Because the RFL wanted a non-university Welsh side in the competition, Leeds Met University, who UWIC beat in the 1999 BUSA Final took the student place and Richard Hodges, the new rugby league development officer for Wales, contacted UWIC and asked if they could put a team on the park, but not under the name …
Wales had representation in the Rugby League Challenge Cup for the first time in 14 years when UWIC (a university in Cardiff) were invited to take place in the 1998-99 competition. They lost 24-4 at Barrow Island in Cumbria but after retaining the British Student Rugby League (BUSA) Championship in 1999, they were again offered …
An iconic clash in the Challenge Cup in late January 1985, when second division Bridgend Blue Dragons were the visitors to Headingley. They had begun life as Cardiff, forming four years before and the club were now struggling in the lower reaches of the second division. They made the journey despite horrendous snow, which disrupted …
Wigan 14 Cardiff City 4 – Sunday 30th January 1983 Venue: Central Park, Wigan Competition: State Express Challenge Cup Preliminary Round Kick Off: 3:00pm Wigan: 1. Barry Williams, 2. Dennis Ramsdale, 3. David Stephenson, 4. Colin Whitfield, 5. Brian Juliff, 6. Martin Foy, 7. Jimmy Fairhurst, 8. Glyn Shaw, 9. Nicky Kiss, 10. Danny Campbell, …
The quarter-finals of the Northern Union Challenge Cup in 1910 as reported by the Merthyr Express on the day. THE NORTHERN UNION GAME NORTHERN UNION CUP. EXIT EBBW VALE. By agreeing to transfer their match with Salford in the third round of the Northern Union Cup competition to Lancashire, Ebbw Vale sacrificed a good chance …
This match report was printed in The Merthyr Express on 19th March 2010. THE NORTHERN UNION GAME NORTHERN UNION CUP. EBBW VALE CREATE A SURPRISE. GREAT VICTORY OVER HUDDERSFIELD. The surprise of the Northern Union cup-ties, on Saturday, was undoubtedly the ousting from the competition by Ebbw Vale of Huddersfield (holders of the Yorkshire Cup …
The report printed in the “Final Football Edition” on the day of the game. 26/02/1910 which probably left readers wondering what the final score actually was… Northern Union I MERTHYR V EBBW VALE N.U. Cup (First Round). Great interest was centred in the encounter today between Merthyr and Ebbw Vale, this being the first meeting …
The report printed in the “Final Football Edition” on the day of the game. 27/02/1909 which probably left readers wondering what happened in the second half… HUNSLET V MID-RHQNDDA Played at Parkside. The Leeds ground was a trifle hard, but the weather was beautifully fine when the teams took the field. Teams Mid-Rhondda: Back, Wrentmore; …
EBBW VALE FAIL TO QUALIFY FOR SECOND ROUND Ebbw Vale met Beverley, on Saturday, in the first round of the Northern Union Cup, and the game ended disastrously for the Welshmen, who were beaten by seven points to two, after a well-contested game. The result was one of the biggest surprises of the day, for …
Treherbert, at home, engaged Mid-R.hondda in a cup tie under Northern Union rules. Teams:— Treherbert: Back, Dan Fitzgerald; three- quarter backs, H. Williams, H. II. Edwards, Handford. and T. H. Jenkins; half-backs, A. Francis and J. Thomas; forward. J. Page Jenkins, D. Ward, G. Raleigh, Harry Cox, D. Galloway, and T. J. August. Mid-Rhondda: Back, T. …
