{"id":540529,"date":"2026-03-14T19:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T19:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/540529\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T19:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T19:31:09","slug":"prince-william-cheers-on-wales-after-meeting-rugby-chiefs-ahead-of-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/540529\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William cheers on Wales after meeting rugby chiefs ahead of match"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Prince William cheers on Wales after meeting rugby chiefs ahead ahead of match<\/p>\n

Prince William took his seat at Principality Stadium to watch Wales take on Italy national rugby union team in the Six Nations Championship on Saturday.<\/p>\n

William, who serves as patron of the Welsh Rugby Union, was spotted in high spirits ahead of kick-off, chatting with key rugby figures including WRU chief executive Abi Tierney, chairman Richard Collier-Keywood, and president Terry Cobner.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Photographs captured the royal supporter beaming as he prepared to cheer on the Welsh side from the stands.<\/p>\n

The Prince of Wales also shared on Instagram, posting about attending the match and showing his enthusiasm for the occasion.<\/p>\n

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Prince William shares the rugby moment on Instagram<\/p>\n

The match marks the final chapter of Wales\u2019s tournament run this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Results have been tough for the team so far, with four defeats leaving them battling to avoid finishing at the bottom of the table.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Prince William meeting with WRU CEO Abi Tierney<\/p>\n

Still, Cardiff supporters were hoping for a breakthrough result – especially as Wales have not secured a home win over Italy in the championship since 2020.<\/p>\n

Before arriving at the stadium, William also marked another milestone on the sporting calendar.<\/p>\n

In a message celebrating the 40th anniversary of Swimathon UK, the prince congratulated participants for turning swimming into a force for good.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He praised the hundreds of thousands taking part each year and highlighted the millions raised for charities that change lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince William cheers on Wales after meeting rugby chiefs ahead ahead of match Prince William took his seat…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-540529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}