Homepage We all love to hate them, now visit them online Welsh Rugby Union The Welsh Clubs Bridgend Caerphilly Cardiff Ebbw Vale Llanelli Neath Newport Pontypridd Swansea Other Welsh Rugby sites Gwl@d TotalWales ScrumV The Rugby Game Wales Watch World Rugby Planet Rugby Sporting Life Austin Huns (USA)	Mark's Welsh XV 15. Adrian Durston (Bridgend) 14. Craig Morgan (Cardiff) 13. Andy Marinos (Newport) 12. Mark Taylor (Swansea) 11. Shane Williams (Neath) 10. Neil Jenkins (Cardiff)  9. Huw Harries (Bridgend)  1. Peter Rogers (Newport)  2. Garin Jenkins (Swansea)  3. John Davies (Llanelli)  4. Ian Gough (Newport)  5. Chris Stephens (Bridgend)  6. Colin Charvis (Swansea)  7. AN Other  8. Scott Quinnell (Llanelli) Mark's British Lions XV 15. Matt Perry (England) 14. Austin Healey (England) 13. Brian O'Driscoll (Ireland) 12. Mark Taylor (Wales) 11. Shane Williams (Wales) 10. Jonny Wilkinson (England)  9. Matt Dawson (England)  1. Peter Rogers (Wales)  2. Keith Wood (Ireland)  3. David Young (Wales)  4. Scott Murray (Scotland)  5. Martin Johnston (England)  6. Lawrence Dallaglio (England)  7. Neil Back (England)  8. Scott Quinnell (Wales) Summer of Content - Thursday September 7th Well summer has passed us by somehow, and the new Welsh rugby season is already upon us. Bumper crowds and exciting games have given Welsh rugby a buzz that has been missing in recent years. You can sense, even before the leaves have fallen, that there's a feel-good factor abroad in Wales. The league is more competitive this year, there's more of an air of unpredictability. When Ponty beat Swansea first up, nobody was really that surprised, after all Ponty always have been the champion of the underdogs, especially in their own backyard. However, when Bridgend beat Llanelli with something to spare, and my own hometown club Neath come away from Cardiff feeling they should have won, you know it's going to be a good season. And it's not just the closely fought contests, it's the style of rugby that's being played. Both Neath and Bridgend have played exciting attacking rugby, and even Caerphilly have shown in their victory over Glasgow that the big guns can't afford to take them lightly. Of course, it's not all sweetness and light. Welsh rugby just wouldn't be Welsh rugby without the obligatory crisis. The potential career-ending injury to Cross Keys fullback Ioan Bebb provides the first and has thrown the question of a citing procedure for foul play back into the melting pot. In the professional era, it is a question the Welsh Rugby Union need to address urgently. And the second concerns the WRU's "guidelines" on the number of foreign (ie. non-welsh qualifed) players chosen in a club's squad. Newport issued a direct challenge to this by picking eight of them in their squad to fact Swansea last night (a game they went on to win). Even before the lawyers were wheeled out, the WRU was climbing down, admitting that they were in breach of European law, and insisting the rule was simply a guideline for the benefit of Welsh rugby. Whether that's the case or not remains to be seen. Newport argue that it can only be good for young Welsh players to learn the trade from their world-class foreign legion. I guess that's a valid point, but it does beg the question of how much these young players learn by sitting on the bench every week, while so much of the hard-earned revenue from Welsh rugby is being deposited in foreign bank accounts.	Message Board Product Reviews Songbook League Table 1. Bridgend 15 2. Cardiff 15 3. Glasgow 12 4. Newport 12 5. Swansea 9 6. Llanelli 9 7. Pontypridd 9 8. Caerphilly 8 9. Neath 8 10. Edinburgh 6 11. Ebbw Vale 3 12. Cross Keys 0 Recent Results Saturday September 23 Bridgend 33 Cardiff 37 Caerphilly 33 Neath 33 Cross Keys 7 Llanelli 46 Pontypridd 22 Newport 44 Swansea 69 Edinburgh 20 Friday September 22 Glasgow 43 Ebbw Vale 37 Saturday September 16 Cardiff 29 Newport 16 Cross Keys 15 Pontypridd 48 Ebbw Vale 15 Bridgend 48 Llanelli 46 Caerphilly 26 Neath 24 Swansea 9 Friday September 15 Edinburgh 26 Glasgow 33 Saturday September 9 Bridgend 25 Edinburgh 3 Caerphilly 36 Cross Keys 3 Newport 56 Ebbw Vale 24 Pontypridd 6 Cardiff 28 Swansea 28 Llanelli 21 Friday September 8 Glasgow 36 Neath 20 Wednesday September 6 Edinburgh 28 Llanelli 25 Newport 24 Swansea 13 Tuesday September 5 Bridgend 49 Glasgow 27 Ebbw Vale 49 Cross Keys 10 Neath 33 Pontypridd 29 Cardiff v Caerphilly postponed Sunday September 3 Glasgow 52 Cross Keys 28 Saturday September 2 Bridgend 41 Llanelli 30 Cardiff 80 Edinburgh 16 Ebbw Vale 23 Pontypridd 32 Newport 24 Neath 13 Swansea 59 Caerphilly 20 Saturday August 26th Caerphilly 31 Glasgow 13 Cardiff 35 Neath 30 Cross Keys 12 Bridgend 37 Edinburgh 43 Ebbw Vale 25 Llanelli 12 Newport 11 Pontypridd 33 Swansea 22 Remaining Fixtures Friday September 29 Glasgow v Cardiff Saturday September 30 Ebbw Vale v Swansea Llanelli v Pontypridd Neath v Cross Keys Newport v Bridgend Sunday October 1 Edinburgh v Caerphilly Saturday November 4 Caerphilly v Ebbw Vale Cross Keys v Edinburgh Glasgow v Newport Llanelli v Neath Pontypridd v Bridgend Swansea v Cardiff Saturday/Sunday November 11/12 Caerphilly v Pontypridd Cross Keys v Swansea Ebbw Vale v Cardiff Edinburgh v Newport Llanelli v Glasgow Neath v Bridgend Saturday November 25 Caerphilly v Newport Cross Keys v Cardiff Llanelli v Ebbw Vale Neath v Edinburgh Pontypridd v Glasgow Swansea v Bridgend Saturday December 2 Bridgend v Caerphilly Cardiff v Llanelli Ebbw Vale v Neath Edinburgh v Pontypridd Glasgow v Swansea Newport v Cross Keys Tues/Wed December 5/6 Bridgend v Cross Keys Ebbw Vale v Edinburgh Glasgow v Caerphilly Neath v Cardiff Newport v Llanelli Swansea v Pontypridd Saturday December 9 Caerphilly v Swansea Cross Keys v Glasgow Edinburgh v Cardiff Llanelli v Bridgend Neath v Newport Pontypridd v Ebbw Vale Saturday December 16 Bridgend v Neath Cardiff v Ebbw Vale Glasgow v Llanelli Newport v Edinburgh Pontypridd v Caerphilly Swansea v Cross Keys Saturday December 23 Cardiff v Pontypridd Cross Keys v Caerphilly Ebbw Vale v Newport Edinburgh v Bridgend Llanelli v Swansea Neath v Glasgow Tues/Wed December 26/27 Bridgend v Ebbw Vale Caerphilly v Llanelli Glasgow v Edinburgh Newport v Cardiff Pontypridd v Cross Keys Swansea v Neath Saturday February 10 Cardiff v Bridgend Ebbw Vale v Glasgow Edinburgh v Swansea Llanelli v Cross Keys Neath v Caerphilly Newport v Pontypridd Saturday March 10 Bridgend v Newport Caerphilly v Edinburgh Cardiff v Glasgow Cross Keys v Neath Pontypridd v Llanelli Swansea v Ebbw Vale Saturday March 31 Bridgend v Pontypridd Cardiff v Swansea Ebbw Vale v Caerphilly Edinburgh v Cross Keys Neath v Llanelli Newport v Glasgow Saturday April 21 Caerphilly v Cardiff Cross Keys v Ebbw Vale Glasgow v Bridgend Llanelli v Edinburgh Pontypridd v Neath Swansea v Newport Saturday April 28 Bridgend v Swansea Cardiff v Cross Keys Ebbw Vale v Llanelli Edinburgh v Neath Glasgow v Pontypridd Newport v Caerphilly Saturday May 5 Caerphilly v Bridgend Cross Keys v Newport Llanelli v Cardiff Neath v Ebbw Vale Pontypridd v Edinburgh Swansea v Glasgow