Wales Rugby League will host the seventh annual Wheelchair Celtic Cup on Saturday May 7 from 11.15am at Plas Madoc Leisure Centre, Acrefair, Wrexham, facing Scotland and Ireland, as they look to win their sixth successive title and also prepare for this autumn’s Rugby League World Cup. The Celtic Cup is arguably rugby league’s toughest …
Wales Wheelchair assistant coach Lyndon Price will be stepping down from his role due to personal reasons. Price, who was appointed assistant coach in 2018, has enjoyed a successful time in the position, with his coaching skills helping Wales to win three Celtic Cups. His final duties in the role will be at this year’s …
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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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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
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