Tough times breed tough men and we are taking a tough team to Dublin to play tough rugby. We are going to look squarely in the face of adversity and show a different side to our characters this weekend.
Tough times breed tough men and we are taking a tough team to Dublin to play tough rugby. We are going to look squarely in the face of adversity and show a different side to our characters this weekend.
The next Scotland coach needs to be someone with great ability and can get the best out of limited resources. It is going to have to be someone who can really take players and make them punch way above their weight in rugby terms.
I know how both like their teams to play rugby and one is more conservative than the other. The difference now is that the players have the confidence in their ability to take risks.
We will consider the matter over the next few days because technically we could pick Dwayne against Bath. But that would go against the spirit of the agreement between the Welsh Rugby Union and the four regions over the release of players a week before internationals.
I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event in which races were run, and I won these by a considerable margin.
There are major implications for amateur rugby and the future success of division one and we don't want to rush through the process.
The Sevens had a really big impact on my game in terms of skills and fitness levels, there is just no place to hide and it's a real test of your rugby ability.
We had our opportunities in the first half. We didn't make the most of them, let Italy back in the game and then got too afraid to lose to play the rugby.
Rugby is great. The players don't wear helmets or padding; they just beat the living daylights out of each other and then go for a beer. I love that.
We need to do what is in the best interests of Gareth Thomas in this situation, listen to the doctors' advice and leave him at home to rest. We will all be thinking of him, but his personal health is of a much higher priority to us all than anything that can happen on a rugby pitch. We wish him a speedy recovery and hope to have him back with us soon.
Nobody ever beats Wales at rugby, they just score more points.
I like to think I play rugby as it should be played - there are no yellow or red cards in my collection - but I cannot say I'm an angel.
It's a really exciting time to be involved in Welsh rugby.
A vote for Japan is a vote for the future of rugby. We will do our best to make rugby a global sport.
He was a professional rugby player in the area that I played as a youngster. So a lot of people who I went to school with knew who he was and knew that he was black. So I would get racist taunts in school.
I've always said that playing rugby in Spain is like being a bullfighter in Japan.
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