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 …
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 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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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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 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 …
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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 …
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 …
