Wales Rugby League have named former London Skolars head coach Latham Tawhai as the new Head Coach of Wales Students following Clive Griffiths’ departure from the role last year. The New Zealand born 41-year old now resides in Colwyn Bay and will work in this post alongside his role at Raging Bull Sportswear, Wales Rugby …
Flintshire Falcons coach Mark Parry has picked up a prestigious award in his local community for his efforts in Rugby League this year. He was recently awarded the 2013 Flintshire Chronicle Community Sports Champion Award recognising his achievement of leading the Falcons to the North Wales Grand Final where they lost an exciting match against …
Wales Rugby League, the sport’s National Governing Body, have agreed to take over the running of South Wales Scorpions for the 2014 season after their founder and inaugural chairman Phil Davies decided to step down. Davies founded the club in late 2009 following the old Celtic Crusaders’ decision to move north and has been at …
North Wales Rugby League Development Officer Matthew Pritchard has left the governing body to take up a position of Wales Field Work Manager with National Doorstep Sport Organisation Street Games. Previously with Celtic Crusaders when they were in Super League, Matt has spent over five years supporting the growth of the community game in Wales …
By Ian Golden, South Wales Scorpions media manager Wales Rugby League President Mike Nicholas has said that he’s delighted at the continued growth of Rugby League in Wales at community and junior level. The former Warrington and Wales forward attended Sunday’s South Wales biggest ever club Rugby League Grand Finals day, where Taff’s Well RFC …
WALES Rugby League has appointed Chris Thair as Chief Operating Officer, a key appointment in the build up to the 2013 World Cup. Thair joins the WRL following over a decade’s service at the Rugby Football League in senior executive positions across the community and professional arms of the sport, most recently as Salary Cap …
Rugby League’s Commonwealth expansion initiative has entered new territory following an exploratory visit to Sierra Leone by a joint Wales Rugby League-Rugby League European Federation delegation. WRL’s National Development Manager Mark Jones and RLEF General Manager Danny Kazandjian returned from a week in the West African country to investigate opportunities for the sport to make …
LONG-serving Wales Rugby League Head of Performance Dan Clements is to take up a key appointment with Hockey Wales. Clements, was a former students international before taking a coaching role with South Wales Conference club Newport Titans and the Wales Under-18 side. Hockey Wales have appointed him as their new Performance Co-ordinator and Dan said: …
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SOUTH Wales Hornets have made the decision not to run this season. A shake-up in the off-season was expected as team manager Martyn Coomber emigrated to Australia, but further disruptions – at both the club and in rugby league in South Wales – has forced Chairman Mark Harris not to enter the club into a …
WALES Rugby League have announced the departure of general manager Mark Rowley from the organisation from this week. Rowley has been a mainstay of Wales Rugby League for a decade and was key to the organisation’s efforts on achieving National Governing Body status in 2005 and becoming a Full Rugby League International Board Member in …
