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In the opening match of the Gallagher Premiership Round 2 fixtures, the Northampton Saints hosted Harlequins. The visitors had just come away with an emphatic victory over Sale Sharks, and were looking to repeat their success from the last game. Northampton had a disappointing first fixture but their record at Franklin’s Gardens is formidable, and […] READ MORE
Friday night in Bath didn’t turn out quite how the vast majority of Bath fans expected it to. After going to West Wales earlier in the campaign and coming back with the victory, the opportunity to boost their claims for a quarter-final place was there for the West Country men to take. Nevertheless, not only […] READ MORE
Wales’ Head Coach Warren Gatland and WRU CEO Martyn Phillips have today announced that ‘Gatland’s Law’ has been ended and Wales will be introducing a new selection policy. The updated law states that a player can play for a club outside of Wales and still be considered for selection providing they have 60 caps to […] READ MORE
The Guinness Pro14 takes a break for a couple of weeks, as the European competitions commence. With two Welsh regions in the Champions Cup, and two in the Challenge Cup, fans will have plenty to cheer about. Here is the Last Word On Rugby preview to those sides first fixtures in Europe for this 2017/18 […] READ MORE
On Wednesday, it was announced that the Welsh fly-half had agreed to leave Ospreys and move to the Aviva Premiership next season to link up with his Wales team-mate George North at Northampton Saints. After witnessing the East Midlanders’ limp display at Twickenham on Saturday, could Dan Biggar be Northampton’s knight in shining armour? Welcome […] READ MORE
With much of the focus on two men battling it out for the first five role against the All Blacks – the Lions shouldn’t be too quick to pencil Dan Biggar in as the last option. Biggar was a big part of Wales doing as well as they did during the 2015 Rugby World Cup. […] READ MORE
As we approach the end of 2016, we thought we would have some fun and pick a few of our favourite rugby funny moments. READ MORE
The Wales squad to play Australia was announced earlier today, so lets take a look at the reaction of who is in and out from the perspective of the fans. Wales Squad Fan Reaction REACTION The overwhelming reaction on social media at least has been that of an expected starting XV, with no major surprises […] READ MORE
Rugby journalist, specializing on all things Welsh rugby, United Rugby Championship, and the Gallagher Premiership. A freelance journalist published in The Rugby Paper, Telegraph, RugbyPass et al.
Robert has a BA in Sports Journalism from the University of Gloucestershire.
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