Ian Golden writes from the Celtic Manor Resort For two years in a row, the Wales Sports Awards have recoginsed a Welsh Rugby League great. Former Salford, Wales and Great Britain International David Watkins MBE was on Monday evening presented with the Special Recognition Award at the Sport Wales Awards at the luxurious Celtic Manor …
Wales Rugby League are looking for a new National Development Manager as Idris Evans will be leaving the post at the end of the month after two years at the helm. Evans, who was Cardiff-based, has managed most aspects of Rugby League in Wales outside of the professional game, including junior internationals, Champion Schools, coaching …
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Wales Rugby League chief executive Chris Thair speaks to the official website about the recent World Cup and the plans for the future in an extended interview… “The fundamental lesson we must take from this World Cup is that, when all else is equal, our competitiveness in tournaments is dependent upon the quality of players …
The North Wales Origin side aim to assist the Crusaders in developing North Wales born players. After the successful formation of the North Wales Origin (NWO) team last season, their officials and supporters recently met with Wales Rugby League CEO, Chris Thair and National Development Officer Idris Evans to discuss the future of North Wales …
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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 …
On June 10 1975, Wales beat England 12-7 in a win that would eventually go a long way to preventing England from winning the World Cup. The 1975 World Championship, as it was known as that year, made history with Great Britain being split into England and Wales for the first time, joining Australia, New …
Seventeen under 15s and 16s Rugby League players from Wales have now been snapped up by Super League sides for their academy systems. This includes 11 of the Wales under 16 side who beat England last week for the first time ever, winning 18-10 in Cardiff. Twins Ewan and Ieuan Badham from West Wales Raiders …
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