Wales Dragonhearts begin their 2025 campaign this Saturday with a home game against Ireland Wolfhounds at The Lextan Gnoll in Neath (kick-off 2pm). It’s the first of four matches to be played by the Dragonhearts this year, and like their senior side, they’ll face the Irish twice, the return leg being at Castleford Panthers on …
A message from Richard Hibbard, the CEO of Wales Rugby League (WRL) I want to begin by expressing sincere gratitude to all of our retiring senior squad members for their dedication and service. Their contributions to Wales Rugby League have been outstanding, and we thank them for their commitment over the years. In professional sport, …
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Wales Masters have named a 20-player squad for their trip to Virgin Media Park, the Cork home of Munster RUFC, to face Ireland on Saturday 4th October. This is now becoming an annual trip to the Emerald Isle for the Wales Masters side, having faced them in Dublin and Belfast in the last two years. …
It was semi-final time in a few competitions last weekend, with our Welsh internationals and hopefuls involved. Pic: Paul Cowan. The top two sides in the Women’s Championship table qualified for the Grand Final, and there will be a Welsh winner in the final. London Broncos, the league leaders shield winners, beat Salford Red Devils …
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Scott Trigg-Turner and Mark Williams helped Wigan Warriors to a 72-24 win over Hull FC in the Wheelchair Super League play-offs, with Trigg-Turner scoring four tries. Wigan’s win means that they need to better London Roosters in this week’s matches, but they take on favourites Halifax Panthers in their final group game. In the consolation …
The East Wales and West Wales Origin programmes are starting soon. These are open to boys who played in the recent season’s U12s-15s age groups, so they will now be in school years 8-11 now. These will culminate in matches between East Wales and West Wales at U14 and U16 levels and will also …
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Ian Golden and Harry Jones review last weekend’s action featuring our Welsh internationals and hopefuls. Picture by Matthew Merrick/SWpix.com. We have to start by congratulating North Wales Crusaders’ men’s side for winning the RFL League 1 Championship last Sunday. Their 30-16 win was enough to give them the title following an excellent season where they’ve …
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The Wales Rugby League Champion Schools programme will return for the 2025-26 school year. We aim to run competitions at as many age groups as possible, for boys and girls, so we are now acquiring interest and applications. We are following the Rugby Football League guidelines, as the top Welsh clubs will qualify for the …
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We were sad to learn of the passing of former Wales Dragonhearts international heritage #81 Jamie Robbins, who died last Wednesday (20th August) aged 46. Jamie played for Cardiff Demons, alongside players like Gethin Jenkins and Gareth Dean, in the RFL U21 Academy League, which operated from 1997-2000. He was selected for Wales Dragonhearts against …
Denive Balmforth helped Catalans Dragons to a good home win over Castleford Tigers in the men’s Super League. Charlie Glover and Fin Yates played for Salford Red Devils in their defeat at Leigh Leopards, the latter failing an HIA. After a few games of being 18th man, Luke Thomas made it onto the bench for …
