 U20 rugby nations. Played over five match days, Wales is in Pool A where they will face New Zealand, Japan and France.
“It’s a very mixed team in terms of youth and experience,” said Jones. “There are a lot of exciting players in there particularly around our backline and back row. There is also a lot of potential in the front five moving forward."
Wales begin their campaign against New Zealand who have won the world crown on five occasions, but Jones is quietly optimistic his young side can be competitive.
Rugby Europe Sevens…
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It promises to be a big season in 7s rugby to determine who will reach the Paris 2024 Olympics, with the hopefulls kicking off their campaingns in the men’s and women’s Championship today in Algarve.
Both tournaments can be watched on Rugby Europe TV from 10am tomorrow morning, which will determine thier seedings for the all important European Games in Krakow at the end of the month.
Rugby Europe Men & Women Sevens Championship Series 2023
Leg 1: Algarve Sevens Tournament – 9-11 June
Leg 2: Hamburg Sevens Tournament – 7-9 July
Men’s Teams: Spain, Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Lithuania, Georgia, Ireland, Great Britain, Romania, Czechia.
Women’s Teams: Poland, Ireland, Great Britain, France, Spain, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Romania.
Rugby Europe Men & Women Sevens Championship Series 2024
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The Rugby Europe Sevens Championships crowns the Men’s and Women’s Rugby Sevens European Champions, based on their ranking after the two rounds of competition.
Last year’s Series winners Spain (men) and Poland (women) will face strong opposition from the other contenders, such as Germany and Ireland who each won a leg in the previous edition, or Great Britain or France who are part of World Rugby the World Series.
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Game day 2
The Rugby Championship 2023
What is the Rugby Championship schedule?
Normally, the Rugby Championship sees a total of 12 games with each team playing each other home and away.
However, as is the tradition in World Cup years, each nation will only play each other once to allow a sufficient break before the World Cup, which takes place in France in September.
The fixtures for this year’s tournament are as follows (all times in BST):
Round one (8th July):
South Africa v Australia - Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria (4:05pm)
Argentina v New Zealand - Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza (8:10pm)
Round two (15th July):
New Zealand v South Africa - Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland (8:05am)
Australia v Argentina - CommBank Stadium, Sydney (10:45am)
Round three (29th July):
Australia v New Zeland - Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne (10:45am)
South Africa v Argentina - Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg (4:05pm)
