Valley Cougars’ coach, Mark Rowley has been elected as the new chairman of Wales Rugby League. He replaces Danny Sheehy who in-turn replaces Phil Melling as the new vice-chairman. Rowley has been a stalwart of Wales Rugby League since the Cougars’ inception three years ago. He not only coaches and chairs the Pontypridd-based club, he …
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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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 …
