PIC – Brian inducts Dai Watkins into the Wales Rugby League Hall of Fame, earlier in 2018. As 2018 draws to a close I wanted to thank everyone for their support to Wales Rugby League during the year. After returning home from RLWC2017, we faced questions about our strategy and direction following some very tough …
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Wales Rugby League have appointed Great Britain legend Lee Crooks as their new under 16 international side’s head coach. The 55-year old will work in this role alongside his current positions in rugby league in Hull, where he is Director of Rugby at St Mary’s College and also assists with the development programmes at City …
Kel Coslett has become the fifth player to be inducted into the Welsh Rugby League Hall of Fame. He follows Billy Boston, Gus Risman, Mike Nicholas and David Watkins who were inducted over the last few years. The presentation occurred at half-time of the recent Rugby League World Cup qualifier between Wales and Ireland which Wales won to qualify for …
Former Wales Rugby League captain John Mantle has died at the age of 76 after a long illness. Heritage #273 for Wales, he won 16 caps, seven of which were in the 1975 World Cup, including the infamous Battle of Brisbane, where he came on as a substitute in Wales’ 12-7 win over England. He led …
Wales booked their place at the 2021 Rugby League World Cup with a 40-8 victory over Ireland in Wrexham on Sunday. What have we learned from their success? THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT One thing that stands out from this year’s tournament is that the future of rugby league in Wales is bright. John Kear named …
Main photo (left to right): Heath Roberts, PowerEPOS technical director, Craig Poskitt, Wales Rugby League commercial director and Tony Franklin, PowerEPOS sales director Electronic point of sale (EPOS) company PowerEPOS have become the official EPOS and payments partner of Wales Rugby League. Their logo will go above the number on the back of Wales’ shirts for …
Header photo. Back row (left to right): Chris Thair, Wales Rugby League chief executive, Tim Strange, Utility Alliance senior indirect business development manager, and Craig Poskitt, Wales Rugby League commercial director. Front row (left to right): Vicky Boynton and Sadie Wise, both Utility Alliance. Wales Rugby League is delighted to announce Utility Alliance as its …
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Elliot Kear will captain Wales during this autumn’s European Championship as they aim to qualify for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. The 29-year-old will follow in the footsteps of his former Whitchurch High School classmates Sam Warburton and Gareth Bale, who have captained Wales in rugby union and football respectively. Kear, who is currently …
Former Wales and Great Britain international winger Roy Francis became the 136th entrant into the “Welsh Sports Hall of Fame” last night. The citation to induct Francis was read by Carolyn Hitt, the presenter and producer of the recent BBC Wales documentary “Rugby’s Codebreakers”. The award was received by Roy’s son Geoff. Francis became famous …
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Wales captain Craig Kopczak has announced his retirement from international rugby league. The current skipper of Salford Red Devils, the 31-year old has also turned out for Bradford Bulls, Halifax and Huddersfield Giants in this, his 13th season in the professional game. Wales heritage #442, he made his debut on October 28th 2007 in Wales’ 50-10 …
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