Rhys patchell ultimate rugby players, news, fixtures and live. The playmaker faces competition from the likes of rhys patchell and dan biggar for the number 10 jersey, but hopes to get an opportunity as wales return to action against italy on sunday. From his early days with cardiff blues when he looked like the heir apparent in the capital, to the career renaissance at the scarlets, patchells. While at cardiff blues he brought a lot to our pack, and offthefield his battle to. Wales hand debuts to owen lane and rhys carre as they make 14. The blues are responsible for developing rugby union in the city of cardiff, vale of glamorgan, rhondda cynon taf, merthyr tydfil and south powys. Cardiff blues jamiroq 0 points 1 point 2 points 3 years ago a promising player, hes put in some stellar performances for cardiff, but some mediocre and not so good. Rhys patchell is the new man on the scene, winning great acclaim for his blues performances.
The world club 10s will be the first international sports event held at the new 55,000seater national stadium at the singapore sports hub on saturday. The 201617 season was the 14th season in the history of the scarlets, a welsh rugby union regional side based in llanelli, carmarthenshire. Ultimate xv, such was his dominant hold over the number three jersey. Rhys patchell wales international rugby, wales rugby, all blacks. Iorworth alan rhys gill born 30 october 1986 is a wales international rugby union player. Up front, the midweek captain luke charteris is recalled to the second row in place of bradley davies. Cardiff blues boss praises excellent rhys patchell but.
Live commentary on bbc radio wales and bbc radio cymru, on the bbc sport website and bbc sport app. Cardiff blues flyhalf rhys patchell will leave the region at the end of the season after rejecting a new contract. Wales must hand gareth anscombe the no 10 jersey its a. Rhys patchell was born in llandough, near penarth and went to ysgol gyfun gymraeg glantaf. Flanker josh navidi got the welsh sides try in the second half, and flyhalf rhys patchell kicked the rest of the blues points. Rhys patchell 20112016 82 appearances 15 tries 615 points 19. Patchell fresh from his hattrick of tries against zebre rugby on day one is all set to pull on the no. Rhys patchell news, views, gossip, pictures, video.
Scarlets v cardiff blues full match roundup 20th apr. The great cardiff blues academy graduate battle cardiff. Patchell was awarded cardiff blues most promising player of the year in 20, followed by a call up to the wales senior squad for their summer tour in japan. Gatland is a big admirer of the 24yearold from the cardiff blues and, if anything, he. Rhys patchell born 17 may 1993 is a wales international rugby union player. In this season, they won the pro12 playoffs after finishing third in the league, and also competed in the rugby champions cup and the anglowelsh cup. Wales are fortunate to have such a gifted young 10 who represents his club. Cardiff blues flyhalf rhys patchell has rejected a new contract offer to pen a move to the scarlets for next season. We are disappointed that rhys has turned down a contract offer from cardiff blues and will move elsewhere at the end of this season. This is our final preparation match so it is important we get enough rugby into us, get rugby ready ahead of our rwc opener against georgia which is just. Patchell signs for scarlets after turning down cardiff.
Patchell and cardiff blues to part ways planet rugby. While the 20yearold wales international is sidelined, he will also have a shoulder. A prop forward he joined saracens in may 2009 having previously played for cardiff blues a former member of the cardiff blues academy, gill represented wales at under16 and under18 levels before signing with cardiff rfc as an 18yearold. Owen lane, who was called up in place of the injured josh navidi, starts on the wing, while hallam amos gets the nod at fullback, with both george north and leigh halfpenny unavailable.
Full details of the tournament and reaction to the action in singapore will appear on. Cardiff blues ultimate xv flyhalf news cardiff blues. Wales stars rhys patchell and owen williams will both make their playing comebacks in southeast asia after cardiff blues named a 16man squad to compete in inaugural world club 10s in singapore. Gareth anscombe and rhys patchell are each out of the tournament as they recover from injuries, while owen williams, who could also fill in at flyhalf, is another absentee. Gatland calls for wales players to seize opportunity. Patchell started the 2018 six nations campaign and was instrumental in the openinground thumping of scotland in cardiff. Gaining international honours at u18 and wales sevens the ysgol gyfun gymraeg glantaf product has stormed onto the domestic scene with a manofthematch performance at fly half on his rabodirect pro12 debut against the newport gwent dragons at the beginn. Rhys patchells fine onehanded feed released williams once more, but leinster quickly turned defence into attack as their first serious raid downfield produced a try.
Pat lam has rung the changes as guinness pro12 leaders connacht head to cardiff to take on the blues, but skipper john muldoon remains and will enter unchartered territory on friday night. Oh, and cardiff blues playmaker jarrod evans is also in wales six nations squad. Patchell first made the grade at cardiff blues before switching to scarlets and developing his welsh career. Cardiff blues will be without rhys patchell for several months after the flyhalf damaged his knee in their. Williams also arrived on the scene at the break against the irish and was just as influential as patchell. Gatland makes nine changes for last match as wales coach wales. Rhys patchell 20112016 82 appearances 15 tries 615 points 19 caps for wales patch was a firm favourite amongst cardiff blues supporters. Welsh international rhys patchell is to leave cardiff blues at the end of. Learn the origin and popularity plus how to pronounce patchell. It is the current osprey who gets my nod in the cardiff blues team of the decade, despite. Wales make two changes for second test against new zealand.
Another graduate of the academy, the playmaker quickly found himself on the senior stage and enjoyed a rapid rise to become a key member of the backline. Rhys patchell professional rugby player at cardiff blues rugby cardiff, united kingdom medical practice. Cardiff blues coach danny wilson has paid tribute to the way rhys patchell put all the talk about his future to one side to produce an excellent performance in the defeat to glasgow. There is a new halfback pairing as tomos williams and rhys patchell are given their opportunity, while owen watkin slots into the centres. The result sees munster move to the top of the pro12 table. Rhys patchell to leave cardiff blues cardiff blues.
The twicecapped 22yearold wales flyhalf will join scarlets on a twoyear. This was, to a degree, a straight shootout between three players who are currently vying for the wales number ten jersey when fit, as anscombe, rhys patchell and jarrod evans have all graduated to the international arena after featuring for cardiff blues. Phillips hoping to follow in patchells footsteps welsh. Wales consider shock rhys priestland callup for six. Jason tovey, rhys patchell and michael paterson all start, with davies bracing himself for the game. Playmaker rhys patchell insists cardiff blues must not be daunted by facing leinster rugby at the rds arena in the guinness pro12 on saturday evening kickoff 5. Cardiff blues team of the decade cardiff rugby life. As mere footnotes in history go, this has a fair amount riding on it. Dragons, tomos williams cardiff blues, rhys patchell scarlets. It will also be fantastic to see the likes of rhys patchell and owen williams back involved and on the field in a cardiff blues jersey after injury layoffs.
Leigh halfpenny, fullback for wales and cardiff blues. Rhys patchell will be wales backup flyhalf to dan biggar for the world cup, after being named in warren gatlands final 31man squad. Rhys patchell made his wales debut against japan in osaka in june, 20 world cup warmups. Rhys patchell focused on cardiff blues not scarlets bbc.
Gareth anscombe, dan biggar and rhys patchell continue battle to be wales world cup. I am a keen cardiff blues supporter but do not get to many of the games so i was delighted when i won the jersey. The blues have no chance of making the lv cup knockout stages and are without sam warburton, jamie roberts and leigh halfpenny. The 18yearold phillips, from porth, has been part of the cardiff blues u16 and u18 regional squads in recent seasons and also played for rhondda schools in the dewar shield. Rhys patchell is ready for the pinnacle of his rugby career as he prepares to head to a first world cup with wales this month. Steven shingler will be patchells competition for the no. Rhys patchell 20112016 82 appearances 15 tries 615 points. Rhys patchell returns from invisible injury to claim. Rhys patchell to leave the cardiff blues and join the scarlets at the.
Tadhg beirne leinster, rynier bernardo ospreys, jonathan davies clermont auvergne, jonathan evans bath, werner kruger bulls, johnny mcnicholl crusaders, rhys patchell cardiff blues, richard smith cardiff blues, tom williams cardiff blues. Tom williams rugby player jersey reds rfc linkedin. Cardiff did well initially to haul down rob kearney, only for odriscoll superblytimed flat pass to send hooker cronin slaloming through for. Rhys patchell wales wales rugby, all blacks, international rugby. Gareth anscombe of cardiff blues kicks a penalty to win the european rugby challenge cup final image. Lock cory hill is included despite currently being sidelined with a small fracture in his leg. That means cardiff blues 10 jarrod evans, who started saturdays warmup loss to ireland, misses out. As the player who occupied the number eleven jersey for much of the decade its difficult.
Patchell has fallen down the pecking order at 10, frequently utilised at fullback since the arrival of gareth anscombe. Cardiff blues turn attention from scrumhalf to flyhalf as we continue our. Five things you didnt know about rhys patchell guinness pro14. It was great that rhys patchell, who plays fly half for. A flyhalf, he plays for scarlets having previously played for cardiff blues.
Rhys patchell ultimate rugby players, news, fixtures and. Hopefully wherever he goes they will get the best out of him because he could be a valuable player for wales in the future. Rhys patchell professional rugby player cardiff blues. Blues experience rugby camps land rover cup our region fan wall.
Cardiff blues have today confirmed that rhys patchell will leave the region at end of the season. Cardiff blues have confirmed that wales flyhalf rhys patchell will leave the region at end of the season. Scarlets patchell beat cardiff blues jarrod evans to be biggars rival for wales 10 jersey in japan after they each played a half last saturday against ireland. The 26yearold scarlets flyhalf is one of two playmakers in warren gatlands squad for the japan tournament alongside dan biggar. The tour replacement rhys patchell, usually an outsidehalf, is given the fullback berth. The great cardiff blues academy graduate battle posted by pearcey149 as for any team in world rugby, losing your starting flyhalf is a real blow, and that is more than true for wales, who had placed such importance on the form and fitness of gareth anscombe going into the world cup. Flyhalf rhys patchell is to leave cardiff blues at the end of the season. Stephen jones lauds wales rhys patchell s transformation under pressure of no 10 jersey as he reveals dan biggar is on track for fiji fitness rugby news wales coach stephen jones spoke to the. Rhys carre cardiff blues loosehead posted on 29th september 2017 by nick verdier in young gun rhys carre already has the size and power to play senior rugby but he is fully aware his technique has to improve is he is to fulfil his childhood dream of one day wearing the cardiff blues jersey. Phillips hoping to follow in patchells footsteps welsh rugby union. Cardiffborn rhys patchell has won two caps for wales.