Rhondda Outlaws will officially open their new ground this Sunday as they prepare for their Coral Challenge Cup first round match in just over a week’s time. The WRL Premier League champions have recently taken over the ground vacated by former rugby union club Glyncoch RFC (postcode CF37 3AU) and have been redecorating it in […]
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FREE update to the WRL charity publication
Wales Rugby League’s head of media Ian Golden has published an eight-page update to his charity publication, “100 Months of Rugby League in Wales” that was launched in May this year. This has been produced as a PDF – Click to download here. The update, which now ensures that the whole of the 2010s is chronicled, […]
Outlaws and Tigers get away ties in the Coral Challenge Cup
Wales Rugby League’s Coral Challenge Cup home draw jinx struck again on Thursday evening when both Torfaen Tigers and Rhondda Outlaws were drawn away in the first round of the 2020 competition. Torfaen were the first of the Welsh sides to come out of the hat. They have an interesting match-up with the Great Britain […]
Challenge Cup first round draw this Thursday
The draw for the First Round of the Coral Challenge Cup will be broadcast live by BBC Sport Online this Thursday (5 December, 6.30pm). Wales has two clubs in the draw for the first time in 11 years in Torfaen Tigers and Rhondda Outlaws, and we’ll have reaction from their representatives, live from Sport Wales, […]
Rhondda Outlaws and Torfaen Tigers to enter the Challenge Cup First Round.
Wales Rugby League will have two sides in the first stage of Rugby League’s Coral Challenge Cup for the first time in 11 years after Rhondda Outlaws and Torfaen Tigers both confirmed their entry today. This means that Wales will have four Challenge Cup entrants in the 2020 competition, the first time this has happened […]
CHALLENGE CUP : Thatto Heath Crusaders 16-14 North Wales Crusaders
North Wales Crusaders were knocked out of the Challenge Cup at the fourth round stage by amateur club Thatto Heath (writes Ryan Gould). Despite staging a late comeback and being close to taking the tie to golden point extra time, North Wales were second best for large spells and were out-muscled, out-thought and out-enthused by […]
CHALLENGE CUP – LONDON SKOLARS 18 NORTH WALES CRUSADERS 31
North Wales Crusaders booked their place in the fourth round of the Challenge Cup with a hard-fought victory at London Skolars. As Crusaders led 24-6 early in the second-half, it looked as though they were heading for an easy progression in the cup. However, Skolars staged a comeback and trailed by just six points late […]
CHALLENGE CUP – NEWCASTLE THUNDER 48 WEST WALES RAIDERS 0
Newcastle Thunder got their 2019 Challenge Cup journey underway successfully as they beat League One rivals West Wales Raiders. The match started very even with creative attacking pieces being met with solid defensive patterns and it wasn’t until the 15th minute until the deadlock was broken. Keal Carlile made two sniping runs which saw him […]
CHALLENGE CUP – DISTINGTON ARL 48 TORFAEN TIGERS 0
CORAL CHALLENGE CUP FIRST ROUND DISTINGTON 48 TORFAEN TIGERS 0 Report by Lorraine Degraff in West Cumbria, image courtesy of Mike McKenzie Torfaen Tigers crashed out of the Coral Challenge Cup on Saturday after being beaten 48-0 at Distington, the 2018 Cumberland League champions, on a wet and wild day. The New Panteg-based side left […]
WRL chairman Brian Juliff’s New Year’s Eve message
PIC – Brian inducts Dai Watkins into the Wales Rugby League Hall of Fame, earlier in 2018. As 2018 draws to a close I wanted to thank everyone for their support to Wales Rugby League during the year. After returning home from RLWC2017, we faced questions about our strategy and direction following some very tough […]