Author Archives: Harry Tovey

An impressive second-half try from Player of the Match, Kodie Stone accompanied by Harri Wilde adding the extras sealed a 14-12 win for Cardiff RFC in their last pre-season match against Cambridge Rugby. An early first-half try from Alun Rees followed by a second-half try by Stone saw The Blue and Blacks record their firstContinue reading “The Blue and Blacks hang on to win despite late onslaught from Cambridge”

A small market town in the Tywi Valley plays host to one of the best rugby team in Wales, nicknamed The Drovers, who are aiming to create more history for this historic town. As Welsh Rugby prepares for a big change in domestic rugby with the introduction of Super Rygbi Cymru (SRC) kicking off inContinue reading “Llandovery RFC head coach Euros Evans admits “Newport” as biggest competitors after historic season”

Newport RFC head coach Ty Morris believes his side are determined to go one further after last season’s heartbreaking end away to Llandovery in the playoff final. The Black and Ambers finished in second-place just one point behind league winners Llandovery on 104 points after winning 21 out of 24 games. Speaking on last season,Continue reading “Morris aims high in sesquicentennial year at Newport”

The Blue and Blacks will be looking to take the positives from last Saturday’s defeat as they entertain the ‘Blood and Sand’ for the very first encounter between the two, before the start of the Super Rygbi Cymru season which starts with an away trip to RGC (14/09/2024). However, our 43-28 loss to Pontypridd hadContinue reading “Cardiff RFC conclude their pre-season this Saturday afternoon when they host Cambridge Rugby at the Cardiff Arms Park (2pm)”

After over 100 days since their last competitive outing, Dan Fish named a starting 15 with lots of exciting young players featuring in the trip to Sardis Road. It proved to be a difficult task as tries from Ethan Phillips, Osian Darwin-Lewis, Dewi Cross, Luke Pollock proved not to be enough as Ponty finished theContinue reading “Cardiff RFC begin their pre-season with a 43-28 loss against Pontypridd at Sardis Road”

The Blue and Blacks travel to Sardis Road as they begin their preparations for the upcoming Super Rygbi Cymru season which starts on the 14th September away to RGC 1404 with a contest against rivals Pontypridd. In what became a Boxing Day tradition for many supporters before the professional era of Rugby Union, many supporters stillContinue reading “Cardiff RFC kick-off their pre-season campaign against Pontypridd RFC on Saturday afternoon (2:30pm)”

History beckons for either Ashleigh Johnson or Victoria Perkins as Dan Francis and Richie Garner of Vote Boxing and Shadow Promotions present an evening of professional Welsh Boxing at the Selwyn Samuel Centre, Llanelli on Saturday night. It’s been a great year for Welsh Boxing so far, Lauren Price paved the way after dethroning JessicaContinue reading “Into the History books: Ashleigh Johnson takes on Victoria Perkins in the first ever Female Welsh title fight”

Newport RFC entertained Blackheath RFC in their first home pre-season match since 2016, the first meeting between the two dates back to November 1879 when the first Anglo-Welsh match for the Black and Ambers was recorded. In celebration of their sesquicentennial year as a rugby club, Newport adopted the classic long sleeved Black and AmberContinue reading “Newport RFC continued their pre-season campaign with a 40-24 win over Blackheath RFC at The Newport Stadium “

Cardiff RFC are delighted to confirm that Sean Moore has been named the 2024/25 captain for the forthcoming Super Rygbi Cymru season. The former Mountain Ash and Pontypridd player signed with The Blue and Blacks back in 2021 and has appeared on 75 occasions. On his appointment as captain he said: “Well when I hadContinue reading “Sean Moore named new Cardiff RFC Captain”

Light heavyweight Aaron Bird (4-0) looks to gain his first title as a professional as he travels to the Normandy Hotel, Glasgow to face Scotland’s light-heavyweight champion Bobby Morrell (5-0, 2KOs) for the vacant Celtic title over ten rounds this Friday. Bird has an incredible amateur background as he has got five Welsh and oneContinue reading “Exclusive: Aaron Bird states “I’m feeling confident that I will bring the belt back to Wales”, as he aims for his first title as a professional”