Welsh National Rugby Union Team

No one has reviewed the Welsh Rugby team in a while so I thought I would give it a shot about this years success :) Having only been into rugby the past 4 years this may not be as knowledgeable as other reviews. You simply cannot argue with the fact that the Welsh are the most passionate rugby supporters in the world. Most countries have football as their prefered support such as England, Italy and France but I believe in Wales and New Zealand rugby is part of our heritage and culture. It is our national game and a sport which I believe we are now regarded as world class in. Wales compete in both the six nations and the world cup. Wales have never won the ...  Read the complete review

When you consider the home nations of soccer in the British Isles, the thought of Wales normally conjures up an image of coming last in the qualification group. However, all is about to change. After the initial round of group games, Wales are looking favourites to take at least the 2nd place qualification spot in a strong group with favourites Italy, Finland, Yugslavia and Ukraine. Tomorrow, they may be one step closer after a well earned victory in Cardiff against the Azzuri tonight. So what has sparked this revival? Why have they been so bad for so long? Why are they so low down the official World Rankings? Well, lets answer this one at a time. ...  Read the complete review

So he's gone. The Great Redeemer has fallen from grace. Are we happy. Well I'm certainly not. Have we learnt nothing from history. Henry is just the latest in the long line of great welsh hopes to be shown the door by his incompetent, cowardly employers. The last coach not to resign or be sacked was John Dawes and he left in 1979. Even though Les Williams, the vice chairman of the WRU, Henry's employers, in a shocking display of bad management, publically stated earlier this week that Henry hadn't proved himself as a coach, if he cared to look at his facts he would realise that Henry has the best record of any Welsh coach since Tony Grey who was ...  Read the complete review

In this world that is slowly coming together and skrinking you would expect the importance of your nationality to fall. But NOT on the scale that the Welsh rugby team has taken it. There should be a limit to how many foreign born players there are in an international side. I will accept that New Zealand have used the three year residencial rule to their advantage for years. But at least the people who played fro their side were of the same ethnic background as their home born players. Bringing in retired players from the other side of the world is not what I view as accpetable. It all started when Wales looked high and dry in 1997 (or '98) and they appointed a ...  Read the complete review

It's been a mixed year for the Welsh rugby side, having been at the France game at the Millenium Stadium I was not impressed at all. I saw my side get an absolute hammering, and left ten minutes before the end, in what was really a dire performance. There have been some good victories against Italy, Ireland, Scotland and Samoa to give encouragement, and nobody can honestly deny that Wales have the best stadium in the world for now and for some time into the future. The pitch is not in the best condition however, although a new system is apparently going to be introduced to improve it. The rugby in Wales is starting to look better, having seen the recent test ...  Read the complete review