Wales men’s side head coach John Kear has named his 18-player squad to face Jamaica at The Lextan Gnoll in Neath on Tuesday 15th October (kick-off 7.30pm). There are seven players who are in line to earn their first men’s side cap, including three who have come through the WRL National Development Academy in Joe …
Halifax Panthers and Wales forward Connor Davies can’t wait to get back to The Lextan Gnoll when Wales take on Jamaica on Tuesday 15th October (kick-off 7.30pm – buy tickets here). The 27-year old played there a number of times as a youngster, all alongside his twin brother Curtis, when he grew up playing rugby …
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Ireland U19 levelled the two-match series against Wales on Saturday with a convincing 36-10 win in Belfast. With just two changes to the Ireland side and three to the Wales side since their last encounter in August, which ended in a 26-22 to win for the Welsh, the two sides knew each other well. A …
Huw Worthington is hoping to win his first ever Welsh cap when Wales take on Jamaica at The Lextan Gnoll in Neath on Tuesday 15 October (kick-off 7.30pm). The 29-year old is a relative newcomer to rugby league, but has a whirlwind introduction to the sport having only picked up a rugby league ball two …
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As the domestic season draws to a close, Ian Golden looks at how things are going for our Welsh internationals and hopefuls. Pic: RL Pix. It was the final weekend of the regular season in the RFL men’s Championship and Widnes Vikings edged out Barrow Raiders to secure an away eliminator at York Knights next …
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It was with the greatest sadness to report that our former international player John Cheshire died on 4th September, at the age of 91. He was our oldest surviving player. Born in Wattsville, Cross Keys, Wales, in 1933, John first took up rugby union, before signing for Salford from his local club, Cross Keys, in …
Ian Golden and Harry Jones round up last weekend’s action from our Welsh internationals and hopefuls. Pic: Karen Booth. The Wales men’s squad for the three matches this autumn, starting with the friendly against Jamaica in Neath, was released yesterday, and many of those players were in action in Super League and the Championship play-offs …
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North Wales Crusaders will take on Argonauts in the WRL Wheelchair Invitational League Grand Final on a date and location to be confirmed. That’s after they beat Hereford Harriers 38-6 in the second game of three in Treforest today. Hereford still had an outside chance of joining Argonauts in the end-of-season clash, but that was …
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North Wales Crusaders destroyed York 126-0 in the RFL Wheelchair Championship play-offs showing no mercy against a York side who had only conceded 162 points in the whole of the regular season. Pic: Karen Booth. The Crusaders started off the game in red hot fashion as Stuart Williams regathered a short kick-off and just two …
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Ian Golden and Harry Jones look back at last weekend’s matches containing our Welsh internationals and hopefuls. Wales PDRL international player David Jones helped his Wakefield Trinity Wildcats side to the PDRL Super League title last weekend. Playing in a festival, which included semi-finals and a final, Wakefield beat Castleford Tigers in the final. Cas …
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