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  • Dragons forward Andrew Coombs cited

    NEWPORT Gwent Dragons forward Andrew Coombs has been cited following an incident in the second half of last Friday’s 17-15 loss to the Ospreys. The 29-year-old lock/back row made contact with the head of his Wales teammate Alun Wyn Jones shortly

  • Success at Blaenavon annual steam gala

    THE ANNUAL steam gala at Blaenavon's Heritage Railway turned out to be another success this year with over 750 people visiting the historic railway over the weekend.Now in its 31st year, the three day event running from Friday to Sunday last week,

  • Welsh army reservist welcomed Obama during Nato summit

    A WELSH Army Reservist from Caerphilly joined teams of military and civilian personnel meeting and greeting leaders from across the globe at the Nato Summit near Newport. Captain Mike Jones, 53, of 3rd Battalion The Royal Welsh, originally from

  • Newport Welsh medium secondary school is a step closer

    THE Welsh Government has approved the first step of a three-stage process to get another Welsh medium secondary school in Gwent Part of the Duffryn High School site in Newport could be developed to house a new Welsh language school, after the strategic

  • Aberavon 18 Cross Keys 33

    CROSS Keys scored their bonus-point try after 52 minutes but still found time for a fifth in their best-ever win at Aberavon, writes Howard Evans.Greg Woods told his players after the game that they had beaten almost an Ospreys A team as local lads were

  • Carmarthen Quins 44 Newport 10

    AFTER just one game of the new Principality Premiership campaign Newport face the prospect of a tough winter, writes Chris Smart.While the ruthless Quins showed they have the ammunition to challenge Pontypridd’s dominance, the Black & Ambers

  • County turn performance into points at long last

    NEWPORT County finally turned possession and panache into points on Saturday as Justin Edinburgh’s men put the boot into the Cobblers at Rodney Parade.On the back of their best performance in ions against Cambridge on Monday, County were determined

  • Record-breaking crowd for Usk show

    There was livestock, produce, and a stunt show at Gwent's biggest agricultural show on Saturday. NATHAN BRIANT reports.A RECORD-BREAKING crowd of 25,000 people turned out for the 170th agricultural show in Usk at the weekend, organisers said.The Usk

  • Edinburgh challenges team to maintain current form

    JUSTIN Edinburgh wants the effort of his players in the past six days to represent the benchmark for the season. The Exiles followed up a highly impressive performance if not result in Monday’s 1-1 draw with Cambridge with a 3-2 win over Northampton