Nicky Smith: 'I really didn’t think I was going to leave the Ospreys.'
The highly-rated Ospreys loosehead has left Wales after 12 years, with no regrets and relishing making an impression with Leiceste…
Mark is a freelance journalist who has covered many sports across three decades, focusing mainly on rugby. He was named Welsh Sports Hall of Fame Sports Journalist of the Year in 2017 and Sports Journalist of the Year at the Welsh Media Awards in 2019. The first rugby result he looks for on a Saturday is Maesteg RFC's and he follows Tottenham Hotspur at football, learning over the years to manage his expectations.
The highly-rated Ospreys loosehead has left Wales after 12 years, with no regrets and relishing making an impression with Leiceste…
Experienced tighthead has “never retired from Test rugby” but says his current focus is on his family and contract in France.
Taine Basham faces a battle to reclaim a Wales berth but the Dragons flanker is up for the fight.
The Wales hooker has taken up his first head coach role with his home town club, Bridgend, and he likes to think he's learnt from …
Star winger's exit to NFL and a bloated injury list means Wales need to manage expectations.
How many fresh faces who have caught the eye this season can we expect to see picked by Warren Gatland?
There were consolations in defeat for the four regions but we shouldn't be surprised by their results in Europe
Scarlets fly-half Ioan Lloyd has pace, guile and imagination, but will he be to Warren Gatland's taste for Wales?
Saddled with debt and stuck in the bottom six of the URC, hope is the only thing left for the Welsh regions to cling to
A friendly, entertaining run out against the Barbarians will have solved a few more problems for Warren Gatland but questions rema…
Saturday's clash with the Barbarians will provide a glimpse of a new Welsh generation.
Warren Gatland exited the World Cup with the goodwill of the Welsh rugby public and will waste no time in preparing for the journe…
The flying wing can obliterate defences, but Wales must do a better job of supplying him with opportunities to prosper in Marseill…
Warren Gatland is nailing the gutsiest decisions as Wales' resurgence continues
The experienced Welsh fly-half is in the dying embers of his Test career but he has lost none of his fire to succeed
The heroics against Fiji mean a much-changed side for Portugal where nothing less than a bonus-point win will do
With 114 Wales caps, a Lions series win and four Six Nations titles to his name, George North doesn't get the plaudits he deserves
Wales' co-captain has been a stand-out player for his country and his former club and age-grade coach only expect him to get bette…
Inexperienced and heavily criticised, Wales silenced their doubters in emphatic fashion in 2011.
The widely-respected former Welsh pivot was caught up in a period of turbulence that saw him leave his coaching role early