25/09/2019

  Noah Barton  led out the Wales team today for their match against Georgia at the Rugby World Cup in Japan, after winning a competition at Land Rover’s Rugby Tour. Read about the excitement of when Noah was selected: Cardiff youngster Noah Barton could barely contain his excitement after being named as the first Official Mascot for Rugby World Cup 2019, Japan later this year, courtesy of an Official Worldwide partner, Land Rover.   Noah was successfully chosen by a…

29/03/2019

Principality Building Society will donate £50,000 to two Welsh charities thanks to Wales’ Grand Slam win at the Guinness Six Nations. Wales’ largest building society is donating a maximum of £50,000 to be split evenly between Alzheimer’s Society Cymru and Teenage Cancer Trust Cymru, after it pledged to donate £10,000 for every game Wales won. Julie-Ann Haines, Chief Customer Officer at Principality Building Society, said: “It was an unforgettable Six Nations tournament and as huge fans of rugby we were…

26/05/2016

A ground breaking partnership has been announced between the WRU and the new multi sports arena in Penarth the Vale Sports Arena. The partnership will see a number of rugby coach education opportunities in the Vale of Glamorgan to help grow the game. The WRU Coach Development department  are excited to announce a new additional state-of-the-art facility to its 2016/17 coach education programme. Jon Evans coach development manager for the Blues region stated “The Vale arena offers a new indoor…

17/02/2015

Brains, The Official Ale Sponsor of the WRU, celebrated the start of the 6 Nations in full chorus!  To tie into the launch of the new rugby-themed Seasonal Ale, ‘Bread of Heaven’, the Cardiff-based brewer invited the local Côr Meibion Taf choir to surprise drinkers in the popular City Centre Pub ‘The Yard’. The 20 plus strong choir, dressed as rugby fans to blend into the crowds, one by one started singing the popular Welsh rugby anthem ‘Bread of Heaven’! …