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BBC News
10 hours ago
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What did the pundits think of the Lions' opening match?
The Rugby Union Weekly podcast team were in Dublin on Friday to see Argentina pull off a famous win over the Lions at the Aviva Stadium. Chris Jones and Ugo Monye were joined by former Lions Dwayne Peel and Anthony Watson to debate what went wrong - and right - for Andy Farrell's side, and what they need to fix once they arrive in Australia. Did the Lions attack actually show plenty of potential? Will that accuracy come in time? And they pay homage to the Pumas who made a mockery of the bookies' can find out what they thought here.
BBC News
13-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Scarlets add ex-Wales lock Davies to coaching team
Former Wales lock and captain Bradley Davies has joined Scarlets' coaching set up for the 2025-26 38-year-old former Ospreys, Wasps and Cardiff forward will "focus on the contact area" as part of Dwayne Peel's backroom said: "Brad is a young, ambitious coach who will bring a huge amount of energy and enthusiasm to the group as well as his experience at the top end of the game from his playing days."Davies moves from his assistant coaching role at Super Rygbi Cymru side Bridgend, which he combined with working in Ospreys' academy."It's great as a young Welsh coach to have a club like the Scarlets show faith in you and offer you the chance to grow - I'm looking forward to helping the Scarlets become the team we want them to be," said Davies."I'm excited to get going, working with the boys and ripping into pre-season."Meanwhile former Scarlets defence coach Gareth Williams has left his position in charge of their removed Williams from his defence coach role in February, 2024 and he went on to become academy pathway of Peel's assistants, Emyr Phillips, has succeeded Williams a head of their academy.
BBC News
03-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
Scarlets sign back row Davies from Ospreys
Scarlets have signed back row Tristan Davies from Ospreys for next 23-year-old has played 13 games since making his Ospreys debut in 2022, featuring against Scarlets on Judgement Day in April. Davies also ran out in this season's Challenge Cup matches against Lions and Montpellier."I'm really excited for the opportunity ahead. I love what's being built at the Scarlets and the direction the team is heading and believe I can bring my own style of play to the group and add to what is already a very strong outfit," Davies said. "I've always admired the Scarlets' style of play and the support at Parc y Scarlets is always top class - it's a tough place for opposition, so I'm happy to have that kind of backing on my side now."I'm also very thankful for the past few seasons at Ospreys and everything I've learned there."Scarlets head coach Dwayne Peel said he has been impressed with Davies' physicality and the way he has taken his opportunities when selected."He carries well, puts a big shift into defence and has a great work ethic. He will add to a strong group of back-row forwards we have at the club," said Peel. Davies becomes the Scarlets' fifth new signing for next season, joining Joe Hawkins, Jake Ball, Dane Blacker and Ioan Jones.
Irish Examiner
31-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
No thoughts of tomorrow for Leo Cullen as Leinster focus on Scarlets
Nobody sells tickets faster and better than Leinster so it says something that the province had shifted only 12,000 of them as of Friday for this URC quarter-final encounter with Scarlets at the Aviva Stadium. The Bank Holiday will have had something to do with that. So too will the general impression that Leo Cullen's lads will sweep the Welsh aside and book a more attractive date at the same venue a week later. Some, of course, will have their eyes on a final. But don't say any of that to Cullen. The Leinster head coach was in no mood to countenance the next step prior to this one. Not after that Champions Cup semi-final loss to Northampton Saints. And not on the back of three seasons and counting without a trophy. No, there is no tomorrow. That was abundantly clear when the head coach was asked the most routine of questions, on the absences of Garry Ringrose and Tommy O'Brien, and whether the pair would be available again soon. 'We are literally looking at this game,' he said, the vexation clear in his voice. 'We have fallen into this trap before, people looking too far ahead, and it is actually doing our heads in because everyone is just talking about the next thing and nobody wants to talk about the here and now. 'It has got to the point where it's undermining of the teams we play against (sic) because I would rather focus on the Scarlets and who we are playing this week. Listen, we were talking about the semi-final if you remember and there was talk about Cardiff and EPCR and there was no talk about Northampton. Can we talk about the actual game?' We did, and we can, but first things first. Ringrose is out with a calf injury that he has been carrying for an unspecified period of time. O'Brien, Leinster's breakout star this season, has been hobbled by a foot problem. Both were running at the back end of the week. Neither was listed on the weekly injury bulletin last Monday, hence the interest. Already confirmed as absentees were Robbie Henshaw who won't play URC again this season whatever Leinster do, and Tadhg Furlong. The Ireland prop sits out for the second game in a row with a calf injury – not the one that caused him such trouble this term – and the signs are that he will struggle to make the semi-final should Leinster do the needy this weekend. Leinster, as is their wont, can still field a ridiculously strong 15 and 23. They make six changes to the side that eked out a 13-5 win against Glasgow last time out. Scarlets are unchanged from the side that went toe to toe with Sharks in Durban two weekends ago. Dwayne Peel's men had two weeks in South Africa that should have steeled them for the task to come and it's only four weeks since they overcame a much-changed Leinster side at Parc y Scarlets. All that will stand to them. 'Scarlets are a team that is in form. We rate their coaches, we know Dwayne Peel and Jarred [Payne] as well and those guys know the system here and they have a very good inside knowledge about us.' We'll just have to risk Cullen's wrath by suggesting that any chance of a repeat result in Ballsbridge this time is fanciful. The province has hammered three different opponents in the last three URC quarter-finals. It's the last four round that has caught them cold. That this is all business is apparent in the absence from the squad of Cian Healy and Ross Byrne, two veterans who have given so much to their home club and due to depart as soon as this league campaign is over. Jordie Barrett is another whose time is coming to an end. 'I've had some interesting conversations about this over the years about different players finishing up, and when I was myself, you don't want to be a distraction,' said Cullen. 'That can't be the legacy you leave. 'You still have to go back to the process of playing and what wins rugby matches, and because it's a contact sport, there's an emotional side that you need to get right. So, there is a technique part to it, but there's always a bit of an emotional part to that as well.'
BBC News
30-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Wales centre Williams signs new Scarlets contract
Wales centre Johnny Williams has signed a new two-year deal to stay at 28, has been in impressive form this season and has been rewarded with a Wales recall for the summer tour of arrived in Llanelli in 2020 after signing from Newcastle Falcons."Johnny is a key member of the squad, someone who has become a leader for us on and off the field," said Scarlets head coach Dwayne Peel."That experience is going to be vital over the coming years as part of the young back division we are developing at the club."His re-signing is more positive news for the club as we continue to build and grow as a group." Williams has not played a Test for Wales since the World Cup warm-up matches in August 2023."It is great to be back in the Wales set-up," said Williams."I have been gutted to have missed a couple of squad selections, so I'm obviously delighted to be back in the mix."Following the departures of Jonathan Davies and Scott Williams, he is now the elder Scarlets statesman in a crop of centres that includes internationals Joe Roberts and Eddie James, with the uncapped Macs Page also selected for Wales' tour of Japan."I have been here five years now and I feel this team is really evolving," said Williams."There is a lot of talent within the squad, especially with the young guys coming through - I am one of the oldest players in the squad now at 28."These are exciting times and I am looking forward to seeing where this team can go."Fellow backs Page, James, Roberts, Tomi Lewis and Sam Costelow have also agreed new deals, alongside Wales forward duo Taine Plumtree and Kemsley Scarlets signings include fly-half/centre Joe Hawkins, lock Jake Ball, scrum-half Dane Blacker and full-back Ioan Jones.
