Leigh Halfpenny rugby player
Leigh Halfpenny rugby player

Leigh Halfpenny

22nd Dec 1988 1.75m/84kg Coach

How Wales will cope with the loss of Leigh Halfpenny and Rhys Webb?

1 decade ago by Rugby World

A disjointed performance against Italy, paled into insignificance after the serious injuries to Rhys Webb and Leigh Halfpenny. So can Wales cope?Missing you already: Leigh Halfpenny's loss has been keenly...

Halfpenny 'gutted' to miss World Cup

1 decade ago by BBC Rugby News

A "gutted" Leigh Halfpenny backs Wales to win the World Cup after being ruled out of the tournament with a knee injury.

Rugby World Cup 2015: The best XV missing from tournament

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

Rhys Webb, Danny Cipriani and Leigh Halfpenny are among the absentees, but do they make our missing XV?

Rugby World Cup 2015: The best XV missing from tournament

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

Rhys Webb, Danny Cipriani and Leigh Halfpenny are among the absentees, but do they make our missing XV?

Risk of injuries in warm-up matches is worth taking, insists Martin Castrogiovanni

1 decade ago by IRB

Italy prop laments loss of Wales pair Leigh Halfpenny and Rhys Webb but says players need matches to be at peak fitness for the tournament

Risk of injuries in warm-up matches is worth taking, insists Martin Castrogiovanni

1 decade ago by IRB

Italy prop laments loss of Wales pair Leigh Halfpenny and Rhys Webb but says players need matches to be at peak fitness for the tournament

Wednesday Round-Up

1 decade ago by Ultimate Rugby

Gatland defends selection for Italy game: Wales boss Warren Gatland has defended his decision to play Rhys Webb and Leigh Halfpenny so close to the Rugby World Cup.Both players suffered major injuries...

Wales will use double injury blow as motivation, claim England

1 decade ago by IRB

England backs coach Andy Farrell says Wales will not be down after injuries to key players Leigh Halfpenny and Rhys Webb

Gatland hits back at critics after injury blow

1 decade ago by Irish Independent

Warren Gatland has hit back at criticism of his decision to play Leigh Halfpenny in Saturday's victory against Italy, saying the knee injury that has ruled the Wales full-back out of the World Cup was...

Halfpenny played with bandaged knee at his own insistence, says Gatland

1 decade ago by The Guardian

• Wales coach defends fielding full-back, who is now out of World Cup• ‘You cannot protect everyone and it is always a balance’Warren Gatland has defended his decision to play Leigh Halfpenny against...