Rhys Thomas has joined the WRU as a new assistant coach of Wales rugby team until the end of the 2025 Six NationsInterim head coach Matt Sherratt and Wales face Ireland this Saturday in Cardiff
His departure followed a record run of 14 successive Test match defeats.
Cardiff coach Matt Sherratt has been appointed on an interim basis until the end of the tournament with Ireland first up this weekend.
Gatland becomes the second coach to quit during a Six Nations campaign since Mike Ruddock resigned from Wales in 2006.
Sherratt has now drafted in a number of new additions to his staff as the Welsh look to rescue another horrendous Six Nations campaign.
Former Wales hooker Rhys Thomas has been added to the backroom staff as a skills coach for the remainder of the 2025 tournament.
The 42-year-old has joined from Gloucester and will return to the Premiership club once Wales have completed their fixtures against Ireland, Scotland, and England.
Thomas’ role will focus on improving forwards’ skills as they’ll look to improve after a horrific run.
He’ll be working alongside forwards coach Jonathan Humphreys and scrum specialist Adam Jones.
Ireland, seeking to become the first side to win three successive titles outright, face trips to lowly Wales and Italy between a potentially crucial home game against France on March 8.
The Wales vs Ireland is set for Saturday at the Principality Stadium with a 2.15pm kick-off time.
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VINICIUS Junior has led a £6.7million buy-out of a club eyeing a top-flight place.
The Real Madrid winger sealed the deal ahead of Wednesday’s massive Champions League play-off with Manchester City.
RexBrazil ace Vinicius Jr spearheaded the takeover[/caption]
RexJude Bellingham’s first-leg winner leaves Real favourites to KO Man City[/caption]
He said: “It’s better to travel to Madrid with this result than with a last-minute defeat, or any defeat.
“So of course, the victory helps us, but the margin to win in Bernabeu in that position, everybody knows what it is.”
But he accepts Real’s two late goals to snatch a first-leg victory at the Etihad make a huge difference.
The Spaniard said: “If we’d kept the 2-1 lead we had with five minutes to go, it would be different but with 2-3 we know what the chance is. The result was not good.
“If you ask before the game what the percentage to go through is, we’d arrive at about one per cent or I don’t know what.
“It will be minimal, but as much as you have a chance, we will try, that’s for sure.”
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5 days agoworld NewsComments Off on I’ve saved £75k at 24 so I can retire by 40 – I eat the same 50p breakfast every day & never get takeaways or buy coffee
A SAVVY young woman has revealed how she saved £75,000 by the age of 24.
Mia, from the UK, took to social media to explain that she saves all of her money so she can retire by 40.
tiktok/@miarosemcgrathMia has been able to save £75k by the age of 24[/caption]
tiktok/@miarosemcgrathShe plans to retire by the age of 40[/caption]
In the clip, she said: “I eat a 50p breakfast every day so I can retire by 40.”
Mia says she is part of the FIRE movement, which stands for financial independence, retire early, and she hopes to soft retire by 40.
But before she gets there, Mia reckons she needs to save £1.25 million to be financially secure.
That means Mia has to make lots of sacrifices now to be able to enjoy life later on.
Some of those sacrifices include sticking to the same breakfast of an egg and half a bagel every day to keep within her budget.
Mia also revealed she never gets a coffee while out and never gets her nails done.
She said: “It means hustling extra hard in my 20s and cutting back on things like daily coffees and getting my nails done.
“It also means that at 45 I won’t have to ask my boss for a random Wednesday off, I’ll just take it that’s my motivation for wanting to retire early.”
In another clip, Mia revealed: “I have over £75,000 in my savings and investments at age 24. I’m going to tell you guys exactly how I got there.”
The first way she was able to save so much money was by not paying rent as she lived with her parents.
“I’m incredibly lucky and privileged to have been supported in this way,” she said.
“This meant that I could automatically put anything I would have spent on rent and bills in my savings and investments.”
She also always brings a packed lunch with her to work, never eats out and always buys clothes second-hand.
To top up her salary, Mia also does lots of side hustles like making social media content and modelling.
How to save money on your food shop
Consumer reporter Sam Walker reveals how you can save hundreds of pounds a year:
Odd boxes – plenty of retailers offer slightly misshapen fruit and veg or surplus food at a discounted price.
Lidl sells five kilos of fruit and veg for just £1.50 through its Waste Not scheme while Aldi shoppers can get Too Good to Go bags which contain £10 worth of all kinds of products for £3.30.
Sainsbury’s also sells £2 “Taste Me, Don’t Waste Me” fruit and veg boxes to help shoppers reduced food waste and save cash.
Food waste apps – food waste apps work by helping shops, cafes, restaurants and other businesses shift stock that is due to go out of date and passing it on to members of the public.
Some of the most notable ones include Too Good to Go and Olio.
Too Good to Go’s app is free to sign up to and is used by millions of people across the UK, letting users buy food at a discount.
Olio works similarly, except users can collect both food and other household items for free from neighbours and businesses.
Yellow sticker bargains – yellow sticker bargains, sometimes orange and red in certain supermarkets, are a great way of getting food on the cheap.
But what time to head out to get the best deals varies depending on the retailer. You can see the best times for each supermarket here.
Super cheap bargains – sign up to bargain hunter Facebook groups like Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK where shoppers regularly post hauls they’ve found on the cheap, including food finds.
“Downshift” – you will almost always save money going for a supermarket’s own-brand economy lines rather than premium brands.
The move to lower-tier ranges, also known as “downshifting” and hailed by consumer expert Martin Lewis, could save you hundreds of pounds a year on your food shop.
The clips have since gone viral on her TikTok account @miarosemcgrath and people have been left impressed by her dedication.
One person wrote: “This is not realistic for normal young people because the cost of living is too high.”
Another commented: “Living below my means is the most important way I’ve been able to save a similar amount of money! And increasing my income, of course…”
“Wow this is super impressive!! Well done! I save 10% of income a month,” penned a third.
Meanwhile a fourth said: “Older you is going to be very thankful of your current savings rate! You’re smashing it!”
“Brilliant, good for you, well done,” claimed a fifth.
Someone else added: “I love this. It’s so inspiring. It’s about securing your income & future. I’m all for that.”
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A DELTA plane has flipped upside down and crashed at the Toronto airport.
The plane was flying from Minneapolis to Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada when it crashed on Monday.
Facebook / John NelsonThe Delta flight landed upside down at the Toronto airport on Monday afternoon[/caption]
Horrifying videos shared on social media show the plane completely upside down and lying on its roof.
The jet is surrounded by smoke in the aftermath of the terrifying scene.
“Toronto Pearson is aware of an incident upon landing involving a Delta Airlines plane arriving from Minneapolis,” the airport shared on X.
“Emergency teams are responding. All passengers and crew are accounted for.”
Paramedics said up to eight people were injured in the incident, according to Canadian news channel CP24.
A passenger named John Nelson shared a video from the scary scene to Facebook on Monday.
“We just landed,” he said in a video showing the aircraft upside down.
“Our plane crashed, its upside down. Fire department is onsite.
“Most people appear to be okay. We’re all getting off, [there’s] some smoke going on.”
This is the latest in a series of plane disasters in the past few weeks, including a midair collision between a passenger plane and a military helicopter that killed 67 people on January 29.
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