South Wales Argus - first place for Gwent sport home of Newport County and the Dragons

Party time for Kiwis

11:10am Tuesday 25th October 2011

WHAT a party, what a parade! An estimated 250,000 people packed the streets of Auckland yesterday to celebrate their All Black heroes winning the World Cup after an agonisingly long wait.

• Have your say

Gwent's 'World Cup team'

8:30am Wednesday 19th October 2011

THERE has been a fair bit of hanging around for Press conferences and interviews to start here – and a few BBC pundits have been filling the time by putting together a Gwent team entirely on the basis of people who are in New Zealand now or have been in one capacity or another during the World Cup.

• Have your say

DAVEY SAYS: Wales are on a mission

12:30pm Tuesday 11th October 2011

WALES are on a crusade which could take them all the way to the World Cup final after an almost unbelievable turnaround in fortunes.

• Comments(1)
• Have your say »

Glory, glory Wales: Robin Davey's big match verdict

10:50am Monday 10th October 2011

THE finest game Wales have played in the professional era on such a major occasion. That has to be the verdict on their stunning World Cup quarter-final victory over Ireland at Wellington Stadium on Saturday.

• Have your say

Robin Davey's World Cup diary

4:10am Saturday 8th October 2011

NEW Zealand is fretting again. First there was the loss for the whole tournament of their talisman Dan Carter when the world record points scorer and outside half supremo pulled up with a serious groin injury in training.

• Have your say

Rooms available for the big weekends

9:30am Wednesday 28th September 2011

CONTRASTING stories from New Zealand – on the one hand the house full signs are being put up at grounds all over the country, while Auckland reports plenty of rooms available for the World Cup semi-finals and finals.

• Have your say

Robin Davey's World Cup diary

8:20am Wednesday 21st September 2011

WHO should we come across at St Andrews Golf Club yesterday in charge of a buggy – yes, you’ve guessed it, none other than Andy Powell.

• Have your say

Wales feel the bruises

10:50pm Monday 19th September 2011

THE Welsh team hotel the morning after the day before resembled the proverbial casualty clearing station.

• Have your say

Robin Davey's World Cup diary

11:00am Saturday 10th September 2011

A few of us are situated half-a-dozen miles outside the city of Wellington in Petone, the club of former All Blacks captain Tana Umaga, among others.

• Comments(1)
• Have your say »

ROBIN DAVEY'S WORLD CUP DIARY

8:00am Friday 9th September 2011

NO prizes for guessing the most popular team in New Zealand apart from their own All Blacks – Wales, by the width of the picturesque harbour in Wellington where the team is staying.

• Have your say