Following Wales under 16s beating their English counterparts for the first time ever last Saturday, Wales Rugby League CEO Chris Thair says the young talent has always been in Wales but recent results are finally making the elite clubs take notice. Nine of the 17 players in the Wales side on Saturday were under 15, …
YEAR 9 CHAMPION SCHOOLS FINAL YSGOL GYFUN GYMAREG GLANTAF 28 MIRFIELD FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL 0 By Ian Golden at Richmond Athletic Association Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf shrugged off last year’s Final disappointment to produce a perfect performance in every way as they beat Mirfield Free Grammar School 28-0 in the Year 9 Champion Schools Final …
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Scott Bessant has played for and coached both Newport Titans and Torfaen Tigers and has won numerous Wales Dragonhearts caps. Gwent Police are appealing for information after former Wales Dragonhearts full back Scott Bessant was discovered seriously injured at approximately 5.15am on Sunday 13th August 2017. A member of the public found him lying on Pentwyn Lane …
UNDER 17 FINAL – CARDIFF BLUE DRAGONS 38 TORFAEN TIGERS 4 A very strong Cardiff side, half of whom had already played first team, beat an understrength Torfaen outfit to win the under 17 final. Luke Jenkins scored the opening try on ten minutes just left of the sticks, which was converted by Jac Powell. …
Welsh referee James Jones is making his Kingstone Press League 1 refereeing debut this Sunday when Oxford take on Hunslet at Tillsley Park in Abingdon. Jones has been in the WRL then RFL system for the last four years after transferring over from rugby union and has worked his way up the community and junior …
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Ten years ago today, Celtic Crusaders beat Featherstone Rovers in a National League Two game in Featherstone. That first sounds like a run of the mill game, but it put the Crusaders just two points behind Featherstone at the top of NL2 (now League 1) with a game in hand and six games remaining. It …
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Beach Rugby Wales organisers are hoping that the partnership with Wales Rugby League will continue to flourish following a successful event in Student Digz sponsored event in Swansea this Saturday. Valley Cougars represented WRL in the first year of the partnership and the Treharris-based side are keen to enter again in 2018 after reaching the …
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South Wales Ironmen Rugby League Club have new owners after the Rugby Football League approved a takeover by Andrew Thorne, the owner of West Wales Raiders RLFC, along with the board of the WRL Premier League club. The new ownership means that the club will move to Llanelli’s Stebonheath Park with immediate effect and will …
Wales Rugby League are saddened to hear about the death of our former international player Johnny Freeman. Johnny was born in 1934 and was brought up in rugby union with the famous Cardiff International Athletic Club playing alongside Billy Boston. Both went up north at a similar time to join Rugby League, with Freeman going …
Wales Rugby League have congratulated their board member John Richard Heaton “Dick” Greenwood after being awarded an OBE on the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. The 75-year old was given this award for his services to National and International Rugby which includes the work he currently does with Wales Rugby League. A volunteer with Wales Rugby …
