HUGE TEST FOR CARDIGAN

WRU BOWL QUARTER FINAL Supporters of Cardigan will flock in their hundreds tomorrow afternoon for the WRU Bowl quarter final clash with rivals Milford Haven at the King George. This last eight clash between the two Division Three West teams represents one of the biggest games in recent history for the Cardi’s

PASSIVE FIRST HALF COSTS ABER

  RUGBY ROUND UP WEST COAST Division 1 West Aberystwyth 26 Felinfoel 30 Uncontested scrums, a hotly debated subject in many bars and rugby clubs reared its head once again when Felinfoel turned up with just a bare fifteen players. This meant that as there were no replacement front rowers all scrums were uncontestable from

EMLYN WIN SECURES SAFETY

WRU CHAMPIONSHIP Dunvant 10 Newcastle Emlyn 20 A well deserved win at Dunvant all but sealed WRU Championship rugby for Newcastle Emlyn for at least another season. The red and whites were forced to field an understrength side for the trip to Broadacre with over a dozen players missing from the squad through

EMLYN INJURY WOES CONTINUE

Rugby preview-West. The weather looks like taking its toll on the league schedule tomorrow with heavy rain forecast overnight in South and West Wales and many games are likely to fall victim of the elements. Games between Newcastle Emlyn and Dunvant are always tight affairs and tomorrow promises more of the same

SCOTT TO START AGAINST ITALY

Scott Williams and Gareth Davies are heading for Rome but no joy for Nia Davies of Cardigan who fails to make the Women's team for the Azzurri test in Ancona but experienced back rower Sioned Harries from Pennant is in. Hard tackling Scarlets midfielder Scott Williams has been handed the inside centre slot for

DISAPPOINTING DEFEATS ALL ROUND

RUGBY WEST-Round up of the weekend action. Crymych, Aberystwyth, Fishguard, Tregaron, Lampeter and Aberaeron Division 1 West Penclawdd 39 Crymych 3 What a difference a week makes. Just seven days after lifting the scalp of runaway league leaders Kidwelly, Crymych suffered their biggest defeat of the season when they went down heavily at Penclawdd. Neil

EMLYN INJURY CRISIS MOUNTS

 WRU CHALLENGE CUP Carmarthen Quins 63 Newcastle Emlyn 10 The injury jinx that seems to be following Newcastle Emlyn around like a bad penny shows no sign of relenting as the red and whites were hit badly again on the weekend. The Emlyn season had already been blighted by a succession of injuries and Saturday

EASY WIN FOR CARDI’S

Division 3 West A Cardigan 60 Llangwm 0 Cardigan completed a comfortable win as expected over the Wasps and the score would have been much greater if the conditions underfoot had not been so heavy. This was not the ideal preparation for the big top of the table clash this weekend at St

CRYMYCH FACE THE COCKLEMEN

RUGBY WEST PREVIEW Sportsline takes a look at the big weekend fixtures involving Crymych, Cardigan, Aberystwyth, Lampeter, Aberaeron, Llanybydder and Fishguard. Only a point separates Crymych and Penclawdd in Division One west and there promises to be little between the teams tomorrow when they lock horns down at the Rec, a field

NIA PICKED FOR SIX NATIONS

Former Cardigan player Nia Davies has been selected for the Wales Women's senior squad that will do battle with Italy, England, Ireland, France and Scotland in the Six Nations Rugby International Series which begins on February 4th. Nia who started her rugby career at Cardigan RFC juniors at the tender age