Shane Williams: Rugby's Little Engine That Could

By Shane Thomas


Last Saturday, Wales played Australia in a post-World Cup encounter. However the near 62,000 people inside the Millennium Stadium were not there to watch a rugby union match. They were there to honour for the final time, winger Shane Williams.

Since making his international debut 12 years ago, Williams has been a legend of Welsh rugby. He is his country's record try scorer, the third highest try scorer of all time, and was awarded the IRB's award for World's Best Player in 2008.

Clinical England Put The Ritalin Kids In Their Place

By Shane Thomas

WALES 19-26 ENGLAND

England walked through the cauldron of the Millennium Stadium to start their Six Nations campaign off with a victory. The Welsh crowd were predictably raucous. But while their fervour was the equivalent of a fire-breathing dragon, England were St.George, bringing the dragon to its knees.