IT’S the penultimate week of the 2019 Welsh Rugby League domestic season with semi-finals at four different levels taking place. The prize at stake is a place in Grand Finals day at Sardis Road on Sunday 11th August and Rhondda Outlaws, who finished top of the Premier League table, are determined to reach the event …
The Masters Rugby League mini festival in North Wales was a day of firsts. It was the first time North Wales Buccaneers had held their now annual mini festival at Rhyl Rugby Club as their planned venue became unavailable at short notice. Although Leyland Warriors Masters and Blackpool Masters were once again the invited visitors …
Wales have released two different Under 16 squads where they will all be competing for a place in the side to face England on August 31 at Stebonheath Park in Llanelli (kick-off 3pm). Head coach Lee Crooks has named a 20-man “first team”, plus a 15-man development squad who will be ready to step up …
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Wales Rugby League have named their first ever Under 14 Development Squad. No matches are planned, but, following their individual performances in the recent East Wales v West Wales Origin match, this is the next step for these young players with a potential for them to earn a Wales U16 cap in the next two …
CARDIFF BLUE DRAGONS 52 RHONDDA OUTLAWS 10 By Ian Golden at Glamorgan Wanderers Cardiff Blue Dragons won the first open-age women’s rugby league match in Wales, after beating Rhondda Outlaws 52-10 on Saturday. Despite the high margin of scoreline, the match was very competitive for much of the game, but the Cardiff side, who had …
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Wales Students are to take on the United Kingdom Armed Forces Rugby League side at Nelson RFC this Wednesday (kick-off 7pm). The Welsh have just come off the back of a tough Four Nations campaign and are using this encounter to help their relationship with the armed forces and to raise funds for students programme. …
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The first women’s open-age club rugby league match in Wales will take place this Saturday when Cardiff Blue Dragons host Rhondda Outlaws at Glamorgan Wanderers RFC (kick-off 1pm). Cardiff named their side following training on Wednesday evening and they can’t wait for this encounter, which will be played before the men’s game between the two …
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Wales have been drawn in Group B of the Downer Rugby League World Cup 9s Sydney 2019, and will face England, France and Lebanon at Bankwest Stadium in Parramatta on October 18-19. The Wales side will be selected from the 35-man elite train-on squad, as revealed by head coach John Kear last week. During the official …
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West Wales Raiders finally celebrated winning a professional match to end a 44-game losing run. The Raiders, who took over the South Wales Scorpions two years’ earlier, had lost all 15 of their Betfred League 1 matches this season before a 44-16 win against Coventry Bears in Llanelli. They made a nonsense of that record …
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Wales captain Elliot Kear believes the elite train-on squad will provide a long-term vision, allowing the team to build momentum ahead of the 2021 World Cup. A 35-man elite train-on squad was announced earlier today and will be used by head coach John Kear for selection over the next two years. Wales travel to Australia …
