Wales have been ranked in the International Rugby League Women’s rankings for the first time in their history, entering the table in 13th, whilst Wales Wheelchair have retained their long-standing position as third in the world. The Wales women’s side played two matches in 2021, taking on England and Ireland in their first-ever test ranked […]
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Rugby League World Cup ball to be named after Clive Sullivan
Alongside match ball supplier Steeden, Rugby League World Cup have today (8 December 2021) revealed that the official tournament ball will honour our own former Wales and Great Britain international Clive Sullivan MBE. The ‘Sully Ball’ will be used in all 61 RLWC2021 matches across the men’s, women’s and wheelchair tournaments. The match ball has […]
World Cup fixtures confirmed for Wales men and wheelchair
With one year to go to the RLWC2021 finals, the revised schedule for 2022 has been published in full. Wales men kick off against Cook Islands on Wednesday 19 October at Leigh Sports Village. Their full fixtures can be found at https://rugbyleague.wales/wales-fixtures-and-results. The Wales wheelchair side then kick off their campaign on Friday 4 November […]
Wales Masters take to the field this Sunday
After two false starts, due to Covid, Wales Masters will at last take to the field this Sunday when they’ll take on England, Ireland and Canada in a Four Nations festival at Leigh East’s ground at Leigh Sports Village (1pm start). Masters will be Wales Rugby League’s 10th representative side. Since the last World Cup year […]
Aberavon to host Physical Disability Rugby League trials
Wales Rugby League are holding open trials for their Physical Disability World Cup side at Aberavon Green Stars RFC on Saturday January 22 at 2pm. The Green Stars ground of Little Warren is the traditional home of Aberavon Fighting Irish who came back into the rugby league fold last year. The first session will give […]
World Cup fixtures to be released on Friday
All 32 teams across the 21 nations participating in the men’s, women’s and wheelchair competitions have fully committed to the tournament which will kick off on 15 October at St James’ Park, Newcastle The rescheduling has impacted only 5 matches (4 match-days) across the 61-match schedule General admission tickets and hospitality for all 61 matches […]
Junior development in Wales could reach new highs following development programme launch
It’s a big happy 18th birthday to this season’s Wales U17 captain Lewis Pinder. We couldn’t have done a similar birthday wish 21 years ago, as at that time, there was no junior rugby league development in Wales. This week however, we’ve proved that there’s an appetite for junior rugby league in Wales for 12 […]
Wales name squad for Wheelchair international v Scotland this Saturday
Wales Wheelchair head coach Stephen Jones has named a nine-player squad for the test against Scotland at Glyndwr University in Wrexham this Saturday (kick-off 12.45pm). Against Ireland a fortnight ago, Jones fielded an experimental line-up and he’s doing the same this weekend, with just Jodie Boyd-Ward, Mark Williams and Harry Jones remaining from the 62-48 […]
Wales v PNG 1991 remembered
By Ian Golden Thirty years ago today, on Sunday 27 October 1991, Wales were taking on Papua New Guinea in Swansea in a match that relaunched the Welsh men’s national side as we know it. Before that historic game, it was a seven year and 13 day gap between games. After Wales had lost to […]
Wales Women’s side heritage numbers announced
Ahead of Wales Women’s first ever home test-ranked match in five days’ time, Wales Rugby League have announced their first set of heritage numbers for this elite international side. Wales take on Ireland at Stadiwm Zipworld in Colwyn Bay this Sunday (kick-off 2.30pm) in their first test-ranked match on home soil, but played their first […]