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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By Ian Golden Thirty years ago today, on Sunday 27 October 1991, Wales were taking on Papua New Guinea in Swansea in a match that relaunched the Welsh men’s national side as we know it. Before that historic game, it was a seven year and 13 day gap between games. After Wales had lost to …
Ahead of Wales Women’s first ever home test-ranked match in five days’ time, Wales Rugby League have announced their first set of heritage numbers for this elite international side. Wales take on Ireland at Stadiwm Zipworld in Colwyn Bay this Sunday (kick-off 2.30pm) in their first test-ranked match on home soil, but played their first …
Jodie Boyd-Ward will create Wales Rugby League history on Saturday as she becomes the first ever female skipper of a predominantly male international side, when she co-captains Wales Wheelchair against Ireland at Glyndwr University in Wrexham on Saturday (kick-off 12.45pm). The 29-year old, who helped Leeds Rhinos to the Super League and Challenge Cup double …
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Ffion Lewis has been appointed captain of the Wales women’s side for the test match against Ireland on Sunday 17th October at Stadiwm Zipworld in Colwyn Bay (kick-off 2.30pm). Tickets for the match can be bought by going to wrl.wales/tickets. Lewis became Welsh rugby’s 100th dual code international (as in someone who has played for …
