Motorplus Car Supermarket to partner Wales domestic autumn international series

Motorplus Car Supermarket have partnered with the Wales Dragonhearts rugby league side for their upcoming autumn series of international matches. The Newport based company have come on board as the headline sponsor and will now be featured on all advertising material as well as on the fixture list and series programme cover. The Motorplus Autumn …

Wales Rugby League partner with VX3 and parent company Lovell Rugby

Wales Rugby League have joined forces with VX3 and parent company Lovell Rugby to announce an exciting, new long- term partnership. Under the new agreement, VX3 will provide new playing kits, performance training and leisurewear for the new season for Wales Rugby League’s (WRL) senior men’s and women’s sides, together with the elite player pathways …

Wales Dragonhearts name 27-man squad for autumn games

Wales Dragonhearts head coach Ian Newbury has named a 27-man squad for their four-match autumn series, which starts with a home game against South of England Lionhearts at The Gnoll in Neath on Saturday 26th October. The Dragonhearts then go on to face Lithuania on Sunday 10th November at Cardiff Arms Park, England Lions U23 on Saturday 16th November at Leigh Miners …

Wales Dragonhearts add match to their autumn schedule

Wales Dragonhearts have added one extra fixture to their 25th anniversary season, which now also has one amendment. The Dragonhearts, who are the representative side of the Welsh Rugby League community game, will conclude a now four-match autumn series by taking on Malta Knights at the Morganstone Brewery Field in Bridgend on Saturday 23rd November (kick-off …

North Wales set for a big representative rugby league weekend

Wales Rugby League are preparing for a big North Wales weekend with five international matches and one representative game over three locations. The event that encompasses the whole weekend is at Plas Madoc Leisure Centre in Wrexham where Wales are hosting a Wheelchair Tri-Nations tournament against England and Scotland. Wales open the event when they …

WRL, in partnership with Sporting Records Online Ltd, launches new data website

Wales Rugby League have today officially launched www.rugbyleague.wales, their new online home for Wales international rugby league stats. The brainchild of Ian Golden, the head of media at Wales Rugby League, he is providing the data through his company “Sporting Records Online Ltd” who are the official data partners for top level rugby union clubs like …

History to be made in third game of triple header Origin Day on Sunday in Neath

History will be made in Neath on Sunday where three brothers take to the field in a Wales representative side for the first time, as East Wales face West in the first match of the men’s Origin series. Liam Watton, 28, the captain of the East Wales side for the series, welcomes his brothers Shaun, …

Wales Dragonhearts to celebrate 25th anniversary with three matches

Wales Dragonhearts, the representative side of Wales Rugby League’s community game, will celebrate their 25th anniversary season with matches against North-West England Lions, Slovakia and England Lions U23. They will open their season at Sardis Road on Saturday 26th October against North-West England Lions (kick-off 3pm) in the second part of a double header of …

Wales announce their first ever women’s international rugby league matches

Wales Rugby League will play women’s international matches for the first time this autumn, taking on Great Britain Teachers, before their first ever test match against England Lions Women. Sardis Road in Pontypridd, which has hosted many big matches in the WRL calendar this year, will stage the first game, where GB Teachers will visit …

WALES DEVELOPMENT 30 NORTH-WEST ENGLAND LIONS 28

U16 DEVELOPMENT MATCH – WALES DEVELOPMENT 30 NORTH-WEST ENGLAND LIONS 28 By Sian Golden at Stebonheath Park Wales made history later in the day by fielding their first ever U16 development side and in a dramatic fiery encounter against North-West England Lions, they came back from 28-6 down to win 30-28. In the development capped …