Gareth Delve

Date of Birth – 30/12/82
Height – 6ft3
Weight – 18st 2lbs
Caps – 8
Club – Gloucester

Gareth Delve has always been extremely unlucky with injuries ever since entering into professional rugby.  Without his constant injuries Gareth Delve would have had dramatically more caps than his current 8.  Many consider him to be at least on a par with the Welsh captain Ryan Jones.  Indeed at Welsh youth level they played in the same team – With Delve’s presence at number 8 forcing Ryan to move into the 2nd row.
Gareth Delve has always …

Dafydd James is a Cardiff Blues, Welsh rugby and British Lions player. A Welsh rugby legend he is also the top scorer in the heineken cup.


Of course such a legend of Welsh rugby deserves his own profile on the Welsh rugby blog!

Richard Hibbard
Date of Birth: 13/12/1983
Height: 6ft
Weight: 17st 13lbs
Caps: 9
Richard Hibbard is one of the two main hookers at the Ospreys rugby region, sharing the role with Huw Bennett. Considered a great prospect by many in both the Ospreys and Wales Hibbard is currently trying to force himself as first choice in the Ospreys front row, whilst also getting passed British Lion Matthew Rees at international level.
Hibbard started his professional career with Swansea, swiftly being called up to the Ospreys. He then won his first cap on the …

Batten down the hatches because… they might blow about in the wind and keep you up at night, and no one wants that.
In other news I shall be looking to put together some ‘Welsh rugby profiles’ over the next few weeks and months.  It seems to me that people searching for this blog are often looking for information on one of the players rather than to read me rant about the latest bit of Welsh rugby news.  I know it’s hard to believe but it does seem that way.
So who …