There couldn’t have been a trickier tie for Cardiff Demons as the draw sent us up to National Conference League Division One side, Shaw Cross Sharks who were right in the middle of their season. The game attracted a lot of interest in Yorkshire, so much so that it was agreed to switch the tie …
By Mark Tattersall UNIVERSITY of Wales Institute Cardiff were bombed out of rugby league’s Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Challenge Cup by the RAF yesterday. The students, reigning British Universities champions, proved no match for the reigning Inter-Services Cup holders as they shipped 40 points in their first-round tie at RAF Holton, near Aylesbury. It is the second …
AGAINST all the odds, the future for rugby league in Wales is brighter than ever before. That is the opinion of the sport’s development officer in South Wales, former Gateshead Thunder forward Stuart Singleton. Rugby union going open was heralded in many quarters as the death of the 13-man code in Wales, as the supply …
By Clive Harrison at Cougar Park IN the battle of the Cougar packs at Cougar Park it was no contest as the home team took charge from the opening whistle to inflict an overwhelming defeat on their visitors from South Wales. In atrocious conditions it was Cardiff who had the wind and driving rain at …
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Because the RFL wanted a non-university Welsh side in the competition, Leeds Met University, who UWIC beat in the 1999 BUSA Final took the student place and Richard Hodges, the new rugby league development officer for Wales, contacted UWIC and asked if they could put a team on the park, but not under the name …
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Rhodri Thomas who played in the game said: “The second round was played at UWIC Rugby League’s home ground at Llandaff and was featured on BBC television‟s Grandstand with Ray French on the sidelines. Our 18-10 win was probably the shock of the round as Rochdale Mayfield were a very good side. We had some …
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Because the RFL wanted a non-university Welsh side in the competition, Leeds Met University, who UWIC beat in the 1999 BUSA Final took the student place and Richard Hodges, the new rugby league development officer for Wales, contacted UWIC and asked if they could put a team on the park, but not under the name …
Wales had representation in the Rugby League Challenge Cup for the first time in 14 years when UWIC (a university in Cardiff) were invited to take place in the 1998-99 competition. They lost 24-4 at Barrow Island in Cumbria but after retaining the British Student Rugby League (BUSA) Championship in 1999, they were again offered …
CHRIS PARK reflects on events at South Leeds Stadium IT was only after a tough and, at times, torrid Grand Final that the Hunslet Hawks were able to overcome the challenge of a towering Cardiff Demons, and receive the Second Division Championship Trophy from Academy Chairman Jim Hartley at the South Leeds Stadium on Sunday. …
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An iconic clash in the Challenge Cup in late January 1985, when second division Bridgend Blue Dragons were the visitors to Headingley. They had begun life as Cardiff, forming four years before and the club were now struggling in the lower reaches of the second division. They made the journey despite horrendous snow, which disrupted …
