Cardiff today (Monday) played host to the first of a series of a series of seminars to outline the Host City Selection Process for the Rugby League World Cup in 2013. Towns and cities across the UK will learn from these seminars as to how they can benefit from their involvement in what looks to …
Wales Rugby League Champions Valley Cougars have been promoted to the elite level of the community game, the Co-operative Conference National for the 2011 season. The decision was made by the RFL after the success of the club over the last few seasons and this will give the Nelson-based club a higher level competition of …
Wales Rugby League have congratulated Ray French for being awarded an MBE for services to Rugby League. French was the BBC’s primary Rugby League commentator between 1982 and 2008 commentating on every Challenge Cup Final during that period, but was also a top player in both rugby codes, turning out for England in the 1961 …
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Dan Clements has been named as the new Head of Performance for Wales Rugby League. His appointment fills the role that Anthony Seibold vacated when he left to return to Australia last month. As Head of Performance, he will be delivering strategic plans for the development of Welsh Rugby League players, managing the whole process …
Four Welshmen have been selected for the Great Britain Students Rugby League side for their two matches against Australia next week. Kris Wilkes from North Wales who studies at Llandrillo College and has signed for Rochdale Hornets and Marl Wool from Pontyclun who studies at Leeds Met and played for Leeds Rhinos’ reserves this year, …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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Should Ian Watson walk onto the pitch for Wales against Italy on Sunday in Wrexham (kick-off 2pm), it will be a record breaking 27th appearance for him in the Welsh shirt. Watson made his debut for Wales in 1995 against USA in Philadelphia and now, 15 years later, he is set to beat Jim Sullivan’s …
