Wales Women to take on England at Headingley

Wales will take on England in a Women’s international at AMT Headingley Rugby Stadium on Saturday November 2 (kick-off noon). The match will be a double header with a men’s international between England and Samoa. This will be the fourth clash between England and Wales in women’s rugby league and the third to take place …

Men’s Rugby League World Cup qualifiers announced

Wales men will travel to France at the end of October in our first step towards qualifying for the 2026 Rugby League World Cup in Australia and Papua New Guinea. We will take part in a straight knock-out tournament, facing Serbia in the semi-final in Carcassonne on Tuesday 22 October. If we win that match, …

Australia to host the 2026 World Cup

International Rugby League has announced that Australia will host the most competitive and culturally rich IRL Rugby League World Cup in 2026, featuring Men’s, Women’s and Wheelchair tournaments. RLWC2026, which has been awarded to the Australian Rugby League Commission by the IRL Board, will be contested by a total of 26 teams – comprising of …

Tyma Hughes enjoying his time with Wales PDRL

Wales Physical Disability Rugby League (PDRL) international Tyma Hughes is loving being able to play rugby, over 20 years after being told he could never take part in physical sport. The 41 year old was both with diastematomyelia which is a form of spina bifida and causes paralysis on the left hand side of his …

2024 Masters Tri-Series heading for Ireland

Rugby League Ireland and the Irish Masters team have announced that they will be hosting the 2024 Tri-Nations Festival, with Wales and England the visitors to The New Forge Sports Centre, Belfast on Saturday 16th November. The festival is being held in Ireland for the first time, following the events in 2021 in Leigh East, …

Wales Students face England at Aberavon Harlequins on Sunday

Wales Students will take on England Universities on Sunday at Aberavon Harlequins in the first of a two-legged encounter (kick-off 3pm). The return match is being played at Stanningley in Leeds next weekend. These fixtures replace the Four Nations that was cancelled this year after Scotland and Ireland were unable to compete. Both sides have …

Ten years since Commonwealth bronze

Ten years ago today, Wales won rugby league bronze in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Well, not quite. It was a demonstration event held a few weeks before the games properly started. These often happen for sports that are being monitored as potential full events in future games. Wales entered again in 2018, taking sixth …

Welsh winners all weekend – Gwylio’r Cymry

Whilst the Wales Women’s side were qualifying for the World Cup, plenty of players from our already qualified Wheelchair side and not yet qualified men’s, were also in action last weekend. In Wheelchair, there was action in the WRL and RFL leagues. In England in the Super League, Scott Trigg-Turner helped London Roosters to a …

We’ve done it – Wales qualify for the Women’s World Cup Finals

Wales Women have qualified for the Rugby League World Cup Finals at the first time of asking after beating the Netherlands 48-6 in Purmerend. They join the Wales Wheelchair side in the 2026 series of events, which will be held in the southern hemisphere. Wales needed to avoid a 12-point defeat to win the group …