On November 19th 2000, Wales scared World Cup favourites Australia for an hour before eventually going down 46-22. Here, Richard de la Rivière looks back at the game in article originally published in Rugby League World in 2008 and then here. Printed with permission from both parties. Richard features this game in his new book, 100 Days that shook …
Wales Rugby League’s President Mike Nicholas was inducted into the Wales Rugby League Hall of Fame on Wednesday evening at a celebration dinner at the Village Hotel in Deeside that also saw all three of Wales’ World Cup sides honoured. Nicholas, born in Port Talbot in 1946, known to almost everyone as “Nicko”, becomes the …
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Wales head coach John Kear has named his final 24-man squad for Rugby League World Cup 2017. A 38-man train-on squad was announced back in July, but it has now been whittled down to 24 names for the tournament. 13 of the 17 players who featured in Wales’ victory over Italy last October to secure …
On Sunday October 15 1995, Wales took on Western Samoa in a winner takes all World Cup group game. The prize was to be a place in the semi-finals against England at Old Trafford. Memories were painfully fresh in Wales of their defeat in the 1991 rugby union World Cup at the hands of Western …
