Wales to joint host 2013 Rugby League World Cup

Wales are officially the joint hosts with England in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup where they will take on the Cook Islands for only the second time. This was determined following the draw today (Tuesday) when the World Cup was officially launched at Manchester’s new MediaCityUK development. The Cook Islands encounter will be a …

Williams Named Male Coach of the Year

Wednesday 24th November saw the annual Sport Wales Coaching Awards ceremony held in Cardiff where coaches from across Wales were honoured for their achievements in 2010. For the first time in its history Wales Rugby League had a coach up for an award in Stuart Williams, who won the Male Coach of the year category. …

Richard Lewis hails success of European Cup

Wales Rugby League’s Executive Chairman Mark Rowley has said that qualifying for the Four Nations is bigger than Wales Rugby Union winning the Six Nations. Rowley was in France watching Wales beat the hosts 12-11 to retain the Alitalia European Cup and qualify to face England, Australia and New Zealand next year. Lloyd White’s penalty …

Seibold delighted at Scorpions players for Wales

Departing South Wales Scorpions’ coach Anthony Seibold is delighted at that so many of his players from the Scorpions 2010 squad have made it into the Wales side this year. The Welsh national side are playing their first ever international match at The Gnoll in Neath, the home of the Scorpions, on Sunday when they …

Anthony Seibold wins Coach of the Year award

South Wales Scorpions’ Head Coach and Wales Rugby League’s Head of Football Anthony Seibold has won the Co-operative Championship 1 Coach of the Year award. He beat off the challenges of his peers from Workington Town and Blackpool Panthers to take home the trophy after leading the Scorpions to the play-offs in their very first …

Bridgend’s Street Rugby Finals a success

Wales Rugby League, Safer Bridgend, and Community First hosted Street Rugby League Finals Day at The Riverside Hardware Brewery Field in Bridgend on Friday 17th September. Street Rugby League has now become an established programme and has been run during the summer months in the Bridgend Area. Children from Caerau, Nantymoel, Sarn and Wildmill have …

2010 Junior Grand Finals Day

2010 Under 13 Final – NPT Steelers 28 Bridgend 24 In the Welsh Under 13 Grand Final, the curtain raiser to South Wales Scorpions v York City Knights, Neath Port Talbot Steelers beat Bridgend Blue Bulls 28-24 in a thriller where the lead constantly changed hands. It was so close, the two teams even went …

Anthony Seibold given Professional Coach Status

Anthony Seibold, the South Wales Scorpions’ head coach and Head of Football for Wales Rugby League, has become only the 23rd current Australian coach to have been granted “Professional Coach Status” within the Australian Strength and Conditioning Professional coaching structure. Being granted the ASCA Professional coach status gives him further recognition and places him within …

North Wales Street Rugby launch a success

Over 300 youngsters from throughout Wrexham have taken part in Street Rugby sessions since its North Wales launch last month. Street rugby sessions have kicked off and are taking place in the Caia Park, Gwersyllt and Plas Madoc areas of the county borough. Crusaders coaches take the sessions, with local police officers and PCSO’s getting …