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Nelson Phoenix Cricket Club third in league after recent win

 
Nelson Phoenix Cricket Club in their new kit

Nelson Phoenix Cricket Club has played its first match in a new colour kit, beating Caerphilly and Bedwas in the first division of the Caerphilly and District Midweek League.

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Earnshaw returns to Cardiff City FC

 

Cardiff City has confirmed that fan favourite and Caerphilly’s Robert Earnshaw has returned to the club on a free transfer from Nottingham Forest.

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Cardiff loses out as ECB invites bids to host 2012 West Indies Test

 

• ECB move follows Glamorgan missing cash deadline
• Bidding process opens to other international grounds

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Caerphilly rugby player makes Wales under 20s début

 

A Coleg Gwent Crosskeys Campus student has returned from the Rugby World Cup where he made his début for the Wales Under 20s team.

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Mike Phillips back in Wales squad after agreeing to counselling

 

• Scrum-half was arrested after late-night fight in Cardiff
• 28-year-old accepts he must stay out of trouble

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Mike Phillips suspended indefinitely from Wales squad with immediate effect

 

The WRU has announced that Mike Phillips has been suspended indefinitely from Wales squad duties after an incident outside a Cardiff city centre fast food restaurant in the early hours of Tuesday.

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ECB faces trouble over moving West Indies Test from Cardiff to Lord’s

 

• Switching New Zealand to Cardiff in 2013 is one option
• Test may have to be put out to tender again

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Lord’s misses out on West Indies Test in tender controversy

 

• ECB award Test to struggling Cardiff despite lower bid
• Lord’s £1m tender topped Welsh offer by £400,000

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Gavin Henson named in Wales’s preliminary World Cup squad

 

• Gavin Henson plays first international in over two years
• Centre lasts an hour of 31-28 defeat by Barbarians

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Wales 28-31 Barbarians

 

Wales suffered a last-minute heart-break after the Barbarians snatched a victory from the jaws of defeat.

Warren Gatland’s men took an early lead in the 130 anniversary match thanks to George North’s third try in five appearances but they trailed 19-14.

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Gavin Henson says Wales v Barbarians is last chance for World Cup spot

 

Gavin Henson says he is ‘in the last-chance saloon’ as he prepares to start for Wales for the first time in two years

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Stephen Jones set to hit landmark 100 caps against Baa-Baas

 

Stephen Jones will reach the milestone of 100 caps for his country when he takes to the field at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday for the DHL Challenge clash with the Barbarians in a Wales side which also features two international debutants and the return of Gavin Henson.

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