Wales Rugby League has been officially recognised as the national governing body for the sport of Rugby League by the Sports Council of Wales. The recognition comes as the seven-club Welsh Division of the TotalRL.Com Rugby League Conference has been elevated in status to become one of the competition’s four new elite premier leagues. While […]
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CC Report 2005 Cardiff Demons 12 Walney Central 28
By Ian Golden at Taff’s Well RFC Cardiff Demons went out of the Powergen Rugby League Challenge Cup at the first hurdle on Sunday as they lost 12-28 to a well-disciplined Walney Central side. Walney took the lead after only five minutes. After a penalty conceded 20 metres out, Graham Newby broke down the left […]
2004 – Wade Deacon 32 Whitchurch High 10
Ryan Risley scored a hat-trick and took home the Chev Walker Man of the Match medal as Wade Deacon ran away with the Year 7 Final in the Millennium Stadium. There was some consolation for Whitchurch as Elliott Jones scorched over for the try of the match, much to the delight of the massing crowd […]
CC Report 2003 Aberavon Fighting Irish 6 Ince R 28
By Ian Golden at Aberavon Greenstars Despite a gallant effort by the home side, making their debut in the Challenge Cup, Ince Rose Bridge ran out comfortable winners by in this first round tie at the seaside ground scoring four tries to the Irish’s one. In Stuart and Frank Cassidy, Rose Bridge had players with […]
CC Report 2002 Shaw Cross 56 Cardiff Demons 12
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 […]
CC Report 2001 Royal Air Force 40 UWIC 13
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 […]
The future of RL in Wales
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 […]
CC Report 2000 Keighley Cougars 90 Cardiff Cougars 0
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 […]
Challenge Cup Report 2000 – Cardiff Cougars 18 Rochdale Mayfield 10
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 […]
CC Report 2000 Cardiff Cougars 18 Rochdale Mayfield 10
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 […]