A big weekend of international rugby league

An exciting weekend of international rugby league is coming up, with Wales U19 playing a warm-up match on Saturday in Ystrad Mynach, followed by a triple header of Wales matches in Merthyr on Sunday. Saturday’s match sees Wales U19 take on South Wales Jets (kick-off noon) in a match to prepare our international side for …

Last year’s finalists record opening day wins

Aberavon Fighting Irish opened their defence of the JES Group Welsh Conference title with a 15-try display away at Rhondda Outlaws as they eventually cruised to a 78-24 win, after being 40-16 up at half-time. However, it was the Outlaws who struck first, as Ollie Owens scored the first try of the 2026 Rugby League …

Rugby League Conference to start this Saturday

The 2026 Welsh Rugby League men’s domestic season gets underway this Saturday, with two exciting encounters. Defending champions Aberavon Fighting Irish will be targeting a third consecutive Rugby League Conference title when they travel to Rhondda Outlaws in their new Taffs Well home, while South Wales Jets host Bridgend Blue Bulls at Penallta RFC. Both …

Perfect day in Ireland for Wales U16 and Students

It was a perfect day for Wales in Dublin on Saturday, as our U16s and Student sides tasted comprehensive victories as the Four Nations opened in both disciplines. Wales U16 extended their unbeaten run to ten matches following a 64-20 win over Ireland. Captain Charlie Eatly was close to unstoppable as Wales, who were 12-0 …

2026 Rugby League Conference season to start on May 30th

The 2026 Welsh Rugby League men’s domestic season gets underway on Saturday 30 May, as clubs across South Wales begin their chase for silverware and representative honours. Defending champions Aberavon Fighting Irish will be targeting a third consecutive Rugby League Conference title when they travel to Rhondda Outlaws in the opening round, while South Wales …

Wales U19 to face Widnes and Aberavon

The Wales U19 side have organised two warm-up matches ahead of their European U19 Championships campaign. The first is tomorrow, Saturday 2nd May, where they’ll take on Widnes Vikings U19s at Halton Farnworth Hornets ARLFC, kick-off 2.30pm. Then, on Saturday 6th June, they take on Aberavon Fighting Irish at Harlequins Field, Port Talbot, also a …

Wales release training squad for Celtic Cup

Wales Wheelchair head coach Alan Caron has named a 13-player squad to train ahead of the Celtic Cup on Saturday 23rd May in Edinburgh. The final training session ahead of the one-day three-nation tournament will take place on Saturday 2nd May in Wrexham, and this will allow Caron to reduce the squad to 10 for …

Cardiff Demons to become South Wales Jets

South Wales Jets and Cardiff Demons have entered into a new partnership that will bring the Demons under the Jets banner. The Demons travel to Wigan Warriors this Saturday in their first match of this year’s Women’s Challenge Cup competition, their 50th competitive game as a club since their formation in 2021. But this club name will continue …

30 years of player development in Wales

Thirty years ago today, the development of local rugby league players in South Wales took a big step forward when Hull Kingston Rovers came to Port Talbot. For just the one season, we had South Wales RLFC, coached by Clive Griffiths and managed by Mike Nicholas, were playing in the newly named “Super League Division …

Hull partnership launches with first session

The newly-formed partnership between Hull FC and Wales Rugby League commenced last night (Thursday) when the Swansea Rams U13 side attended a training session at The Gnoll in Neath. To start the evening, Hull FC staff Richard Tate, Francis Cummins and Gareth Ellis delivered an open coaching CPD workshop for community and pathway coaches at …