Wales Rugby League CEO Gareth Kear has taken the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 rugby league season in Wales with immediate effect. This decision was taken after consulting all of the community rugby league clubs in an emergency meeting held on Tuesday night, and the WRL board have been informed. Further more, no structured …
Read more “Wales Rugby League officially cancel 2020 season”
The Welsh rugby league player and coach Greg Ashcroft has sadly died aged 69 following a 15-month battle with a rare form of cancer. He became famous in 1973, when as a 22-year old, he played for Dewsbury, alongside future Sky Sports pundit Mike Stephenson, as they won the RFL Championship Final (the equivalent to …
Wales Rugby League have moved onto stage three of their return to play with “touch rugby” in training now being allowed. Following discussions with Sport Wales and the Welsh Government, all are agreed that the ability to breach social distancing guidelines for organised outdoor sports is now possible, but still with certain restrictions. Contact must be kept …
Wales Rugby League National Development Manager, Mark Jones got back to the Coach Education side of his role last weekend on his two visits to community clubs. His trips to Cardiff Blue Dragons and Bridgend Blue Bulls were to assess two female and one male who were all on the Rugby League European Federation’s Level …
Read more “Coach education continues following return to training”
Wales Rugby League’s National Development Manager Mark Jones has spoken highly about how well the community clubs have followed Welsh Government and WRL procedures as they return to training. All of the clubs have designated COVID-19 officers and wardens to ensure that the protocols have been kept to, whilst 58 volunteers have achieved all four …
Read more “Mark Jones compliments clubs on their return to training procedures”
As remembered by Ian Golden. Photos by Ian Lovell. Ten years ago today, current St Helens and Wales star Regan Grace was picking up his first rugby league winners medal. This was just one half of a memorable day at The Gnoll in Neath in front of nearly 700 fans, where an Anthony Seibold-coached South …
Read more “Regan Grace – ten years of rugby league success – a memorable day in Neath”
Most community rugby league clubs in Wales are now back in training, with nearly 700 players registered with the governing body and raring to go. It is predicted that over 1,000 community players will take to the field in 2020 when safe to do so. All clubs have been following guidelines that were instructed by …
Read more “Return to training a success for Welsh community clubs”
With many community rugby league clubs in Wales returning to training this week, Wales Rugby League are now looking to grow the game further in West Wales. Llanelli Knights RLFC will be running open age sides for both men and women, as well as for girls and boys at junior level, and WRL are also …
A knee injury has forced Wales Rugby League international Rhian Stephens to call time on her career. The Blaina-based 32-year old has played in every open-age women’s rugby league match in Wales so far, starring for her club Rhondda Outlaws, her region West Wales and then playing twice for the Welsh national side, coming on …
Read more “Wales international Rhian Stephens hangs up her boots”
Alana Sargent has made history for the third time after being appointed the first ever Head of Wheelchair Rugby League Match Officials for Wales Rugby League. The Ferndale-based 37 year old was appointed head coach of the Wales Wheelchair side in 2014, after a spell in charge of Swindon St George, becoming WRL’s first ever …
Read more “Alana Sargent appointed first Head of Wheelchair RL Match Officials in Wales”
