Wales Masters have added three players to their squad for this Saturday’s festival in Bethesda, where they will take on England and Ireland (2pm start). Dave Ward and Dafydd Curry, both from the North Wales Buccaneers club, and Julian McTavish of Cardiff Blue Dragons, are the new additions. They replace three injured players who have had …
Ian Golden, Alex Paynter and Harry Jones look back at the weekend’s elite action featuring Wales internationals and other World Cup prospects. Wales Wheelchair, as already reviewed here, won the Celtic Cup for a sixth successive time on Saturday, beating Ireland 64-22 and Scotland 116-6, the latter being a record win for any Welsh international rugby league …
Following the success of the Wales Wheelchair international side, a new Wheelchair Rugby League competition, the Wales Rugby League “Cwpan Sialans Cadair Olwyn” (Wheelchair Challenge Cup) will launch on Sunday May 22 at Wrexham’s Glyndwr Sports Centre. Acting as a curtain-raiser to the 2022 Peacock Cup, North Wales Crusaders will take on Torfaen Tigers in …
Everyone at Wales Rugby League is saddened to hear about the death of former Wales Rugby League men’s international player Glyn Shaw, aged 71. Heritage #306, Glyn won seven caps for Wales, making his debut against France in 1978, and one cap for Great Britain, playing against New Zealand in 1980. Born on April 11, …
Wales Wheelchair Rugby League international Stuart Williams (pictured above receiving the Celtic Cup from WRL general manager Mark Jones) has become the first player to ever score 50 tries in Wales RL colours as he helped his side to win their sixth successive Celtic Cup. No player in any other Wales international rugby league side …
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Wales Rugby League are pleased to announce four new positions in the organisation, with more soon to follow. Mark Jones has been appointed as the new General Manager of Wales Rugby League. Previously the National Development Manager, Mark has been involved in rugby league in Wales for over a decade, working for both the WRL …
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Ian Golden, Alex Paynter and Harry Jones look back at the weekend’s elite action featuring Wales internationals and other World Cup prospects. The story of the weekend came from the RFL Women’s Nines where 21 Welsh players, including 14 who are already capped, played for six different sides in the 20-team tournament that acted as qualifiers for …
Cardiff Demons competed well in the inaugural RFL Women’s Rugby League Nines in Warrington, winning their first two games, but came short in the deciding group match against group favourites York City Knights. York, along with the other group winners, St Helens, Leeds Rhinos, Catalans Dragons and Huddersfield Giants, will now play in a finals …
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Our new North Wales correspondent, Barry Andrews, takes a look ahead at what to expect in the region in an exciting first three weekends of May. North Wales Rugby League in May is set to be big, starting on the May 1 with a double header at Stadiwm Zip World in Colwyn Bay. The action …
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