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Leader Live
09-05-2025
- Sport
- Leader Live
League champions Nant Conwy quite fancy making it a double!
The Division One North champions will be favourites when they tackle Bethesda in the final of the North Wales Division One Cup tomorrow. It could well be a club treble, with Teirw Nant Conwy playing Colwyn Bay in the Division Two Cup showpiece on Sunday. Tomorrow's Division Three Cup final will be contested between Bro Ffestiniog and Bangor. Caernarfon made sure of a runners-up finish in Division One North with their 66-5 midweek triumph over Ruthin. The league campaign draws to a close tomorrow as Bala host mid-table rivals Llandudno. In tomorrow's Super Rugby Cymru play-off semi-final, Ebbw Vale welcome Llandovery. On Sunday, Newport make the trip to Cardiff.
Leader Live
28-04-2025
- Sport
- Leader Live
End-to-end thriller as Mold finish campaign with defeat
Following two seasons in the top flight, Mold's final match before their return to Division Two was a 78-33 loss during their trip to Pwllheli. Mold gained a bonus point from their efforts and they conclude the campaign eight points from safety. At the other end of the rankings, it was celebration time for Nant Conwy. They retained their Division One North crown thanks to a thrilling 26-25 success at home to second-placed Pwllheli. It's been an epic race for the championship and Nant deservedly claim the title on the back of their undefeated campaign. Caernarfon remained on course for a runners-up finish as they got the better of Bala 33-22 and Llandudno gained a 29-13 triumph at home to COBRA. Wrexham Athletic were just pipped to the Division Three North East title. Llanidloes required a bonus point win over Ruthin Athletic to edge ahead of Wrexham at the top and they did just this with a four-try showing in a 34-22 outcome. RGC's Super Rugby Cymru season ended in frustrating fashion as they departed the play-offs with a 15-12 reverse at home to Carmarthen Quins. Carmarthen had much of the early pressure and this told when a cross-field kick was collected by winger Louis Rees for the opening try of the afternoon. RGC came out of the blocks quickly after the break and they soon had a try to celebrate. Charlie Probert pulled away to score and Billy McBryde added the conversion points. Then, from their first visit to the RGC 22 of the half, Quins came away with a try from Ifan Davies, who took advantage of space on the wing and went over. It was a tense half, with both sets of players knowing that any mistake could be crucial in this knockout game. Carmarthen stretched their lead out with try from an attacking maul. In the 78th minute, Caio Parry gave RGC hope with a try, but McBryde hit the post with a conversion drop kick attempt. RGC had one final push with over 15 phases looking to get the score, but Quins held out. Other result: Bridgend 33 Swansea 30.
BBC News
26-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'Brave' club needed to lead way with female boss
Non-league coach Rosi Webb believes having females in charge of men's professional teams could become a norm once a club is "brave enough" to be the first to do Pegasus boss Webb, one of very few females in charge of a men's team in England, recently obtained a Uefa A entitles her to coach teams up to the second tier of English football, but she would need a Uefa Pro license for a job in the Premier League."There's certainly a lot of talented females out there that, first of all, hold the right qualifications but also have experience in the game," she told BBC Essex."I think sometimes clubs aren't brave enough to do it because if they were we'd have a female (in charge of a team) already."As soon as one club does it, it will probably start to become the norm a little bit but it will take that first club to take that step." No club has ever appointed a female manager in the top five tiers of English football, although Hannah Dingley had a two-week spell as interim boss of Forest Green Rovers in 2023 where she was head of their academy. Webb believes that a female should only be appointed on merit, not on the basis of attracting headlines."I'd like to think that there's a club out there that will give a female a job because they deserve the job," she added."It's got to be the right fit for the club. It's like any job - whoever gets it should be the right person for the job."Webb obtained her A license 10 years on from earning her previous B qualification after studying over a period of eight months at the St George's Park national training centre in Burton-upon-Trent."It was a bit of a relief because the course is so intense, like you'd expect it to be being a Uefa qualification," Webb said. "It took about a year to complete."In between each block, you'd have two online calls and talk about things like tactics and strategy and you'd also have a minimum of six visits, so a coach developer would come out into your environment and watch your sessions."She continued: "There's always going to be trends in the game and we've gone from playing long to playing out (from) the back - it will be a forever evolving game and we see things now where players don't just play one position, they look to rotate."It's also the other bits around it like analysis and injury prevention, which all inform the practices you're putting on - it's not just a case of turning up and putting sessions on, you have to take into account everything that comes along with it."Stanway face Framlingham this weekend and are hoping to go one better than the last two seasons when they lost out in the Eastern Counties League Division One North her current level of qualification permits her to coach up to Championship level, Webb was asked whether she would fancy coaching a club like leaders Leeds United one replied: "Not sure about Leeds United but certainly that's probably the aim in around that kind of standard at some point, I guess."
