Wales have always had an uncanny ability to mix the mundane with the magical.

Gareth Edwards etched his name into rugby folklore with that try 40 years ago

Wales will tap into the experience of their previous Grand Slam winners this week as they prepare for Saturday's RBS 6 Nations showdown against France.

RUGBY legend JPR Williams put three penny coins in his mouth thinking they would trick a drink driving breath test, a Welsh court has heard.

WILLIE JOHN McBride has been voted the greatest ever Lion by best-selling magazine Rugby World – though there is no place in the Top 50 for 2009 captain, Paul O’Connell.

No longer are rugby’s tyro talents waiting until their 20s to make a mark. Barry Coughlan looks at the explosive talents of five bright young things ready to make their marks in the Heineken Cup.

NEW ZEALAND’s leading newspaper has fuelled the British and Irish Lions’ sense of injustice over the Brian O’Driscoll ‘spearing’ controversy.

Lions legend JPR Williams has accused Sir Clive Woodward of using Brian O’Driscoll’s injury to spin public attention away from Saturday’s first Test defeat to New Zealand.

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IN spite of all the cautionary words this week of how dangerous Wales are in Cardiff and how desperate they will be to avoid a whitewash

England centre Will Greenwood believes England’s 26-9 victory at the Millennium Stadium yesterday will be remembered as the vehicle on which Welsh rugby travelled back to a place of pride and passion.

IT IS the try seared into the memory of every rugby fan.

A DISTRAUGHT Neath supporter runs amok at a WRU committee meeting, dousing the committee in petrol before setting them alight.