Paul Rees
About Paul Rees
Paul Rees was born in Cardiff and has been a full-time writer on rugby union since 1986, first for the South Wales Echo, then Wales and Sunday and, from 2001, the Guardian and the Observer, having contributed to the former on a freelance basis since 1988.
He has covered every World Cup since 1991 and five Lions tours. When time allows, he also write on cricket, mainly Glamorgan. And away from work, he a season-ticket holder at Arsenal, watching them home and away, including the European Champions League final against Barcelona in Paris in 2006.
Paul Rees's latest articles
The tours showed, yet again, that there the game in New Zealand and Australia is fundamentally different to that in E...
The bleating clubs of England and France demand a change to the qualification process as Ireland continues to dominat...
Wales will now find out if their pragmatic, physical, kicking style of rugby is enough to beat Australia in the south...
The most successful teams have made the fewest mistakes because they have risked little in what has been a poor quali...
Rhys Priestland started playing at outside-half for Wales only last August, and then by accident. He had been picked ...
England shut down Priestland but cannot break down a Wales team that is learning how to win tight matches.
The match of the round in the Six Nations this weekend may be Wales’s visit to Twickenham, but arguably more signific...
Paul Rees looks at Wales’s history against England at Twickenham and believes they will run from anywhere if they spo...
Paul Rees watches lucky England plod to victory despite creating very little except a midfield full of cumbersome for...
Paul Rees wonders if defeat at the weekend would mean the end for a couple of Six Nations coaches… Is history about t...