By Ian Golden at Burnby Road, Portsmouth The Royal Navy sneaked into the second round of the Carnegie Challenge Cup on Sunday lunchtime after overcoming a second half surge by Valley Cougars to win 38-28 in an outstanding game of rugby league. The Nelson-based side, most of whom had travelled down to Portsmouth the night…
By Ian Golden at Cyncoed Stadium Witnessed by a large crowd at UWIC’s Cyncoed Stadium, the Welsh derby in the preliminary round of the Carnegie Challenge Cup turned into a classic as Valley Cougars held on for a narrow 20-18 win. The Welsh champions now travel to Portsmouth next Sunday to face the Royal Navy…
Celtic Crusaders are hoping to draw a Super League side in the Fourth Round of the Carnegie Challenge Cup after beating National Conference Premier outfit, Eastmoor Dragons 50-10 in Bridgend on Saturday evening. The Crusaders made hard work of beating a plucky Dragons side in this, a good old-fashioned bruiser of a Cup tie which…
By Ian Golden at Taff’s Well RFC Cardiff Demons went out of the Powergen Rugby League Challenge Cup at the first hurdle on Sunday as they lost 12-28 to a well-disciplined Walney Central side. Walney took the lead after only five minutes. After a penalty conceded 20 metres out, Graham Newby broke down the left…
By Ian Golden at Aberavon Greenstars Despite a gallant effort by the home side, making their debut in the Challenge Cup, Ince Rose Bridge ran out comfortable winners by in this first round tie at the seaside ground scoring four tries to the Irish’s one. In Stuart and Frank Cassidy, Rose Bridge had players with…
There couldn’t have been a trickier tie for Cardiff Demons as the draw sent us up to National Conference League Division One side, Shaw Cross Sharks who were right in the middle of their season. The game attracted a lot of interest in Yorkshire, so much so that it was agreed to switch the tie…
AGAINST all the odds, the future for rugby league in Wales is brighter than ever before. That is the opinion of the sport’s development officer in South Wales, former Gateshead Thunder forward Stuart Singleton. Rugby union going open was heralded in many quarters as the death of the 13-man code in Wales, as the supply…
By Clive Harrison at Cougar Park IN the battle of the Cougar packs at Cougar Park it was no contest as the home team took charge from the opening whistle to inflict an overwhelming defeat on their visitors from South Wales. In atrocious conditions it was Cardiff who had the wind and driving rain at…
Rhodri Thomas who played in the game said: “The second round was played at UWIC Rugby League’s home ground at Llandaff and was featured on BBC television‟s Grandstand with Ray French on the sidelines. Our 18-10 win was probably the shock of the round as Rochdale Mayfield were a very good side. We had some…
Because the RFL wanted a non-university Welsh side in the competition, Leeds Met University, who UWIC beat in the 1999 BUSA Final took the student place and Richard Hodges, the new rugby league development officer for Wales, contacted UWIC and asked if they could put a team on the park, but not under the name…
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