Rugby League is coming together like never before to preserve and enhance the mental and physical fitness of players, coaches, fans, match officials and administrators during the Coronavirus pandemic. The sport is proud to announce the launch of Rugby League United, a campaign led by the independent charity, Rugby League Cares in association with the RFL, Super League (Europe) and […]
Category Archives: Community RL
Mark Jones reappointed as WRL National Development Manager
Llantwit Major based Mark Jones has been reappointed as the Wales Rugby League National Development Manager after four and half years away from the role. The 49-year old first joined WRL in 2009 and spent six years in the National Development Manager role where we headed up school, junior and community development, was the team […]
Southern Conference fixtures released
The fixtures for the 2020 RFL Southern Conference season have been released, with Valley Cougars and Torfaen Tigers being Wales’ two representatives in the five team “West Division”. The two Welsh sides will open the season by facing each other on the weekend of Saturday 2 May at The Park in Nelson. Other Welsh derbies […]
Wales Rugby League to hold U19 trial
Wales Rugby League will soon be holding a trial for the upcoming campaign for the Wales U19 international side. This trial will take place on Saturday 22nd February at the Caerphilly Centre of Sporting Excellent at Ystrad Mynach from midday. If you wish to take part, please can you complete the attached form. If you […]
Level 1 coaching and grade 1 match officials courses to take place
Two free coaching courses will take place at Sport Wales on Sundays January 26th and February 9th from 10am until 4pm on each day. There will be a grade 1 match officials’ course and a Wales’ first ever level 1 coaching course. UPDATE – The coaches course is now full. You can go on a […]
WRL Champion Schools competition kicks off
Wales Rugby League’s new schools competition for 2020 kicks off this month with the first round of games in a straight knock-out tournament. The winners of each year then go through to the national knock-out rounds with the Year 7 national final being at Wembley Stadium. The WRL have held Champion Schools tournaments over the […]
Rhondda Outlaws to open new ground on Sunday
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 […]
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, […]
Jonathan Davies and West Wales Raiders congratulate local rugby union player
Both West Wales Raiders and dual code rugby international Jonathan Davies have congratulated Trimsaran rugby union player Ioan Jones on reaching 600 appearances for his club. The player, known locally and online as “Yogi Bach” will hit the magic number at their away match this Saturday. Great achievement 👏👏 https://t.co/Lnt1w47CZC — Jonathan Davies OBE (@JiffyRugby) […]
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 […]