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Pontypool RFC
15:57, 8 JAN 2025
Popular Welsh rugby club boss suffers two heart attacks and a stroke at 38 after workout
Pontypool RFC
Ryan Thomas, 38, has battled against the odds to survive after his heart stopped for an hour
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Welsh rugby player arrested during warm-up at high level match
Ebbw Vale RFC
Fans were shocked to see officers turn up and escort the player from the pitch
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Popular Welsh rugby player dies suddenly at 33 as tributes flood in
Blaenau Gwent
Kristian Smith passed away after being taken ill at his home on Saturday night
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Today's rugby news as Wales World Cup captain wants 25-cap rule change and Welsh club refuse to accept WRU fate
Today's Updates
The latest rugby news from Wales and around the world
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'Commercial suicide!' Clubs go public after refusing to sign up to new WRU league
Welsh Rugby Union
Merthyr, Pontypidd and Cardiff RFCs have informed the WRU they will not be submitting expressions of interest for the WRU's proposed new league
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My best friend took his own life after suffering 11 concussions playing rugby
Welsh Rugby Union
'I recall one time he’d had such a serious concussion, he was left in the dressing room on his own, he couldn’t find his way out of the dressing room, he didn’t know where the showers were, he had no idea where he was'
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The rise again of iconic Welsh rugby club who nobody can beat once more
Pontypool RFC
Pontypool RFC have rekindled the halcyon days of the 1980s to win promotion to the Premiership
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Ex-Welsh rugby player's four daughters being hailed as 'superstars' on other side of world
Caerphilly RFC
He featured in one of Welsh club rugby's most notable achievements of the past 25 years
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Today's rugby news as Welsh rugby favourite beats cancer and Cardiff chief makes worrying admission after losing two stars
Today's Updates
The latest rugby news from Wales and beyond
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Farewell Charlie - the scarcely believable but true stories of the Pontypool front row, the Wales legends who never took a backward step
Wales Rugby Team
Wales and Lions great Graham Price looks back fondly on his playing days and special bond with the great Charlie Faulkner and Bobby Windsor
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Welsh rugby hardman's 6ft 4in 17st 7lb son makes debut for dad's famous club
Pontypool RFC
His grandmother, who passed away last week, "would have been very proud"
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The wonderful memories of Charlie Faulkner, the Wales hard man on the pitch who was an absolute gentleman off it
Wales Rugby Team
A light has gone out in Welsh rugby
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Wales and Pontypool front row rugby legend Charlie Faulkner dies aged 81
Wales Rugby Team
The game has lost one of its most fondly remembered characters
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Wales rugby international finds donor and undergoes transplant in bid to save life
Pontypool RFC
Welsh internationals have shown their support
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Former Welsh rugby favourite Mark Spiller battling rare form of cancer
Pontypool RFC
Mark Spiller played for Pontypridd, Pontypool and Ebbw Vale during the 1990s
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Welsh rugby's winners and losers as Wales ace is from different planet and famous club dish out another hammering
Wales Rugby Team
There were mixed fortunes for the professional teams in round one of the United Rugby Championship
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Eddie Butler's many acts of kindness emerge after sudden death
Wales Rugby Team
He was a man who went the extra mile for others
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My room-mate Eddie Butler - the posh teen we nicknamed Bamber who won the respect of Wales' hard men
Eddie Butler
Wales and Lions legend Graham Price was Eddie Butler's room-mate ahead of internationals. Here he shares some wonderful memories of his captain for club and country
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Pontypool RFC 'won't rest' in bid to help save 28-year-old Welsh international's life
Pontypool RFC
A mass swabbing event will be held this weekend to help the full-back
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Wales rugby player urgently needs a donor after being diagnosed with rare form of cancer
Pontypool RFC
Ethan Davies received the diagnosis earlier this year and does not have a match within his family
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Rugby hero David Bishop talks bravely about his addiction and depression
Wales Rugby Team
Welsh rugby superstar Bishop has candidly spoken of the demons he has been battling for many years after hanging up his boots
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Today's rugby headlines as WRU fire back at stinging accusations
Welsh Rugby Union
The latest rugby headlines and news bulletins from Wales and beyond
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Welsh rugby club call for rivals to be expelled and accuse WRU of 'unforgivable ineptitude' in stunning statement
Welsh Rugby Union
The club have taken aim at the WRU and Beddau after announcing their season would not be completed
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Brutal fight breaks out in big Welsh club match as players attack each other on walk to the sin bin
Pontypool RFC
Having initially been yellow carded, the two players were then red carded after brawling as they walked off
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