“I said on commentary, at the time, I thought it was a yellow… “ With contact to the head in rugby, the slow motion replays do the tackling player zero favours. In real-time, it looked as though Craig Gilroy could be in trouble. Tom Rogers was in even worse shape. Ulster defeated Scarlets 27-15 at […]

4 years ago

Munster are still set to face Wasps on Sunday. In a decision that could well impact upon Munster and Cardiff’s hopes of fielding teams for this weekend’s Champions Cup, Scarlets have forfeited their game against Bristol Bears. All three sides, along with Italian club Zebre, were in South Africa to fulfil United Rugby Championship fixtures […]

4 years ago

Turning 30 in a few months’ time, the Wales and Lions star is not likely to change his abrasive ways. Liam Williams put his Scarlets team in a deep hole, at Cardiff City Stadium, and they never managed to get themselves out of it. Scarlets were trailing Cardiff Blues 18-10 after the hosts scored two […]

5 years ago

“Like, Llanelli, I didn’t even know how to pronounce it. I got picked up by one of them and I asked them long it was to Lan-elly!” Tadhg Beirne rolled the dice, back in 2016, and took the road far less travelled. It was a risk, but one that paid off with massive dividends. In […]

6 years ago

“In your autobiography, for that period with Scarlets, there’s going to be a chapter on teammates’ wives getting pregnant!” For the ever-modest Tadhg Beirne, luck played a big part in him reviving his rugby career in Wales, and on more than one occasion. Surplus to requirements at Leinster, the Kildare native was forced to look […]

6 years ago

The Ospreys have released a strong statement denying that they are ready to merge with last year’s PRO14 finalists the Scarlets. Earlier on Tuesday Ospreys chairman Mike James resigned as chairman of the regional side, citing the WRU’s “catastrophic mismanagement” of efforts to overhaul the game, in which Project Reset reportedly proposed a merger between the Ospreys and […]

7 years ago