There’s a festival of Masters Rugby League on Saturday at Cardiff Arms Park when a combined Cardiff Blue Dragons/North Wales Buccaneers side take on Leyland Warriors at 12.20pm before Wales face Ireland at 1.40pm. Admission is just £5. The matches are being timed so attending fans can watch the men’s Challenge Cup Final with the …
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The next IRL Rugby League World Cup will take place in the Southern Hemisphere in 2026, with men’s, women’s and wheelchair tournaments to again be played alongside each other, with Wales confirmed as having already qualified for the Wheelchair World Cup. An IRL board meeting in Singapore has agreed to shift the World Cup from …
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Wales have regained third place in the new Wheelchair World Rankings after winning their seventh successive Celtic Cup in Edinburgh last month, leapfrogging Australia. Under new coach Alan Caron, who has returned to the job after playing for Wales at last year’s World Cup, the defending Celtic Cup champions drew with Ireland and beat Scotland …
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Words: Andy Morgan. Pics: Mark Stringer/Siwan Williams Wales under 16s and 18s both enjoyed success against their Irish counterparts in an international double-header at Rhyl on Saturday. WRL president Mike Nicholas MBE witnessed both games. He said: “The teams performed great pace and high levels of physicality synonymous with pure rugby league, without any elements …
By Ian Golden Wednesday 19th July, yesterday as I write this, will go down in history as one of the most important dates in Wales Rugby League history. It’s when a statue of Billy Boston, Clive Sullivan, and Gus Risman was unveiled in Cardiff Bay in front of hundreds of people, including their families (the numbers of which …
The statue celebrating three legendary Wales Rugby League legends, Billy Boston, Clive Sullivan, and Gus Risman will be unveiled during a public ceremony in Landsea Square in Mermaid Quay on Wednesday 19thJuly at 11am. The general public are invited, all are welcome. All three players featured on the statue grew up within a three-mile radius …
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England Universities won their 14th Student Rugby League Four Nations title in Pontypridd on Saturday as they hammered Wales Students 80-6 in a highly charged game in Pontypridd. Wales had all the loud vocal support from the other Celtic nations as well as the local fans from community clubs, but it was England who took …
Scotland were down to a bare 17 after suffering three injuries on Sunday, and whilst they held their own for the first 40 minutes, they struggled after the break, suffering a 48-18 loss to England. It means England are in pole position to win a 14th Student Four Nations title when they take on Wales …
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Scotland and England will play out what may be a Four Nations decider on Wednesday afternoon (kick-off 3.30pm) as they open day two of the Student Rugby League Four Nations at Pontypridd RFC. The two auld enemies won their opening matches on Sunday in convincing fashion and with Scotland looking for their first ever title, …
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Words: Ian Golden, Pic: Ian Lovell England produced a solid start to their Student Four Nations defence when they saw off Ireland 46-0 in the opening match in Pontypridd on Sunday afternoon. Ireland started well and nearly scored, Ellis Keppel was held up over the line. However, the momentum went England’s way after Jamie Gill …
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