Wales international Simon Church released by Reading

10:00pm Friday 24th May 2013

NEWPORT’S Wales international striker Simon Church is today searching for a new club after his release from Reading.

Tributes to Joe Lydon as he leaves WRU role

7:30pm Friday 24th May 2013

THE Welsh Rugby Union is searching for a new head of rugby after Joe Lydon decided he will leave his job to become England’s chief of international player development.

Caerphilly Tennis Club hunts for stars of the future

7:24pm Friday 24th May 2013

COACHES at Caerphilly Tennis Club have been giving taster sessions to children in a bid to find the Andy Murrays and Laura Robsons of the future.

Ryan Bevington keen to show what he can do

DETERMINED: Ryan Bevington

11:50am Friday 24th May 2013

RYAN Bevington is determined to make the most of his chance on Wales’ tour to Japan – but knows he faces an almighty scrap to get a rare start at loosehead prop.

Joe Lydon leaves as WRU's head of rugby

10:52am Friday 24th May 2013

THE WELSH Rugby Union’s head of rugby Joe Lydon is leaving his job after five years to take up a new role with England’s Rugby Football Union.

County closing in on signings as Hatswell returns

10:20am Friday 24th May 2013

NEWPORT County AFC are closing in on their first three signings of the summer ahead of life as a Football League club.

Golden boy Dan Lydiate won’t be counting his chickens

TACKLE MASTER: Dan Lydiate is looking to defend as ferociously for the Lions as he does for Wales

9:50am Friday 24th May 2013

DAN Lydiate may be Warren Gatland’s golden boy but the Wales flanker insists he is no Lions shoo-in.

Gwent legend Joe Calzaghe backs Carl Froch

5:38pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

GWENT'S former world super-middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe believes Carl Froch will prove too strong for Mikkel Kessler on Saturday night.

Dragons scrum guru goes

MOVING ON: Dragons coach Iestyn Thomas

8:00am Thursday 23rd May 2013

NEWPORT Gwent Dragons are on the hunt for a new scrum coach after the shock departure of Iestyn Thomas.

Bradley Davies implores young guns to keep the bar high

LEADING THE WAY: Bradley Davies will skipper Wales in Japan next month

6:30am Thursday 23rd May 2013

WALES’ young guns have been told in no uncertain terms that they have a big responsibility to maintain the standards set by those that are away with the British and Irish Lions.

Wallabies’ woes worsen as Digby Ioane joins injury list

TRY TIME: Australia’s Digby Ioane scores against Wales in his side’s 33-12 victory at the Millennium Stadium in 2009

12:10am Thursday 23rd May 2013

WALLABIES winger Digby Ioane is on Australia’s growing casualty list as they continue to struggle with injuries ahead of the forthcoming three-match Test series with the British and Irish Lions.

Pulis sad to leave Potters

KEPT LICENCE: Football manager Tony Pulis

6:39pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

FORMER Stoke manager Tony Pulis is disappointed by his exit but accepts chairman Peter Coates' decision to want to take the club in a different direction.

Jolley's joy at O'Connor deal

Ex-Luton favourite Aaron O;Connor is now banging in the goals for Newport County

8:00am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

NEWPORT County AFC striker Christian Jolley has hailed the new deal for his fellow play-off final hero Aaron O’Connor as “the signing of the summer”.

Dragon Andrew Coombs just misses out on Wales captaincy

GREAT SEASON: Andrew Coombs in action during the Six Nations

7:00am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

ANDREW Coombs’ dream season nearly ended with the Newport Gwent Dragons lock leading Wales on their tour to Japan – but now he will be scrapping to add to his tally of caps.

Tony Pulis parts company with Stoke City

Press conference with Stoke City manager Tony Pulis ahead of his team's match with Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday.

2:55pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

STOKE City have parted company with their Newport-born manager Tony Pulis after seven years in charge, accoring to reports.

Two Dragons in Wales squad for Japan tour

NEW CHALLENGE: Dragons and Wales lock Andrew Coombs

1:19pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

TWO Newport Gwent Dragons will tour Japan with Wales after head coach for the two-Test series Robin McBryde named his 27-man squad this afternoon.

Welsh Lions are happy to take the strain, insists skipper Sam Warburton

9:10am Tuesday 21st May 2013

WALES’ Lions have accepted the responsibility to lay the foundations for a successful series Down Under by taking the strain in training.

Aaron O'Connor: I followed my heart and that's why I am staying

Aaron O'Connor: I followed my heart and that's why I am staying

8:20am Tuesday 21st May 2013

AARON O’Connor admits he faced an agonising decision as to whether to stay at Newport County AFC, but ultimately he made a choice of the heart.

Deadlock broken but no-go on PRGB

6:10am Tuesday 21st May 2013

DEADLOCK appeared to have been broken in the spat between the regions and the Welsh Rugby Union last week – but an independent chairman with a casting vote on the Professional Regional Game Board appears to be as distant as ever.

Top form Jonny more than happy to answer Lions call.... if it comes

Top form Jonny more than happy to answer Lions call.... if it comes

10:00pm Monday 20th May 2013

Jonny Wilkinson has vowed to do everything he can to be fit and ready to answer an injury SOS from the British and Irish Lions if the call was to come this summer.

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