WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL ENGLAND LIONS 20 WALES 24 By Ian Golden at Pilkington Recs, St Helens Wales Women fought hard for an historic first win in only their second match, beating England Lions 24-20 in St Helens on Saturday. The England side, whilst playing in their first match together as their first team were in Papua […]
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Wales Dragonhearts lose heavily to strong England community side
COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL ENGLAND LIONS U23 68 WALES DRAGONHEARTS 0 By Ian Golden at Pilkington Recs, St Helens Wales Dragonhearts fell to a 68-0 defeat against a strong England Lions U23 side, in a role reversal of their dominance against Lithuania last week. The game was won by half-time after England ran in seven first half […]
Emily Hughes and Leanne Burnell look forward to taking on England
Wales Rugby League women’s side duo Emily Hughes and Leanne Burnell are looking forward to taking on England Lions at Pilkington Recs RLFC in St Helens this Saturday (kick-off 4pm). This match is the second in a double header, with Wales Dragonhearts first facing England Lions U23 in a men’s community international at 2pm. Last […]
Wales Women name squad for England test
Wales Women Rugby League will take a squad of 23 up to St Helens on Saturday for their match against England Lions at the Pilkington Recs 4G pitch (kick-off 4pm). Head coach Craig Taylor has named the order of his line-up, which will be reduced to 19 on match-day. Wales played their first ever match […]
Wales Dragonhearts name squad for England test
Wales Dragonhearts head coach Ian Newbury has named a 20-man travelling squad for their third match of the Motorplus Autumn Series, an away game against England Lions U23 at Pilkington Recs in St Helens on Saturday (kick-off 2pm). The representative side of the community game in Wales are unbeaten so far in 2019 thanks to […]
Baptism of fire for Lithuania in their first ever international
WALES DRAGONHEARTS 58 LITHUANIA 0 By Ian Golden at Cardiff Arms Park It was a baptism of fire for Lithuania in their first ever full rugby league international, as they went down 58-0 to Wales Dragonhearts at Cardiff Arms Park on Sunday. The Dragonhearts, Wales’ community representative side, who are celebrating 25 years of internationals, […]
WRL announce half-price admission for current and former Armed Forces members on Sunday
Wales Rugby League have announced that all tickets for Wales Dragonhearts v Lithuania at Cardiff Arms Park this Sunday (kick-off 2.30pm) will be half-price for current or former members of the Armed Services. As this historic match, the first international for the visitors, is on Remembrance Sunday, Dragonhearts’ head coach Ian Newbury, felt that this […]
Wales Dragonhearts and Lithuania name their sides for Sunday’s international
A new chapter of international rugby league will begin this Sunday when Lithuania are the visitors to BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park to take on Wales Dragonhearts (kick-off 2.30pm). Buy tickets for the match at wrl.wales/tickets. “Lietuva Rugby League” only formed in January of this year and this clash against Wales’ best community players, will […]
Outstanding reaction to Wales Women and Dragonhearts double header
📋 REPORT | Read about #WalesRL Women's first ever game as we went down 30-6 to a very experienced @TeachersRL side. 👉 https://t.co/wjTIidrn8W LIVE – Second half of @WRLDragonhearts v @southwalesrl. Follow the updates at https://t.co/XjKNR2SHCg pic.twitter.com/RlPEjTeV9l — Wales Rugby League 🏴 (@WalesRugbyL) October 26, 2019 📋 REPORT | @WRLDragonhearts edge out @southwalesrl 26-20 in […]
A family affair for many players in the Wales sides this Saturday
It’s a family affair for both the Wales Women and Wales Dragonhearts rugby league sides tomorrow at Neath RFC as each of their connections are set to make history. Wales Women play their first ever international at 12.30pm when they take on Great Britain Teachers, before Wales Dragonhearts take on Southern England Lionhearts at 3pm, […]