Wales put in a dominating second half performance to beat the plucky Canadians to the Bronze Medal in the first ever Rugby League Commonwealth Championship. Canada had already won plaudits by beating England 24-4 on day one, consigning the English to sixth place in the competition, and they almost overcame Wales as well. Canada lost …
Four Rugby League players from Welsh universities have been chosen to represent the Great Britain Pioneers Student side on the tour to Ghana next week. The players leave on the weekend, arriving on Monday and will be in the West African nation for two weeks. Callum Williamson and Sean Pattimore will represent Swansea University, George …
Wales Rugby League match officials Ian Curzon and Steve Allen have led a match official tutor training seminar in Denmark attended by the German and Danish Rugby Leagues. It was the first Rugby League European Federation activity for the Danmark Rugby League Forbund and was part of the joint RLEF-EC Leadership Devolution Project. Curzon, the …
North Wales Crusaders Coach Clive Griffiths is to take up the role of rugby director at the Championship team, with a view to helping guide the future development of the club both on and off the field. The former Wales coach took the club to a league and cup double in 2013, winning the first …
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Former Wales dual code rugby international Thomas Kelvin “Kel” Coslett has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to Rugby League. The 72 year old, who hails from Bynea in Carmarthenshire, also coached the Wales Rugby League side from 1978 until 1981. Coslett played for Llanelli and Aberavon …
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