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A selection of some of the most striking sports photographs taken of Welsh sport the world over the past 12 months.
In November 2008, Shane Williams and Ryan Jones became the first Welsh players to be nominated in a group of five players for the World Rugby Player of the Year award, first awarded in 2001. Shane Williams was duly selected as the 2008 World Rugby Player of the Year. [37] Leigh Halfpenny was nominated in 2013 and Alun Wyn Jones in 2015.
Reginald Arthur Gibbs (7 May 1882 – 28 November 1938) was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Penarth and Cardiff. He was capped 16 times for his country and captained his team on one occasion. Gibbs is one of nine Welsh players to have scored four tries in a single game.
See List of Wales national rugby union team records; and List of Wales national rugby union players for a sortable list containing player caps and tries. Neil Jenkins was the first rugby player to surpass 1000 Test points. He holds several Welsh records, including the most points scored for Wales with 1049, the most successful penalty kicks for ...
A traditional rugby union kit consists of a jersey and shorts, long rugby socks and boots with studs. The other main piece of equipment is the rugby ball . Some modest padding is allowed on the head, shoulders and collarbone, but it must be sufficiently light, thin and compressible to meet World Rugby standards. [ 1 ]
[4] [5] [6] At the end of the 2021-22 season at Aberavon he won the Young Player of the Year award as well as the gong for the Most Improved Player. [ 7 ] After being named on the bench against Glasgow Warriors in Round 4 of the URC but not featuring, Edwards went on the make his debut in Round 6 scoring a try against the Scarlets .
Hywel Jenkins (born 7 March 1976) is a Welsh former professional rugby union player who played as a back row forward for Llanelli, Swansea, Neath, Ebbw Vale, London Welsh and Bedwas. He was also a youth international for Wales and earned one cap for Wales A on a development tour to Canada in 2000; he was sent home from the tour after the third ...
Ackerman played youth rugby for Newbridge RFC and represented Wales in Rugby league at U17 level. [1] [2] After returning to rugby union, Ackerman was part of the Dragons Academy, and captained the U18 team as they won the Regional Age Grade tournament in 2022. [3] While part of the academy, Ackerman played for both Cross Keys RFC and Newport ...