Wales men’s league champions Bridgend Blue Bulls have drawn the Royal Navy at home in the first round of the 2022 Betfred Rugby League Challenge Cup. The match will be played at Pyle RFC on the weekend of January 15/16. The Welsh champions always enter the Cup in the first round and the Blue Bulls …
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We analyse how Wales internationals are getting on with their clubs in the latest edition of Gwylio’r Cymry.
In the latest edition of Gwylio’r Cymry, we recap how internationals for Wales’ men’s team got on with their clubs.
With Super League action now underway, we’ve renamed Around the Leagues as Gwylio’r Cymry, looking at how internationals for Wales’ men’s team are getting on with their clubs.
With the Challenge Cup and other competitive action now underway, we review how Wales men’s team internationals got on with their clubs last weekend.
Widnes Vikings overcame 12-man West Wales Raiders at Stebonheath as the Welsh side’s new half-back pairing of Rangi Chase and Gavin Chase were halted in their tracks just as they were starting to make an impact. It could have been so different though. Raiders made an outstanding start, nearly taking the lead on nine minutes. …
Read more “Challenge Cup Report – West Wales Raiders 4 Widnes Vikings 58”
Eleven years ago today (Friday), we witnessed Gareth Thomas’s rugby league debut, playing for Crusaders against Catalans Dragons at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham. The then 35-year old, with a century of Wales RU caps behind him, had a baptism of fire in Super League and, playing alongside now current Wales captain Elliot Kear, had …
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There could be three Wales Rugby League developed players in the Challenge Cup Final for the first time, after Gil Dudson, Elliot Kear and Rhys Williams were all named in Salford Red Devils’ 21-man squad to face Leeds Rhinos at Wembley Stadium this Saturday (kick-off 3pm). The last time there were three Welsh born players …
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In our latest Around the Leagues report, we take a look at how senior Wales internationals have been getting on with their club sides across rugby league.
Tom Ashton struck in the final four minutes as Hunslet edged a classic Challenge Cup tie with North Wales Crusaders to book their place in the fifth round. Crusaders led from the 30thminute up until Ashton’s late winner and had looked fairly comfortable at 18-10 as the game entered the final stages. Hunslet had plenty …
Read more “Challenge Cup Report – North Wales Crusaders 18-22 Hunslet”
