Welsh rugby gets a fresh boost as Alun Wyn Jones has committed to staying on at Ospreys by opting to sign a fresh dual contract at the national level as well as with the club. His teammates of the region, Dan Biggar and Rhys Webb would be leaving regional ruby by the summer of 2018 but he has decided to continue to stay here to play the 14th campaign with his native region.
Wales coach Warren Gatland could tour South Africa when he returns from his time in charge of the British and Irish Lions, according to reports.
Gatland has a deal with the Welsh team to continue until after the 2019 World Cup. The manager says he would honour his contract. He took over in December 2007, leading the side at the 2008 and 2012 Six Nations Grand Slams. He also managed them to a World Cup semi-final spot in 2011 before renewing his deal in 2013.
“My focus is now on Wales, preparing for the World Cup in Japan. I am a firm believer of what will be so I won’t be looking too far ahead. I am looking forward to the next few years with Wales and then see what other opportunities are out there,” he said, promising to stick with the Welsh side. …
During the previous season of the Premier League, Norwich City was able to compete in the top tier English football competition but were relegated after finishing in the 19th spot and now Norwich City have taken a step back to the English League Championship.
Norwich City has snatched the 10th spot of the English League Championship with 60 points from 41 matches and even though they still have a chance to secure a play-off promotion spot to the Premier League, it appears like it’s not going to happen as Norwich City has to play against clubs that have been doing fairly impressively in the season.
The opportunity of Norwich City to being able to earn a promotion spot to the English Premier League is still a realistic but a very difficult one to accomplish and especially for a club that has recently been experiencing a number of important changes including changing the head coach and the Sporting Director just to name a few of the more renowned switches.
Alan Irvine is the interim manager of Norwich City who still remain in charge of Norwich City until the end of the current season as he replaced Alex Neil on March 10 of 2017. …
Paul Clement has denied that Alan Curtis has been fired from Swansea altogether and will not take part in club affairs in any capacity now.
Curtis’ name is associated with Swansea for four and a half decades and in the past, it’s been said by the Swans’ bigwigs that the Welshman can remain with the club for as long as he wants to.
But, yesterday it got reported that Curtis received an SMS on his phone in which he was informed that the club did not want to have his services anymore. …
There are media reports that former Birmingham City manager Gary Rowett may end up at Norwich City after having been sacked.
Many people do not understand why Gary Rowett has been sacked by Birmingham City despite the club sitting at an honorable 7th position in the league and many football legends have shown their support to the players. It is believed that Norwich City would want to seize the opportunity to appoint Rowett as the manager of the club especially with the team struggling to remain consistent in the Championship. …
Norwich City’s disappointing run continued, but in the worst possible manner, after a 5-0 defeat against Brighton meant that the team have now slipped away from the top places in the Championship table.
After having suffered only one defeat since August, the team have now failed to win in the last four games of all competitions. Manager Neil will probably remember the recent loss against Brighton more than the three other games. He has branded the defeat as the worst in his career. The young manager will know how to find a way to arrest the slide, or face the risk of dropping out of the play-offs altogether. …