The North Wales Rugby League season kicked off on Saturday with a six-team nines competition at Rhyl. Hard pitches and wall to wall sunshine made it a perfect receipt for the tournament leading to a fast brand of rugby which lead to great competition. All six six team played in league structure with some close …
NORTH WALES CRUSADERS 14 SWINTON LIONS 8 By Sian Golden at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool North Wales Crusaders ensured it was to be a perfect Wales Rugby League week for knockout games as they held on to claim the iProSport League 1 Cup, winning a nail-biting encounter against Swinton Lions at Blackpool’s Bloomfield Road stadium. The …
YEAR 7 CHAMPION SCHOOLS SEMI-FINAL YSGOL GYFUN GYMRAEG GLANTAF (CARDIFF) 20 ST BERNARD’S (BARROW) 12 By Ian Golden at Chorley Panthers RLFC Welsh speaking school Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf have made history in becoming the first Welsh school to ever play Rugby League at Wembley Stadium after beating St Bernard’s of Barrow 20-12 in a …
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Ryan Gould at The Glyndwr University Racecourse Stadium NORTH WALES CRUSADERS were knocked out of the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup at the fifth round stage, despite a spirited display against a strong Featherstone Rovers side. After falling 10-0 behind within the first ten minutes, Crusaders grew in to the game during the remainder of the first-half …
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Wales Rugby League Champion Schools finals day was a tale of two schools with Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf and Pencoed Comprehensive School each taking two trophies. The Year 8 final between Ysgol Y Strade and Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni was postponed due to a clash with exams for one side and will be replayed. Here …
Two former East v West Wales under 15 origin Rugby League players have wished the current crop of youngsters good luck as they take to the field this Sunday at Cardiff Arms Park as part of Big Welsh Derby day. East take on West at both under 14 and 15 levels in Cardiff with the …
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Wales Rugby League have sent their condolences to the friends and family of their international half-back Danny Jones, who has sadly died aged 29 after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest when playing for his club Keighley Cougars against London Skolars. Jones collapsed after being replaced early in the match and was treated by the match …
The City of Swansea has another Premier League side to be proud of with this one being their University’s Rugby League side. The Warpigs, as they are known, have just clinched promotion to the Premier League after being successful in the Divsion 1A play-offs. The Warpigs won their league, Western 1A, which put them into …
Rugby League in Wrexham and indeed North Wales will turn 25 years old on the weekend of the Big Welsh Derby which sees South Wales Scorpions take on North Wales Crusaders at Cardiff Arms Park on Sunday 10th May (kick-off 3pm). The first ever Rugby League match to be played in North Wales was on …
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Wales Rugby League president Mike Nicholas has praised Brian Juliff and Chris Thair on their hard work in getting Wales Rugby League into a strong operating profit after a turbulent few years. Juliff and Thair took over as chairman and chief operating officer respectively back in 2013 and their first tasks were to manage the …
