Taulupe Faletau rugby player
Taulupe Faletau rugby player

Taulupe Faletau

12th Nov 1990 1.88m/110kg No. 8

Alex King wants Wales to keep standards high as they chase top spot in group

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Alex King says that Wales are about maintaining high standards as they build towards a final Rugby World Cup pool game and potentially topping their group. Wales’ appearance in a fourth successive...

Anscombe to start at fly-half - Wales announce squad to play Georgia

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Wales head coach Warren Gatland has named his match-day 23 to play Georgia at the Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes on Saturday 7 October and has made six changes to his starting 15, including captain Dewi...

Jac Morgan captains Wales against Australia

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Wales will travel to Lyon this evening (Friday) from their team base in Versailles. Adam Beard is named in the second row to win his 50th cap for Wales. Will Rowlands starts alongside him.   Jac...

Wales wary of ‘wounded’ Australia, says assistant coach Jonathan Thomas

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Wales assistant coach Jonathan Thomas has described Australia as “a wounded animal” ahead of Sunday’s Rugby World Cup clash that could see the Wallabies make unwanted history. Eddie...

Taulupe Faletau: Belief and confidence key for Wales at World Cup

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Taulupe Faletau has highlighted Wales’ sense of belief and confidence as they close in on a fourth successive Rugby World Cup quarter-final appearance. Australia’s defeat against Fiji means...

Rugby World Cup 2023 - Round Two Analysis

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The headline act in the second round of fixtures was Fiji, who beat Australia 22-15 at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard on Sunday - their first victory over the Wallabies in 69 years. Perhaps surprisingly,...

Wales move focus on to Australia after bonus-point success against Portugal

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Jonathan Humphreys has predicted “a hell of a game” when Rugby World Cup rivals Wales and Australia go head-to-head in Lyon. Top spot in Pool C could be on the line next Sunday and Wales know...

Wales secure bonus-point win over Portugal in Pool C

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Wales overcame a brave and passionate Portugal to make it two wins out of two at Rugby World Cup 2023 with a scrappy 28-8 victory in Pool C at Stade de Nice.   Wing Louis Rees-Zammit scored an early...

WATCH: Faletau the try-stopper

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Watch as Wales' Taulupe Faletau's tackle stops Portugal's try attempt.   What a try save from Faletau #WALvPOR #RWC2023 pic.twitter.com/m5TGu8ZFoN — Rugby Bits (@RugbyBits) September...

Wales wary of Portugal's coast-to-coast style

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Wales will be chasing a second bonus-point victory in Nice as they aim to stay ahead of the pack in Pool C at the World Cup.     Portugal are Wales’ second opponents, and it will...