Netherlands v Wales to be streamed live

Wales Rugby League are delighted that we are able to stream Saturday’s Women’s Rugby League World Cup Qualifier against Netherlands live on our YouTube and Facebook pages. The match kicks off at 3pm BST. It’s a massive match for our Wales Women’s side at Rugby Club Purmerend. A win or even a defeat by 12 …

Wales PDRL side named for tomorrow’s match in Swansea

Wales PDRL head coach Rob Davies has announced his side to face the World All Stars side at St Helens in Swansea this Friday (kick-off 7.30pm). Physical Disability Rugby League is a running, mixed contact adaption of Rugby League played by players with a range of impairments that limit their mobility or coordination, and this …

Jess Booth talks about their Wales debut

North Wales Crusaders’ Jess Booth became the first-ever out non-binary player to win a Wales Rugby League cap when they played for the Wales Wheelchair side in Ireland the weekend before last. The 22-year old was selected after a series of outstanding performances for their North Wales Crusaders club over the last two years, and …

Carfan Cymru: Women vs. Netherlands

Wales Women’s head coach, Tom Brindle, has named a 19-player squad to face the Netherlands in Purmerend on Saturday (kick-off 4pm local time/3pm Welsh time), as Wales look to make history and qualify for a first-ever Women’s World Cup. Bethan Dainton leads the side after her player of the match contribution against Ireland in April …

Wales to take on England in two Student internationals

England and Wales Students will clash in a two-match series starting later this month, with the old rivals meeting in home and away games. Wales will host England on Sunday 30th June at Aberavon Harlequins RFC, kick-off 3pm, in the first game of the series. Then six days later on Saturday 6th July, England then …

Craig Davies selected as European U19 match official

Wales Rugby League’s Craig Davies has been selected to be a match official in the European U19 Championships later this year. He will also be the man in the middle for the Wales U16 international against Scotland on June 30 at Chester RUFC. Davies has officiated in rugby league matches in Wales since 2021, taking …

RIP Norman Dawkin

Wales Dragonhearts “original”, Norman Dawkin, who played in the first-ever international match in this category 30 years ago, has died aged 67 after a long battle with cancer. Heritage number 11 for the Dragonhearts, the representative side of the community game in Wales, his appearance against England on March 27, 1994 was his only capped …

Caron reflects on Wheelchair Celtic Cup and looks to the future

We may have lost our grip on the Wheelchair Celtic Cup last weekend, but head coach Alan Caron insists that the sport of Wheelchair Rugby League is thriving in Wales. Ireland won the trophy after beating both Scotland and Wales in the gruelling six-hour three-match event that was held in the University of Galway on …