Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
LONDON (AP) New Zealand is experimenting and Australia is coming off another loss to the All Blacks, giving Wales and England hope of rare wins over their southern hemisphere rivals on Saturday. The All Blacks start their European tour in Cardiff with coach Graham Henry looking to see which players in his 33-man squad can make the grade in time for the 2011 World Cup.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
New Zealand fly half Dan Carter will have the chance to create history after being passed fit to play Wales at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday.
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Wales great Neil Jenkins has dismissed talk that now is the perfect time to end his country's decades-long losing streak against New Zealand. The All Blacks go into Saturday's international here in Cardiff having not lost against Wales since 1956, a run of 20 straight Test match wins. But star New Zealand outside-half Dan Carter is not guaranteed to recover from a calf injury in time for the Millennium...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
• Morgan Stoddart replaces Mark Jones in Wales squad • Full-back will be released for Scarlets game against Quins Morgan Stoddart has been called into Wales' autumn Test squad as a replacement for his fellow Scarlets back Mark Jones. The wing Jones has been ruled out of the entire November series after suffering a knee injury in training. His place will be taken by the full-back Stoddart,...
Welsh Rugby Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Morgan Stoddart, the Llanelli Scarlets full back, has been called up to the Welsh Autumn internationals squad following the withdrawal of fellow Scarlets back 3 member Mark Jones due to a knee injury. Morgan Stoddart has very little game time following injury, has no form and, as far as I can see, the only reason for calling him up is he has played for Wales before (last game in 2008 vs Canada). A...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Rugby:Ospreys prop Paul James will win his second Wales cap, six years after his international debut, when he plays against New Zealand at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday.
France24 (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Wales coach Warren Gatland hailed the unveiling Wednesday of an "inspirational" four million pounds centre of excellence which will be the home to all the country's representative sides. The base, in the Vale of Glamorgan, west of Cardiff, includes three full-size pitches, including one with an all-weather surface and floodlights while there are also specialist training zones for lineout...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
• Wales denied players playing for elite English clubs • Mike Phillips out until February after ankle operation Premier Rugby has barred Welsh players who earn their livings in England from taking part in Wales's opening autumn international against New Zealand in Cardiff next month. As the game is not in the International Rugby Board's official Test window, clubs are not obliged to release...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Wales - this is your big chance. Go on, we dare you. Break the habit of a few generations, and don't blow it.I for one will be cheering you all the way when the enormous All Black squad descends upon Cardiff, intent upon continuing...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Pa Modou Sowe, a Gambian sculptor based in Cardiff, Wales in the United Kingdom, has expressed his satisfaction with the favourable policies in place and the efforts of the president, Sheikh Professor Dr Alhaji Yahya AJJ Jammeh and his government in promoting arts and culture in the country.
OmniFootball (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Malaysian businessman and property magnate Dato Chan Tien Ghee – known to all at the club at T.G. – has returned to Kuala Lumpur after a visit, watching two Cardiff City matches and three days of talks with Bluebirds supremo Peter Ridsdale whose is unusually tight-lipped at presenting telling South Wales Echo only that the [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
A renowned and inspiring Gambian sculptor, Pa Modou Sowe, based in Cardiff, Wales, has spoken of plans to set up a private art and cultural centre. The new centre which is expected to start operations in 2010 will be based in Brikama, Western Region.
The Canon's Stall (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Amazing sights at St David's Cathedral yesterday for the visit of the relics of St Therese of Lisieux. I went hoping to have a half hour there before Mass at 6pm, but the traffic and the crowd at the cathedral meant I only got to the sacristy with ten minutes to spare. The cathedral was heaving - I don't think I have ever seen so many people there, even at Chrism Masses. All three Welsh bishops were...
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Full Comment's Araminta Wordsworth brings you a regular dose of international punditry at its finest. Today: When French presidents aren't having affairs, apparently they're thinking about having affairs. Or remembering past affairs. Or writing thinly-veiled novels about affairs they might or might not have had. It's France, what can you say? Imagine rushing out to buy a steamy romance fantasizing...
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
With over a minute of injury time left Russia's Roman Pavlyuchenko hammered a goal against the Welsh team to secure his country's 3-1 victory at the 2010 World Cup qualifier in Cardiff on Wednesday.
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