Wales U17 head coach Ben Evans has named a 25-player squad for the friendly matches against Scotland and England this June. Evans, who has recruited fellow former Wales men’s internationals Ben Flower and Lloyd White as his assistant coaches, will give up to 17 players their first Welsh cap at any level. It’s just the …
Wales Rugby League Masters head coach Nick Harkin has announced his squad to take on Scotland at the Royal High School, Edinburgh on Saturday 23rd May (kick-off TBC). It’s the first-ever meeting between the two nations at Masters level, with Scotland side only being formed last year, and there are seven potential debutants for Wales. …
The International Rugby League Board has announced that matches in the Women’s World Cup, where Wales will be competing in a group against England, Samoa and hosts Australia, will be just 70 minutes long. This is to keep it to the standard that is used down under in Australia’s NRLW and Women’s Pacific Championships matches. The …
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Here’s how our men’s side players have performed in the elite competitions in the month of April. Words – Ian Golden. Pic – Olly Hassell/SWpix.com Luke Thomas played in three matches in April, two for Warrington Wolves and one for Oldham, all victories, including a dominant win over Wigan Warriors. He scored his first try …
Wales Wheelchair head coach Alan Caron has named a 13-player squad to train ahead of the Celtic Cup on Saturday 23rd May in Edinburgh. The final training session ahead of the one-day three-nation tournament will take place on Saturday 2nd May in Wrexham, and this will allow Caron to reduce the squad to 10 for …
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY 38 SWANSEA UNIVERSITY 10 Ian Golden, Cardiff University Sports Park, Wednesday The third annual Welsh Varsity match between Cardiff and Swansea went the way of the home side for the first time ever, as they won 38-10 in an entertaining encounter. Swansea had won the previous two Varsity matches, but …
In the first of our monthly “World Cup Watch” articles, we look at how our hopefuls in the women’s and wheelchair games are performing in their respective competitions, with the Challenge Cup primarily making the headlines. Picture – Captured by Kate. The Women’s Challenge Cup has reached the end of the group stages, with our …
WALES STUDENTS 32 ROYAL AIR FORCE 12 Ian Golden at Tata Steel Sports and Social, Wednesday Wales Students made it four wins out of four in their warm-up matches for the Four Nations, after beating RAF to win the Simon Weston Trophy. This was the second year that this trophy has been competed for, with …
The Royal Air Force will be looking to defend the Simon Weston Challenge Cup when they meet Wales Students on Wednesday at Tata Sports (kick-off 7.15pm). It’s the second time these sides have met in this annual contest, with the RAF winning 28-16 in the inaugural encounter last May. Wales are on a good run …
Wales will take on Serbia, England and Scotland in this year’s U19 European Championships, which will take place at the CREPS Font Romeu high performance facility in the Pyrenees, France in July. The Championship will be contested by England, France, Scotland, Serbia, Ukraine and Wales. The nations have been drawn into two groups of three …
