Rugby

Cardiff Blues flanker Josh Navidi will make his international debut at the Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, in a side that also sees Tom Prydie (Dragons), Rhys Gill (Saracens) and Andries Pretorius (Blues), come into the starting XV. Robin McBryde’s side won the first test 22-18 in Osaka last weekend and will be looking for their sixth consecutive victory on Saturday. …

Sam Warburton will captain the Lions for his second appearance of the tour and will be joined by fellow Blues player, Leigh Halfpenny at full-back. While former Blues player Jamie Roberts will partner up with Jonathan Davies at centre. The Lions will be hoping to maintain the unbeaten record against a Waratahs team coached by the former Leinster and Stade …

It is hoped that the artificial pitch will provide a more entertaining game of rugby. Blues supporters are sure to remember the last Boxing Day match against the Dragons, when heavy rainfall meant the Arms Park pitch took a battering, with the ground heavy underfoot and only one try scored in the 12-10 win. The new surface is designed to …

Xavier Rush joined Cardiff Blues in 2005 having won eight New Zealand caps and made and instant impact winning the Player of the Year Award in his first season with the region. A powerful and athletic Number 8, Rush was instrumental in the Blues success in the subsequent years, firstly winning the Anglo-Welsh EDF Cup while also reaching the HEC …

The sides have both beaten Samoa and Scotland in their Pool games to date and the winner of this match will be guaranteed a place in the JWC semi-finals for the second successive year. Dragons full back Hallam Amos returns to the starting line-up along with his regional team mate Jack Dixon and Pontypridd wing Owen Jenkins. In the front …

The game against the Combined NSW-QLD Country XV will be a return to the standard of the opening two matches. The local side will only have had a handful of training sessions together and will consist of 12 players with Super Rugby experience. There is still time for supporters, sponsors and companies to book one of the Cardiff Blues midweek …

The Saracens and England prop, who scored one of The Lions’ nine tries against the Western Force on Wednesday, takes over at loose-head, with Leicester Tigers’ Dan Cole coming on to the replacements’ bench. Supporters can come and watch the match live at the Arms Park clubhouse, which will be open from 9:30am. British Irish Lions v Queensland Reds 15. …

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Blues centre Owen Williams, Scarlets hooker Emyr Phillips, Ospreys winger Dafydd Howells and flanker James King will all be making their international debut. Phillips will be joined in the front-row by RBS 6 Nations squad members Ryan Bevington (Ospreys) and Scott Andrews (Blues) and Captain Bradley Davies will pack down alongside his Blues teammate Lou Reed. In the back-row Andrew …

Sam Warburton has fully recovered from the knee ligament strain he suffered in training and will form an all Welsh back row unit with Dan Lydiate and Toby Faletau, who will be seeing action for the third game in a row. Gethin Jenkins will make his first appearance on the 2013 tour, while lock Geoff Parling, prop Matt Stevens, hooker …