Wales Rugby League have chosen Billy Boston and Gus Risman as their first two inductees in their newly formed official Hall of Fame. It was a natural choice as both are already in the RFL’s Hall of Fame and were immortalised on the recently unveiled Rugby League statue outside Wembley Stadium. The first celebration dinner …
The Rugby League Academy at Coleg Y Cymoedd will soon transfer from Wales Rugby League to South Wales Scorpions, in alignment with all the other category 3 academies in the UK which are all linked to professional clubs. Wales Rugby League’s Chief Executive Officer Chris Thair said: “Wales Rugby League put a lot of time, …
As the two Welsh professional Rugby League clubs begin their Kingstone Press League 1 campaign this weekend, Wales Rugby League provide a public show of support to both South Wales Scorpions and North Wales Crusaders. WRL Chief Executive Officer, Chris Thair said: “Along with the men’s international team, the two professional clubs are the national …
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Ryan Gould at The Glyndwr University Racecourse Stadium GLOUCESTERSHIRE ALL GOLDS came from 20 points behind to knock North Wales Crusaders out of the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup. Trailing 36-16 with 25 minutes to go, it looked as though the margin was too big of a mountain to climb for the visitors. However, they capitalised on …
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FEATHERSTONE LIONS 37 SOUTH WALES SCORPIONS 20 By Ian Golden at Mill Ponds Stadium South Wales Scorpions were one of many clubs who lost to lower division sides in the Third Round of the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup on Saturday. In a day full of shocks where the home team won on each occasion, Kells from …
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Wales Rugby League, for the third consecutive year, has achieved the top green self-assurance grading by Sport Wales due to the standard of their governance as a National Governing Body. Self-assurance is a management tool used by Sports Councils in the UK to help assess National Governing Bodies’ progress made on governance and the risk …
LADBROKE’S CHALLENGE CUP FIRST ROUND EGREMONT RANGERS 62 BRIDGEND BLUE BULLS 0 Bridgend Blue Bulls were outclassed by a strong Egremont Rangers side in the first round of the Ladbroke’s Challenge Cup, going down 62-0 on a chilly afternoon in Cumbria. It was the toughest of matches for the Welsh Conference champions as they were …
Wales Rugby League are celebrating a successful second annual caps presentation evening at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff where with over 500 in attendance, international players at most levels below the senior side were presented with the caps that they won in 2015. Players from the Wales under 16, 18, Students and Dragonhearts (pictured) sides …
It will be a case of history repeating itself for former Wales dual code international Glyn Turner when he attends the annual Wales Rugby League cap presentation this Friday at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. Turner, 68, won two caps in the 15-man code whilst with Ebbw Vale, both against Argentina in 1968, before moving …
Welsh rugby league player Tom Morgan has shown that the sport continues to be an exceptionally inclusive one which further builds upon its wonderful heritage and values. Having appeared on Channel 4’s “Undateables” and ITV’s “Loose Women”, Morgan, who has Tourette’s and Asperger’s syndrome, became a media and Twitter sensation, so is perhaps a name …
