Wales Dragonhearts begin their 2025 campaign this Saturday with a home game against Ireland Wolfhounds at The Lextan Gnoll in Neath (kick-off 2pm). It’s the first of four matches to be played by the Dragonhearts this year, and like their senior side, they’ll face the Irish twice, the return leg being at Castleford Panthers on …
The East Wales and West Wales Origin programmes are starting soon. These are open to boys who played in the recent season’s U12s-15s age groups, so they will now be in school years 8-11 now. These will culminate in matches between East Wales and West Wales at U14 and U16 levels and will also …
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Wales Dragonhearts’ head coach Simon Reynolds has selected a 33-man train-on squad for their four matches this autumn. Ten community clubs provide the players, with over a third of the announced squad coming from this year’s JES Group Rugby League Conference winners, Aberavon Fighting Irish. There are 18 potential new caps. This squad will be …
ABERAVON FIGHTING IRISH 44 SOUTH WALES JETS 14 Ian Golden at The Lextan Gnoll, Neath Aberavon Fighting Irish put in a dominant performance to complete a one hundred percent record in the league this year, to win back-to-back JES Group Rugby League Conference titles. It was a big needle match between the two …
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Ian Golden reports from The Lextan Gnoll in Neath U12 FINAL SOUTH WALES JETS 20 SWANSEA RAMS 21 Swansea Rams won the WRL U12s title 21-20 against South Wales Jets thanks to a Joey Cox drop-goal in the dying seconds of extra-time. It took just 52 seconds for Jacob Kusz-Jones to give …
Pic: Captured by Kate South Wales Jets will, barring disasters, take on Aberavon Fighting Irish in the JES Group Rugby League Conference Grand Final a fortnight today. Jets beat Rhondda Outlaws 60-18 on Saturday afternoon, whilst Bridgend Blue Bulls, who have a very outside chance of finishing second, lost 52-12 at home to top of …
It’s a big weekend in Wales, headlined by the PDRL international between Wales and England on Saturday, but there are other big matches too. The international is part of a triple header at Penallta RFC with the U13 semi-final between South Wales Jets and West Wales Jets kicking things off at 10am. Then at 12.30pm, …
With around 400 players taking part at 10 levels of rugby league, around a thousand watching, over 5,000 photos taken by “Captured by Kate” and everyone enjoying themselves, “Jets Fest” in Ammanford on Saturday must be considered a big success. It took place on Saturday 5th July at Ammanford RFC, home of West Wales Jets, the …
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South Wales Jets and Aberavon Fighting Irish both shut out their opponents in the JES Group Rugby League Conference as the competition reaches the business end of the season. The Jets won 46-0 against Bridgend Blue Bulls “on the road” in Ammanford as part of their “Jets Fest” that saw over 400 players take to …
The first ever “Jets Fest” takes place an Ammanford RUFC on Saturday 5th July where nearly 500 players will take to the field in what is believed to be the biggest day of participation of rugby league at one ground ever seen in Wales. South Wales Jets were formed three years ago by Liam Price and he based them …
