JES Group Welsh Conference champions Aberavon Fighting Irish will break new ground in January as they have been given an away tie at Northern Ireland’s Banbridge Broncos in the First Round of the Betfred Challenge Cup. This match will be one of 17 that will be played on the weekend of January 10-11. Should they …
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Carys Marsh was a Wembley winner on Saturday and in doing so went down in history as the first Welsh international to ever win a Women’s Challenge Cup Final medal. See our list of men’s, women’s and wheelchair players who have won here. Carys helped Wigan Warriors beat Dani McGifford‘s St Helens 42-6 in this …
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Harry Jones and Ian Golden report on how Wales’ internationals and hopefuls got on last weekend. Cardiff Demons moved to the top of the RFL Women’s Championship with an exciting 34-26 win at home to Hull Kingston Rovers. The Welsh side fielded 11 internationals but it was Zoe Heeley who was the star player with …
Harry Jones and Ian Golden report on how Wales’ internationals and hopefuls got on last weekend. Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com. It looks likely that there will be a Welsh winner at the Women’s Challenge Cup Final on Saturday 7th June, after Wigan Warriors and St Helens qualified with semi-final wins last weekend. The semi-finals have …
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The Women’s Challenge Cup started last weekend with Cardiff Demons producing an outstanding performance as they won 42-14 away to Super League side Warrington Wolves. It’s a three-team group and the Demons finish their initial campaign with a home tie against St Helens on Saturday 19th April at Cardiff University Sports Park in Llanrumney. Zoe …
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The men’s Rugby League Challenge Cup entered the Third Round stage last weekend, where the Super League sides entered the fray. Here’s how our players fared. Pic: RL Pix. Widnes Vikings had to come back from behind three times against North Wales Crusaders in their 26-20 win in Colwyn Bay. Rhys Williams led the way …
Words: Ian Golden, Pic: Harry Lowery The 1895 Cup kicked off last weekend with North Wales Crusaders cruising to their second big win in successive weeks, this time winning 60-0 at Newcastle Thunder. Welsh-qualified Paddy Jones was in the Crusaders side with George Birch playing for Thunder. Elsewhere in the competition, which only had three …
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Words – Ian Golden. Pic – Picture by Olly Hassell/SWpix.com The men’s Betfred Challenge Cup reached its second round stage last weekend, and there was a lot of Welsh international presence. Our own North Wales Crusaders, who fielded Paddy Jones, sailed into the third round with a 52-0 win at Cornwall. The home side had …
Ian Golden at Aberavon Greenstars, Pic: Riley Sports Photography Blackbrook fought hard against Aberavon to secure a tough 32-16 win to qualify for the second round of the Challenge Cup. It was only in the last 15 minutes that Blackbrook secured their win with the final three tries of the game. Before that, …
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The first match of the 2025 rugby league season in Wales happens this Sunday at Aberavon Green Stars RFC when Aberavon Fighting Irish take on Blackbrook Royals in the first round of the men’s Challenge Cup (kick-off 1.45pm). Aberavon, the 2024 WRL open-age champions, qualified for this competition after beating South Wales Jets 21-18 in …
