There was a strong Welsh presence once again this year at the prestigious Rochdale Swarm International Mixed Tag Rugby League Festival, with the two top sides in Wales, the Celtic Barbarians and the Bridgend Blue Heifers both sending strong sides on the 450 mile round trip. There was great camaraderie between the two sides on …
West Wales proved to be worthy 36-30 winners against East Wales at Glynneath RFC in a fast and high entertaining game at under 13 level as Wales Rugby League’s two Regional Player Development Centres (RPDC) went head to head for the very the first time this week. The RPDC is a development programme run by …
Leeds booked their place in the last 16 of the Carnegie Challenge Cup with a 30-20 victory over the Crusaders in the only all-Super League fourth-round tie but it came at a cost with injury to three key players. The Rhinos lost full-back Brent Webb after just two minutes with a leg injury while stand-off …
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YEAR 9 FINAL – YSTALYFERA 30 CWM RHYMNI 28 History was made at Caerphilly RFC on Monday where two completely Welsh speaking sides took part in Rugby League Grand Final for the very first time. The Year 9 Wales Rugby League Champions Schools Grand Final, played in front of the S4C cameras (report above) saw …
There is a momentous occasion next Monday (11th April) when Wales Rugby League stages what are believed to be the first Rugby League Grand Final matches contested entirely by Welsh speakers. They are the culmination of the Carnegie Champions Schools Wales Finals series, which sees the top two Rugby League playing schools from each high …
The Crusaders’ junior sides completed an outstanding weekend for the club after the under 15s, under 16s and under 18s all beat Salford City Reds at Caerphilly RFC on Sunday. This gave the Crusaders a quadruple over Salford City Reds in under 24 hours following the 16-10 win in Super League on Saturday. The under …
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Wales relinquished their Student Regional Championships title to the Midlands last weekend but they did win the consolation Plate Final, beating Yorkshire 7-0. Patrick Evans scored the only try of the game that was converted by Scott Amber. In the dying moments of the game, Amber added the extra point with a superbly executed field …
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History was made in Mold as the NORTH WALES CRUSADERS JUNIORS grabbed their win first ever league win in just their second outing as they beat WARRINGTON RYLANDS SHARKS 30-22. This was only the second time some of the Welsh lads had ever played rugby league and the game was also watched by Super League …
UWIC’s Rugby League side have been promoted to the University League Premier South which is the second level down in the British Student competition underneath the Super 8. They beat Nottingham Trent 46-32 in the promotion play-off final on Wednesday in Birmingham to qualify. Simon Wright led the way with a hat-trick of tries, the …
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South Wales Scorpions were outclassed by a higher division team on Sunday when Championship side Dewsbury Rams knocked them out of the Carnegie Challenge Cup. It wasn’t the best of starts for new Director of Rugby Mark Rowley who saw his side go down 62-6 to the far more experienced Yorkshire side. Five Scorpions debutants, …
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