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Wales’ leading international players have agreed to a 25% pay cut as the Welsh Rugby Union looks to implement a number of cost-saving initiatives following the outbreak of COVID-19. The pay cut is effective from April 1 and will last for four months, however, it will not affect players earning £25k per annum in each of Wales’ four regional teams. Cardiff …

There are just two regular season rounds remaining in this season’s Guinness PRO14 campaign and the race for a coveted playoff position looks set to go down to the wire.  The top three teams in each conference qualify for the PRO14 playoffs. In terms of European qualification, the three highest ranked European sides from each conference will qualify for the …

Munster and Ulster have named their sides for their respective clashes in the Guinness PRO14 on Friday night.  Munster, buoyed by their come-from-behind victory against Edinburgh in the Champions Cup, will be looking to keep the pressure on the Glasgow Warriors at the top of Conference A when they welcome the Cardiff Blues to Irish Independent Park in Cork. Johann …

Wales flanker, Ellis Jenkins, is to undergo surgery for a knee injury sustained during the country’s win over South Africa in their final November Test last weekend. The 25-year-old was a last minute addition to the teamsheet for that game after Dan Lydiate was forced out of the starting XV with an elbow injury. The Cardiff Blues player switched to …

European rugby chiefs have said they will apologise to Cardiff and Glasgow over the extraordinary kit clash that marred Sunday’s Champions Cup clash in the Welsh capital. Both teams lined up in blue, with visitors Glasgow’s marginally the lighter — a situation Cardiff fly-half Gareth Anscombe said was a “disgrace”. It proved a particular problem in a first half where …

Leinster have announced their starting XV for their season opener against the Cardiff Blues at Cardiff Arms Park on Friday night (KO 7.35 pm).  Joe Tomane is set for his PRO14 debut as he starts at inside-centre alongside Rory O’Loughlin in midfield. Dave Kearney starts at full-back and he is joined by wingers Adam Byrne and Barry Daly who make …

We’re a little over a month away from the start of the 2018/2019 Guinness PRO14 season.  All clubs have commenced their preseason preparations and many of them will be welcoming some new faces to their clubs in the hope of adding that extra quality needed to make the next step-up. With that in mind, we decided to produce a ‘Best …

Cardiff Blues 31 – 30 Gloucester.  Well, what a game of rugby that was! Leinster and Racing 92 will have to pull out some pretty impressive stuff if they are to top what just unfolded at the San Mamés Stadium on Friday night. The Cardiff Blues have been crowed 2017/18 Challenge Cup winners after putting in a superb second-half performance …

Gloucester are ahead against the Cardiff Blues at the San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao where they lead their opponents 20-13 at the beginning of the second half.  A wonderful Henry Trinder try which came from a quality crosskick from Billy Burns got the English side up and running and they didn’t look back as the excellent Billy Twelvetrees kept them ticking over …

Midway through the first-half, Gloucester lead the Cardiff Blues 7-6 in a nail-biting Challenge Cup final in Bilbao.  Cardiff Blues got the first points of this weekend’s curtain-raiser as Jarrod Evans kicked a long-distance penalty to give the Blues an early 0-3 lead. The Blues, however, suffered a hammer blow soon after. Josh Navidi went off with what looked to …

EPCR have announced the men in the middle for both the Champions Cup final and Challenge Cup final which are set to take place in Bilbao in less than two weeks time. Leinster and Racing 92 will go toe-to-toe on Saturday 12 May and if Leo Cullen’s side manage to emerge with a victory, they will join Toulouse as the …

This season’s Guinness PRO14 has brought with it many new things and trips to South Africa are top of that list. These trips haven’t between without their problems – we’ve had Scott Baldwin and his encounter with a lion and Leinster’s visa issues which also coincided with Cian Healy being asked to leave a flight. Well, it seems it’s now …

Alex Cuthbert will leave the Cardiff Blues at the end of the season to take up a new challenge in the Aviva Premiership. Cuthbert will line out next season at Sandy Park where he will link up with Rob Baxter’s Exeter Chiefs. Cuthbert had made 112 appearances for the Blues, scoring 45 tries in the process. “I’m very excited about …

It has been a decent season so far for the Cardiff Blues. They have recorded six wins and eight losses in the Guinness PRO14 thus far which leaves them fourth in Conference A, 12 points behind the Cheetahs who make up the final playoff spot.  They strolled to the top of their Pool in the Challenge Cup ahead of Toulouse, …

The Cardiff Blues have ruled themselves out of the running for signing George North ahead of the 2018/2019 season.  North is set to return to Wales after spending five seasons with the Northampton Saints in the Premiership after he left the Scarlets in 2013. All four Welsh regions were originally interested in signing the Saints man but according to a …

Wales’ new overseas player policy means that Rhys Webb will no longer be able to play in a Welsh shirt once he makes his move to the Top 14 next season.  Webb has signed a three-year deal with French heavyweights Toulon and his physical presence is undoubtedly a characteristic which will help him flourish in the French top-tier. Unfortunately for …