Gareth Anscombe, the Chiefs' Super Rugby utility, is targeting his international rugby dreams with Wales, a chance he gets through the combined forces of his rugby talents and his mother's birthplace.
Three years ago, Gareth Anscombe was on track to be an All Black. Now he is likely to find himself playing against the All Blacks in November as the 23-year-old first-five commits to Wales.
New Zealand coach Chris Boyd was suitably grateful to Wales and was planning an appropriate gift after the young Dragons pulled off an upset win over France.
It is a small world, and an even smaller rugby world.
The Welsh poet and playwright Dylan Thomas is being celebrated in a year-long series of events leading to the 100th anniversary of his birth on October 27, 1914, writes William Hageman.
A century after the Welsh poet's birth, Kevin Pilley wonders what Dylan Thomas would make of his old boozer.
A helmet-mounted camera has captured dramatic footage of the moment a British climber fell 30 metres down a Welsh mountain.
From the 1967 test in Cardiff through to the last match.
ANZ Bank sees no rush of customers to rivals with death of National brand.
Greg McGee is the author of The Open Side, the biography of All Black captain Richie McCaw. He is also a literary gender bender: McGee
The man charged with the murder of five-year-old Welsh girl April Jones struggled to hold back tears as he appeared in court.
Police in Wales remain hopeful of finding a five-year-old girl kidnapped off the street, alive. April Jones has been missing for 24 hours.
It's easy to imagine this land was fought over by princes, kings and lords, writes Peta McCartney.
This 'barn' getaway is design-fabulous and about as un-rustic as a cottage in mid-Wales can be. Light floods into the colossal living room upstairs through substantial glass panels cut into the sides and the gable end - but instead of delivering a Manhattan-style skyline, the panorama serves as an ever present reminder of rural bliss.
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Yes, it can be wet, but sweeping views, soothing massages and awesome birds of prey are just some of the delights to distract you at Wales' luxury Red Kite Barn, writes Sankha Guha.