Words: Ian Golden. Pics: Kate Pronger It was a perfect day in Neath on Saturday and quite the start for a delighted new Wales senior men’s side head coach Paul Berry. Fielding six debutants, Wales achieved only their fourth men’s side shut-out in history as we beat Ireland 24-0 after being 6-0 up at half-time. …
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North Wales Crusaders overcame an understrength Torfaen Tigers 52-14 in a fiercely fought Grand Final to inflict the Tigers’ first defeat of the season. Torfaen, unbeaten in the regular season to finish league leaders title winners, were missing their top scorer Jamie Reynolds, his father Jason Reynolds, as well as Dane Oram, leaving them with …
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The sides have been named for tomorrow’s WRL Wheelchair Invitational League Grand Final between Torfaen Tigers and North Wales Crusaders at Wrexham University (kick-off 11.45am). Torfaen come into this match as winners of the league leaders title, but they go into this encounter as underdogs, playing away from home and missing three key players through …
Wales have named seven potential debutants in the 19-man squad to face Ireland in Neath on Saturday. Hull FC’s Denive Balmforth, 22, is the most experienced of the seven, with 39 Super League appearances already to his name. Charlie Glover and Owen Restall were both in the Wales squad in 2023, playing in an exhibition …
There is a slight change to the curtain raiser for the Wales v Ireland match this Saturday at Neath RFC (kick-off 3pm). As the UK Armed Forces are unable to raise a side to face Wales A, this has been replaced by a Simon Weston XIII that will be coached by the Wales Students staff. …
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Wales will be facing Ireland at The Gnoll in Neath this Saturday at 3pm in a senior men’s international. We realise that the ticketing system from our partners Ticketpass is currently off-line. We don’t have a timeframe for when this is due to return, but when it does, we’ll let everyone know by this website …
Cardiff Blue Dragons have been awarded the Disability Sport Wales bronze award, making them just the second Welsh Rugby League Club to achieve this standard. A significant amount of work has been put in behind the scenes by their management team, led by Alana Sargent and Karen Martin, to achieve this award. The Insport Club …
Owen Restall is looking forward to finally running out onto the pitch to represent Wales in a full international on Saturday, when they take on Ireland at The Gnoll in Neath (kick-off 3pm). The 30-year-old has only been a rugby league professional for four years. He has pulled on a Welsh shirt once, in 2023, …
Rhodri Lloyd will walks out on a professional rugby league field for the final time on Saturday as we face Ireland at The Gnoll (3pm). The 32-year-old will win his 22nd cap for Wales after becoming our youngest ever men’s side player back in 2010, when he made his debut against Italy in Wrexham, alongside …
Do you want to play for Wales Students? Wales will once again be competing in the Four Nations, a competition that’s produced a number of full Wales internationals. To qualify for Wales RL Students, players must be in full-time or part-time education. Players must also meet one of the following criteria: Be Welsh-born Have a …
