Happy Monday readers! Sportin Wales took advantage of the weather this weekend, taking in as much sport as possible. In case you missed any, we’ve rounded up the best of the action below:

Rob Page On The Ropes After Slovakia Humbling

Wales manager Rob Page admitted he “completely understands” why the fans what him to leave his post in the wake to their 4-0 defeat to Slovakia on Sunday evening.

Wales competed for the first half before Juraj Kucka’s long range strike beat the possibly unsighted Danny Ward on the stroke of half time. EURO 2024-bound Slovakia were buoyed by the lead and were dominant in the second period.

A brace from striker Robert Bozenik took the game well away from Wales, before Laszlo Benes capped off a dismal evening in Trnava with a curling effort.

This defeat is another poor result against a team below Wales in the FIFA world rankings, following their frustrating 0-0 draw with Gibraltar on Thursday evening.

It was clear that Page is fighting for his job in his post-match comments and, with the next set of fixtures not until September, there will be plenty of speculation about his job in the interim.

“They [fans] want me out. I completely understand. I’ve got to stay true to myself and focused on the job in hand. Everything else is out of my control,” Page said.

“I clapped them with the players and when the players walked, I made a point of going over to the supporters and saying ‘it’s on me’. I get the frustration. [I feel] low, disappointed, of course. I’m human at the end of the day and nobody wants to fail.

“I’m the wrong person to be asking. Only the board, the chief executive, the president, the technical director – that’s a question for them.

“After camp, we have a conversation with Dave Adams [Football Association of Wales technical director] and Steve [Williams, FAW president] and Noel [Mooney, FAW chief executive]. Of course we’ll have those conversations. One way or the other, we will decide on what’s right for Wales and move forward.”

Battling Ospreys Lose URC Quarter-Final

Ospreys saw their season end thanks to a 23-7 defeat at the hands of Munster in the United Rugby Championship quarter-final stage.

First half tries from Niall Scannell and Simon Zebo, either side of Keelan Giles’ thrilling effort gave Munster a slim lead.

Either side of half time, Ospreys struggled to control the game as they failed to score before the break despite four lineouts and one scrum inside the home side’s 22.

After the break, they defended valiantly to prevent further tries, but were let down by their ill-discipline in the middle third of the pitch as the boot of Jack Crowley settled the match for Munster.

Ospreys head coach Toby Booth has created a side that plays with tenacity and desire in all phases and it showed, with the visitors failing to gave an inch right up until the final whistle.

“My overriding feeling is of pride for the team,” Booth said.

“We can reflect on how we get better but right now a sense of pride, and sadness actually, because to say goodbye to some members of that group – Nicky Smith in particular – is an emotional moment for the team.

“But we’ve given it our best. We certainly gave it our all, lost a few key moments when it really mattered and the second half was difficult because we couldn’t get out of our half. We competed hard – a few discipline elements where you over compete – but that’s part of the growth of the team.”

Booth’s side have been Welsh rugby’s shinning light this season and Ospreys’ bead coach warns that his job will be even harder next season, with further reduced budgets for the regions.

“We had a lot of departures last year and the budgets are still going backwards so it’s difficult,” Booth added.

“But that plan of developing our own from day one when I got here four seasons ago and bits and pieces means we’re probably got in front of the curve a little bit. The youngsters and the team will be better for that experience and all the experience this year.”

Cardiff Dragons Homecoming Falls Flat

Cardiff Dragons first game at the Utilita Arena ended in a 43-51 defeat to Leeds Rhinos on Saturday evening.

The Dragons, buoyed by the confirmation of their place in the new eight-team Netball Super League, moved from House of Sport to the bigger Utilita Arena in preparation for next season.

The home side led 12-11 after the first quarter, but Leeds stormed back to take a 7-goal lead into halftime and showed their quality to stay in control for the third and fourth quarters.

With competition set to be even fiercer next season, Dragons will be bidding to improve their 7th place standing, with one game left against basement club Team Bath this Saturday.

Glamorgan Continue Hit And Miss Season

One thing you will hear this season from Glamorgan staff and players is consistency. That elusive quality that takes decent teams and makes them great.

Glamorgan are certainly that this season. A stellar batting line-up for Division Two cricket has brought the security of draws, while an underpowered bowling attack has struggled to take the 20 wickets required to win matches.

For the last couple of weeks, T20 cricket has been the dish of the day and, in typical Glamorgan style, have been inconsistent.

A first game lose at home to Surrey’s galacticos is nothing to get too down about, and they bounced back with strong victories over Sussex and Middlesex. Just as the consistency was building, their tight defeat at the hands of Essex has pushed them back into mid-table.

With ten group games still to go, Glamorgan are still well within a chance of qualifying for the quarter finals and maybe even a first finals day appearance since 2017.

Horse Takes Revenge In 2024 Man vs Horse Marathon

After two consecutive years of man beating horse, it was a horse that won 2024’s Man Vs Horse competition.

Merlon, ridden by Georgina Silk, won with a time of 2 hours, 37 minutes, and 41 seconds, while the next fastest human was Peter Taylor-Bray, who finished 11 minutes behind.

With Taylor-Bray placing in fifth, the rest of the top four were made up with horses: Phoenix, ridden by Georgina Silk; Poppy, ridden by Mary Craney; and Ltf Emiyon, ridden Nia Edwards.