Ian Golden at Aberavon Greenstars, Pic: Riley Sports Photography Blackbrook fought hard against Aberavon to secure a tough 32-16 win to qualify for the second round of the Challenge Cup. It was only in the last 15 minutes that Blackbrook secured their win with the final three tries of the game. Before that, …
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The first match of the 2025 rugby league season in Wales happens this Sunday at Aberavon Green Stars RFC when Aberavon Fighting Irish take on Blackbrook Royals in the first round of the men’s Challenge Cup (kick-off 1.45pm). Aberavon, the 2024 WRL open-age champions, qualified for this competition after beating South Wales Jets 21-18 in …
West Wales have beaten East Wales in 38-10 in the first ever under 18s Origin match. The match was played at the Caerphilly Centre of Sporting Excellence in Ystrad Mynach in front of a large vocal crowd on a cold Sunday evening. West Wales, who were 16-0 up at half-time thanks to two tries from …
This Saturday 7th December at Cardiff University Sports Park in Llanrumney, the WRL Origin season kicks off when East Wales and West Wales face each other at elite U14 and U16 levels, with development matches also taking place. It’s the fourth year in a row that the successful Origin programme has run through the winter and …
Kent-based Argonauts retained their WRL Wheelchair Invitational League title with an exciting 66-48 win over North Wales Crusaders in Treforest on Saturday. Full timeline here. One of two invited English sides in the year-long tournament, it was the Argonauts’ 18th match victory on the trot, keeping their unbeaten record in the two-year history of this Wales …
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Reigning WRL Wheelchair Invitational League champions The Argonauts, will defend their title this Saturday, when they face North Wales Crusaders at The Fit Zone, University of South Wales, Treforest Campus (kick-off 11.15am). Admission is free of charge. For those who have not seen the sport live before, this Saturday’s final will be the perfect time. …
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Wales Dragonhearts, the representative side of the community game in Wales, broke all records on the weekend in their quickfire tour of Poland. Facing a Polish outfit, who have won 50 percent of their senior men’s international matches since their inception in 2018, the Dragonhearts ran riot in game one, played on Saturday evening, winning …
Words – Phil Hodgson. Pic – Simon Hall Wales U19 lifted the inaugural Tony Dale Cup – named in honour of the man who did so much to develop Rugby League in Ireland, and who sadly passed away earlier this year – with a hugely impressive 22-12 victory over an outstanding Irish side at Featherstone …
Wales Dragonhearts will break new ground this weekend when they travel to Lodz to take on a Poland XIII. Matches will be played on both Saturday (kick-off 5pm CET, 4pm GMT) and Sunday (1pm/noon), with the representatives of the Welsh community game taking a 26-man squad. It’s the first time that Wales have taken on …
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