In one of the most entertaining of Welsh performances, our U19 side showed some great skills to earn a 58-28 win over a battling Scotland side. Rhys Hughes went over for an early opening try for Wales. Charlie Newton converted. Scotland hit back after Oscar Elliott-McCulloch pounced on a loose ball for an unconverted try, …
This Sunday’s big World Cup warm-up match between Wales and Canada will also include a curtain raiser, with the events starting at 11.30am. Wales Women will take the centre stage at 3pm, when Tom Brindle’s side play their first warm-up match ahead of the World Cup, but earlier in the day, there’s an U14 Girls’ …
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Errors and indiscipline cost Wales U19 the match against England Lions, as we suffered a 28-16 loss at Centre de Ressources, Font Romeu in France on Wednesday. Wales were leading 16-4 and looking good for it, only for Finlay Walker to be sinbinned, which is when England scored three tries to turn the game around. …
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South Wales Jets’ joint head coach Lloyd White scored his first competitive try in 1,882 days as his side cruised to a 66-18 win over Bridgend Blue Bulls in WRL’s Summer Smash at Sardis Road, Pontypridd. The 37-year-old, who last played professionally in 2022, last scored a try on May 16, 2021, when he went …
They may currently be propping up the table ahead of Summer Smash this Saturday at Sardis Road in Pontypridd, but the Rhondda Outlaws name is top of the pile in one list, that of the top scorers. Playing in all four of the Outlaws matches so far this season, 23-year-old Mackenzie Williams has racked up …
The Summer Smash schedule has been confirmed, with six community clubs now taking part in the day. Pic: Captured by Kate The JES Rugby League Conference takes centre stage with matches between Aberavon Fighting Irish and Rhondda Outlaws (kick-off 1pm) and Bridgend Blue Bulls v South Wales Jets (kick-off 4pm), but in between these two …
Aberavon Fighting Irish have moved closer to South Wales Jets at the top of the JES Group Rugby League Conference table, following a hard-fought 24-12 win at Bridgend Blue Bulls on Tuesday evening. Pic: Matt Addicott Unconverted tries from Rhys Evans and Owen Evans gave Aberavon an early lead, but a Juris Kesans try converted …
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Summer Smash returns to South Wales on Saturday 11th July, with the action this year moving to Sardis Road, the home of Pontypridd RFC, with two matches in the JES Group Rugby League Conference, plus junior festivals. The afternoon of rugby league starts at noon with an U8s festival featuring Aber Valley Wolves, Swansea Rams and …
Jets Fest in Penallta on Saturday was another success for rugby league in Wales, with nearly 450 players taking part in 16 matches over eight hours, a record for one ground in one day in Wales, including the first-ever girls club rugby league match to feature two Welsh sides. That was the encounter that kicked …
Wales U19 head coach Gary Dunn has confirmed his 23-player squad for the European Championships in France, that start next Sunday 12th July, with a match against Serbia (kick-off 6pm local time). A total of 20 players have been developed through the community clubs in Wales, where around 2,500 youngsters play every summer. Most of …
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