Wales

The opening day of Women's World Cup at UCD Bowl in Dublin on Wednesday saw Canada, England and France top the respective pools.

Wales have named Carys Phillips as their captain as they launch their Women's World Cup campaign on Wednesday in Dublin against a team head coach Rowland Phillips describes as one of the "perennial favourites".

Welsh Rugby Union has confirmed that fullback Leigh Halfpenny has penned a three year deal with Pro 12 side Scarlets.

Wales international Jonathan Davies believes the move of Leigh Halfpenny to Scarlets over Cardiff will hurt the Blues in the coming seasons.

Fullback Leigh Halfpenny is all set to sign a dual contract with Pro 12 side Scarlets and the Welsh Rugby Union according to reports.

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Wales Women's team hooker Carys Phillips expressed satisfaction on her team's preparations ahead of the 2017 World Cup that will be played in Ireland in August.

TRU reflect on an interesting summer for our nations whilst the British and Irish Lions tour New Zealand.

Steffan Evans scored a double including the decisive one in the final 10 minutes as Wales managed to edge out Samoa by 17-19 in their final game of the summer tour at Apia Park on Friday.

Wales interim head coach Robin McBryde has made as many as seven changes for the upcoming Test against Samoa scheduled to be played in Apia on Saturday.

Newport Gwent Dragons has been officially renamed to Dragons following Welsh Rugby Union's (WRU) takeover of the Pro 12 side.

Phil Jones capitalised on the red card of Jacopo Bianchi as he kicked the decisive penalty in the 74th minute to help Wales secure the seventh place in the U20 Championship 2017 with a thrilling 25-24 win over Italy at Avchala Stadium on Sunday.

British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland have called-up four players from the Wales squad from their ongoing summer tour to join the camp in New Zealand.

Wales registered their maiden victory at Eden Park after they completed a hard fought 6-22 win over Tonga in their opening game of the summer tour on Friday.

Darcy Graham scored a double including the decisive final try in the 75th minute as Scotland registered 29-25 win over Wales at Avchala Stadium on Tuesday in the fifth place semi-final of U20 Championship 2017 tournament.

Wales have announced their team to play Tonga on Friday early this morning as coach Robin McBryde handed out debut opportunities to Scarlets wing Steff Evans, Cardiff Blues lock Seb Davies and Wasps flanker Thomas Young with a total of nine uncapped players in the team.

Wales finally managed to open their account in the U20 Championship 2017 with a 54-20 win over Samoa at Avchala Stadium on Thursday.

Wales have suffered further injury setback as prop Samson Lee and uncapped fullback Phil Dollman have been ruled out of the upcoming summer tour of Tonga and Samoa due to knee injuries.

England continued their winning momentum in the U20 Championship tournament as they secured a 34-20 bonus point victory against Wales at Avchala Stadium on Sunday.

Centre Izaia Perese scored the decisive try for Australia in the 77th minute as they went on to beat Wales by 24-17 in a thrilling World Rugby U20 Championship encounter at Avchala Stadium on Wednesday.