Wales Students head coach Clive Griffiths was delighted with his side’s performance against a Valleys XIII on Friday night, selected from players from the JES Rugby League Conference. The Students scored 40 unanswered points in the second half after a closely fought first period. “It was a great exercise for us as we’ve trained really …
Wales Students will travel to face a Valleys XIII this Friday at Graig Park, Tonypandy, the home of South Wales Saints RLFC (kick-off 7pm). This is the first match in Clive Griffiths’ Wales side’s preparation for next year’s Four Nations series. Many of last year’s side have been retained with just six newcomers to the …
JES Group Welsh Conference champions Aberavon Fighting Irish will break new ground in January as they have been given an away tie at Northern Ireland’s Banbridge Broncos in the First Round of the Betfred Challenge Cup. This match will be one of 17 that will be played on the weekend of January 10-11. Should they …
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IRELAND WOLFHOUNDS 26 WALES DRAGONHEARTS 22 PHIL HODGSON Castleford Panthers, Saturday The Dragonhearts are still without a win this autumn, but it was a mightily close-run thing at Castleford Panthers in a game in which the Irish, who have now won five successive games, were relieved to hear the final whistle. Wales coach Si Reynolds …
Words: Ian Golden. Pics: Kate Pronger It was a perfect day in Neath on Saturday and quite the start for a delighted new Wales senior men’s side head coach Paul Berry. Fielding six debutants, Wales achieved only their fourth men’s side shut-out in history as we beat Ireland 24-0 after being 6-0 up at half-time. …
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There is a slight change to the curtain raiser for the Wales v Ireland match this Saturday at Neath RFC (kick-off 3pm). As the UK Armed Forces are unable to raise a side to face Wales A, this has been replaced by a Simon Weston XIII that will be coached by the Wales Students staff. …
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Community Rugby League players from Wales and England will reignite their cross-Severn rivalry this weekend for the first time in six years, writes Matt Annis. Picture: Captured by Kate. The freshly formed Combined Southern Regions Men’s Team, the representative side for community players based in England’s Midlands, London and the East, will travel to face …
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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 …
