Wales Rugby League have appointed Dr Richard Lawrence (MBBS, BSc, MRCP, PhD, PGDip SEM) as chief medical officer as part of their ongoing strategic re-structure. As part of this new role, he will also be the lead on the return to play strategy when all is clear following the COVID-19 pandemic. He is also on …
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Wales Rugby League U19 team manager Wayne Mansell hasn’t had much time to miss rugby league in this lockdown period, as he’s been spending his time at work for OCS Group Ltd helping COVD-19 hospitals all around the country. Mansell, who hails from Pontypridd and has previously been involved with Rhondda Outlaws, has been a …
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Wales are ranked number three in the world as the official International Rugby League (IRL) Wheelchair Rugby League World Rankings are issued for the very first time. The world rankings only consider full international matches played over the past four-year period, and are based upon the result of the game and the strength of the …
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Please find below our latest guidelines to rugby league training in Wales. Click on either graphic to enlarge…
After no less than 32,232 votes were cast, the fans have voted for their Wales Dragonhearts Team of the Decade. There was a lot of fierce rivalry in most of the positions, with some leads changing hands regularly. So we thought it would be good to name a first and second XIII to honour those …
Cardiff-born Marc Lovering has joined the non-executive board of directors at Wales Rugby League. Lovering works at the Rugby Football League in England as the Director of Participation and Development, and has always maintained a keen interest in rugby league in his country. He said: “I am delighted to be given the opportunity to join …
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Wales Rugby League have launched their new training T-shirt with the profits going to the NHS. Made by the WRL’s official clothing suppliers VX3, the exclusive limited edition T-shirt is priced at just £30 for adult sizes and £25 for children, with £7.50 from the sale of each shirt going directly to the NHS. All …
Following the announcement that the 2020 Coral Challenge Cup Final will be postponed from its scheduled Wembley date of July 18, the RFL today confirms the cancellation of the Warners Champion Schools competitions. A number of Welsh schools were still involved in the knockout stages of this RFL-run competition, including the Year 7 road to …
For the last two weeks, the general public have been invited to vote on their Dream WRL XIII and World Cup squad. Here were the results and how it compares to Ian Golden’s selection that was published in late April… These were the voting rules… Only players who had won 10 full Wales or 10 …
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Wales Rugby League’s head of communications and historian, Ian Golden, reviews Carolyn Hitt’s BBC documentary and explains why he felt a few more minutes screentime would have added to the story. So who watched last night’s BBC2 documentary “Codebreakers”? If you didn’t, you missed a treat, but don’t worry, you can still see it on …
