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Wales up to second in Six nations table after brushing aside Italy

8 years ago by Breaking News.ie : Rugby

Wales moved up to second in the NatWest 6 Nations table behind champions Ireland after claiming an expected bonus point victory over Italy.

Six Nations Round 4: Team of the Week

8 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Cian Healy Very solid at scrum time. He got through an impressive amount of work at the breakdown, both offensively and defensively. Carried dynamically throughout, consistently getting over the...

Wales v Italy Talking Points from Cardiff

8 years ago by Rugby World

The key talking points from Wales’ 38-14 win over Italy in the 2018 Six Nations Hill climber: Cory Hill celebrates his first try for Wales as they went second in the Six Nations table (Getty) Talking...

Wales - Player Ratings

8 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

  1. Nicky Smith - 6/10  Smith was solid for Wales and the scrum performed well - One missed tackle along with a turnover conceded warrants a 6/10 rating.    2. Elliot Dee - 7/10  Dee...

George North the star of the show as Wales coast past Italy

8 years ago by The Guardian

• Wales 38-14 Italy• North bags two tries in win that puts Wales second in tableWales moved to second in the table with an ultimately comfortable victory over Italy, who suffered their 16th successive...

Ospreys sign Lesley Klim

8 years ago by Ospreys Rugby

Ospreys have announced the addition of Namibian international Lesley Klim to next season’s squad, the highly rated centre/wing signing a two-year deal with the region.   The 23-year old is...

Wales v Italy: Six Nations – live!

8 years ago by The Guardian

Live updates from the 3pm GMT kick-offEmail Tom here or tweet him here with your thoughts 2.03pm GMT They line up thusly:Wales: L Williams; North, Watkin, Parkes, S Evans; Anscombe, G Davies; Smith, Dee,...

Owen Watkin swaggers into Warren Gatland’s free-running Wales reboot

8 years ago by The Guardian

The young centre’s bravado and footballing instincts epitomise coach’s free-running tactical shift for the game against ItalyMum has not been the word in the Wales camp in the build-up to Sunday’s...

Conor O’Shea happy with Italy progress but desperate to beat Wales in Cardiff

8 years ago by The Guardian

• Italy look to end 15-match losing run in Six Nations• ‘We are doing a lot of the right things but we want to win games’Conor O’Shea is one of rugby’s glass half-full characters but even his...

Womens 6 Nations - As It Stands

8 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Women’s Six Nations enters it penultimate round of the competition with two sides leading the way.   The top two sides in this year’s competition face off in the opening game of...