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Gareth Bale on Wales' game against Belarus being moved to Kazan in Russia:
“I was disappointed the neutral venue wasn’t Wembley – everything else seems to be there!”
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The whole ‘Mancini compares Wales to Stoke’ stuff is disingenuous.
Mancini actually praised Wales for their technicality as well as their physicality so, tongue-in-cheek, a reporter asked if Wales reminded him of Stoke.
This is what he said:
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I’m fascinated by multi-sport athletes. For Gerwyn Price to give up a career as a rugby player to take up darts professionally in 2014 and then to become world champion in 2021 is a brilliant story.
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As much as I cherished the chance to watch Antoine Dupont play live for the second time in the space of three months, we all witnessed greatness in the form of Taulupe Faletau tonight.
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Wales have been the paper over the cracks of Welsh professional rugby for too long. That paper is now on fire.
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That's the best Wales performance in a long time.
Probably their finest display and result since Euro 2016.
On to Rome!
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Quade Cooper, Morne Steyn… Wales, do the right thing.
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Wales fans watching Argentina win at Twickenham and then remembering they’re at the Principality Stadium next weekend
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The sadness of Marco Silva’s eyes. Pure desolation. Hard not to feel for him.
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These Wales performances have been coming for a while. When was the last time they really played well? Against a naive Turkey at Euro 2020?
Shame it finally caught up with them at their first World Cup for 64 years but Page looked out of his depth and some players looked gone.
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Tomorrow marks 10 years since Gary Speed’s death.
In this special long-form
@Shorthand
piece, Speed’s team-mates, colleagues and friends relive that tragic day and reflect on his legacy.
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Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
Sunderland manager Chris Coleman has left the club following their relegation to League One.
More:
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Alun Wyn Jones unveiled as Lions captain just as he would have wished: in hologram form, like Tupac at Coachella 2012.
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Daniel James has told Swansea’s owners he wants to leave. His move to Leeds would initially be on loan, then permanent if Leeds are promoted.
Loan fee of around £2m, then a permanent transfer potentially worth more than £10m with add-ons.
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Manchester City fall nine short of The New Saints’ 27-game winning run in the Welsh Premier League. Guardiola’s nearly men.
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Bristol City manager Lee Johnson on the loss to Cardiff: “It was a horrible game, let’s be honest. I got in for free and I still want my money back."
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Nice moment in the mixed zone earlier when Graham Rowntree, former England and Lions player and coach now working with Georgia, stopped Wales prop Wyn Jones to congratulate him on his performance today. Rowntree told him he’ll have a long and successful Test career.
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Classic Gatland when asked about North: “It was great that he scored two tries but I’m more disappointed with France’s second try, when he should have stuck with his man.”
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Excellent from Wales. This Nations League campaign is helping normalise these matches against top-tier opposition, not just for the senior players but the youngsters and those on the fringes.
Valuable experience in preparing for a World Cup.
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The new date for Wales’ World Cup play-off final is expected to be announced tomorrow.
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Wales’ 3-2 win over Belarus today was the first time they had come from behind to win a game since beating Belgium 3-1 at Euro 2016.
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Needing to beat Hungary to qualify for Euro 2020, Wales did so with a dominant 2-0 win.
Needing a draw to win their Nations League group (and virtually guarantee a World Cup play-off), they beat Finland 3-1.
This team is different, unburdened by Welsh football’s painful past.
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I sometimes wonder if Chris Gayle is straying towards Zlatan’s tedious brand of self-mythologising - but then I see him bowl in these sunglasses and think, nah, he’s still fun.
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Eddie Jones is credited with coining the phrase "finishers" for replacements so there's a certain symmetry to see his team ruthlessly finished off thanks in no small part to one of Wales' replacements, Dan Biggar.
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As creaky as Wales were in the second half, those final five minutes or so were a prime example of what Warren Gatland meant when he said this side have “forgotten how to lose”.
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Aston Villa have brought what looks like the biggest away following I've seen at Cardiff City Stadium.
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Irish, Welsh and Scottish fans point out to France that their victory means England win the Six Nations.
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Gareth Bale: "I'd rather this happen now and we address it than it happen at the World Cup."
Therein lies some of the value of this Nations League campaign to Wales. Once the exhaustion has passed, Wales can reflect on some useful lessons learned in these four NL matches.
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Would be good if the Welsh Rugby Union went back to an a capella anthem, as the Football Association of Wales have done.
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Is there any way Uefa can ensure Wales and Republic of Ireland never play against each other again?
Like those countries forbidden from playing each other because of wars or political tensions... but crimes against football in this case.
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Millwall fans boo players taking the knee but they're drowned out by applause from Cardiff fans.
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Wales go into tomorrow night's World Cup play-off semi-final against Austria on the longest unbeaten home run in their history.
Wales are unbeaten in their last 16 home games (11 wins, 5 draws), conceding only 5 goals in the process. Timing.
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*Selects drop-down menu*
*Selects ‘quit game without saving’*
*Restarts Football Manager*
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Real Madrid's Gareth Bale crosses for Wigan Athletic's Kieffer Moore, whose header is saved. I do enjoy the club diversity of this Wales side.
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Get your chicken and Xavi memes ready...
Joe Allen's return to Swansea City should be confirmed later today.
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The bus to take us to the airport to fly from Baku to Rome is at 4:30am local time.
Chances of sleep currently look remote.
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Roque Mesa (signed for £11m) joins Borja Baston (£15.5m), Jordi Amat (£2.5m) and Jefferson Montero (around £4m) in the list of Swansea players out on loan. For a club its size, that's a waste indicative of poor recruitment.
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Lest we forget Brendan Rodgers wore Velcro shoes for what was then the biggest day of his career.
📆
#OnThisDay
| 2⃣0⃣1⃣1⃣ 🔙
One of the biggest days in the
#Swans
' history! 🏆
📺 To celebrate, you can watch the full 9⃣0⃣ minutes as live once more from 3pm today on our Facebook page.
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At the Vale Resort for Wales’ pre-match presser for tomorrow night’s huge Euro 2020 qualifier against Hungary, and Gareth Bale has made himself available for interview again. He loves it.
Wales. Golf. Media. Madrid.
In that order.
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League Two would benefit from the return of Wrexham and Stockport and their crowds next season. Seems dated that only one can be promoted automatically.
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Italy failing to qualify for two World Cups either side of winning Euro 2020 is very Wales rugby behaviour. Did their win in Cardiff last weekend involve some deal with the devil?
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Wales have only led for a total of 15 minutes over the course of their four matches in this Nations League - but they have won three and drawn one.
Considering the players missing (Bale, Ramsey, Allen, Brooks, Moore, Robson-Kanu, Morrell...) that's another good win.
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Toby Booth is doing an even better job than we first thought.
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WALES WIN 29-25!
CAN WE ALL JUST GO AND SIT IN A DARKENED ROOM NOW PLEASE?
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Shearer and Bullard a wonderfully awkward pair in the studio. The military dad with his daughter's eccentric older boyfriend.
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That is going to be so hard to take for Wales, for squandering that winning position as much as Dickson’s unfathomable decision.
Don’t like dwelling on referee chat but Wales don’t lose that match if the decision is correct and they stay 17-12 up against 14 men.
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While Lawes and Biggar are the first club team-mates to captain England and Wales in the same game, the only other a time a Wales captain has played for the same club as the opposition skipper was when Gareth Thomas faced Toulouse colleague Fabien Pelous in 2005.
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Won the first Test of the series but lost the second? Warren Gatland has been here before. Only one thing for it in the decider…
Select 10 Welshmen, like he did in 2013.
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Aaron Ramsey will captain Wales against the Czech Republic tomorrow, Rob Page has just confirmed.
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Magnificent from Scarlets. To beat Leinster and Munster in Dublin is the toughest way to win the Pro12, and they did it in spectacular style
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Wales will be guaranteed at least a place in the World Cup play-offs if Spain avoid defeat in Greece tonight.
Wales winning their Nations League group made 99% sure but Spain's result would seal it, regardless of where Wales finish in their World Cup qualifying group.
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This just isn’t true, is it? Given the draw, regardless of pre-tournament form, England would have expected to get to a semi-final.
Teams often concoct these narratives to create a siege mentality, though. Wales have done it under Gatland. Say it enough and they’ll believe it.
'We were told we weren't getting out of the group, we weren't going to beat Fiji...but we're here now.' 🗣️
Freddie Steward on England's critics 🏴
Watch the full feature with Steward on our build-up later tonight 📺
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Rob Page's contract runs until 2026, in case you were wondering.
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Cardiff sacked Neil Harris after six successive defeats in January.
Mick McCarthy has just lost his sixth successive game. Joyless football for a club without direction.
Managerial change needed again but cycle will just keep repeating itself until there is change at the top.
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The worst I’ve seen the All Blacks play for a decade or more (and yes I did watch their thrashing by Australia this summer) but this might be the best I’ve seen England play since... 2003?
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Five games in a fortnight at the end of a long season, qualification for a first World Cup since 1958...
I would say Wales' players have earned themselves a nice sitdown.
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Pleased for Page, who has handled a difficult period with dignity and always been a pleasure to deal with.
Like many others, I had my doubts about his ability to manage Wales but tonight’s performance against Croatia felt transformative. Wales were superb, Page nailed it.
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If they're going to perform 'Three Lions' live with Harry Kane on the shortlist, it's only fair they do the same with 'Titw Tomos' for
@GeraintThomas86
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‘Seattle doesn’t settle.’ Neither did Jess Fishlock until the nomadic midfielder made this vibrant city her home.
Here’s my piece from a day spent around Seattle with
@JessFishlock
, who discussed coffee, football and her future:
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Just having a look at who Wales play next… oh yes, good, it’s Croatia
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I can confirm I am not the leader of a new political party in Wales, contrary to how it may have appeared on this afternoon’s Wales Today Coronavirus Update.
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The rugby v football debate is so passé. Taekwondo is the national sport of Wales.
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Cymru wedi addurno eu stadiwm ymarfer yn Baku gyda geiriau Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau.
Wales have adorned their training stadium in Baku with lyrics from the national anthem.
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Short shrift from France coach Jacques Brunel to my question about Wales' prospects for the rest of the World Cup: "I’m not interested in what happens to them."
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Robert Page yn dweud bod Ben Davies wedi dyfynnu Yma o Hyd fel rhan o'i araith ar ol y gem.
Robert Page said Ben Davies quoted from Yma o Hyd during his rousing speech in the post-match huddle.
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Phil Bennett wore his greatness lightly, generous with his time with fans, journalists and just about anyone he ever met.
A tribute to the legendary Wales and Lions captain and fly-half, who elevated rugby union to an art form:
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With immense frustration,
@PontypoolRFC
can confirm the club's 2021-2022 season has ended.
The club is calling for
@BeddauRFC
to be expelled from the National Championship and for the
@WelshRugbyUnion
's Community Game Board to resign.
Club statement ➞
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I grew up thinking of Welsh Grand Slams as exotic curiosities of a distant past. Now I've seen 4 in 14 years. Which is nice.
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I'm only gauging this on the crowd at the Principality Stadium and a few conversations, but have Wales regressed under Wayne Pivac to the extent that a lot of people are not even angry but just resigned, even apathetic?
The win in South Africa feels increasingly like an outlier.
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Brennan Johnson has taken his Nottingham Forest form into this game. Brimming with confidence, running with purpose and at pace. Quality.
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The atmosphere is properly crackling here. Poland's fans were chanting loudly as Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau started, got drowned out and seemingly awestruck by the a capella din and started applauding.
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Chris Mepham's move from Brentford to Bournemouth could be completed within the next 48 hours. Including add-ons, the fee could exceed £15m.
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Williams, Navidi, Anscombe, Faletau, Hill, Jenkins... it’s beginning to feel more and more like the 2015 World Cup for Wales, who were knocked out similarly depleted in the knockout stages by... South Africa.
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I'd love either player to do something to make this look stupid but it's sad to see Ramsey and Bale this way.
They're so badly off the pace, not helped by a system which does nothing to accentuate the strengths they still have, or compensate for their weaknesses.
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Wales are through to the second round of Euro 2020.
Their 1-0 loss to Italy in Rome will rank alongside the 2-0 defeat in Bosnia & Herzegovina - the night they qualified for Euro 2016 - as one of the best defeats in Welsh football history.
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That try is going to be replayed for years.
Louis Rees-Zammit. Believe the hype.
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Peyper had his arm out playing advantage to Wales for French holding on, and then just changed his mind when France stole the ball back.
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Swansea want to keep him but feel they can’t now James has told them he wants to leave. If Leeds miss out on promotion, Swansea would take him back after his loan and try getting him to sign a new contract - but that look unlikely.
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Cardiff City are stepping up their efforts to pull off the improbable signing of Wales captain Gareth Bale.
Story by
@robphillipshere
:
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Chiellini with an absolute Full Value Yellow Card for that foul on Saka. And the temerity to offer an apologetic handshake. Superb.
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If France's second-half implosion against Wales was a very French form of self-destruction, the past few days have been as Welsh as off-field self-destruction gets.
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This is the scene for Cardiff’s FA Cup third round tie against Carlisle at Cardiff City Stadium, where only the Ninian Stand is open.
Cardiff’s record lowest crowd here is 4,111. That could be under threat today.
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David Edwards replaces Joe Ledley, who managed 67 minutes of international football 40 days after breaking his leg. Some effort.
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Almost half an hour after the final whistle and Wales players are still out on the pitch, speaking to young fans, signing shirts and posing for selfies. Magic night.
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Exclusive: Big development in the Chris Coleman story tonight - I understand he is no longer in contention for the Republic of Ireland job.
The former Wales manager had been one of the leading candidates following talks with the FAI.
Updated story:
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It is baking at the Baku Olympic Stadium. Still 31 °C. Wales will hope it cools before kick-off.
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It’s international week. Wales captain Aaron Ramsey says he’s happier than he has been for a long time since rejoining Cardiff.
“I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.”
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Doubt Wales will ever have been happier not to have an away trip...
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By the way, if Wales beat Georgia on Friday and Bosnia lose to Belgium on Saturday, a draw against Ireland would give Wales a play-off place
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Wales are cunningly getting this defeat out of their system before starting their Euro 2020 campaign, just as they did by cunningly losing 3-0 to Sweden before Euro 2016.
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United States head coach Gregg Berhalter will light the Empire State Building red, white and blue when he names his World Cup squad tomorrow.
Ain't Tylorstown Welfare Hall though, is it? Rob Page will be going back to his roots to reveal Wales' squad tomorrow.
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He is Wales’ rock and Spurs’ longest-serving current player - but Ben Davies is a reluctant star.
So as someone who tries to avoid the spotlight, Ben probably won’t enjoy this in-depth profile piece.
He’d never admit it but he’s a Welsh great:
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