Around the Leagues: January 31-February 2
In our first Around the Leagues report of the 2020 season, we take a look at how senior Wales internationals got on with their clubs in the opening round of rugby league fixtures.
Steve Jones wins Wheelchair Rugby League Coach of the Year
Wales Wheelchair and North Wales Crusaders Wheelchair head coach Steve Jones has won the first Wheelchair Rugby League Coach of the Year Award. Jones (pictured) had an outstanding 2019 with club and country. He coached North Wales Crusaders to a creditable third in the Wheelchair Super League, only behind Grand Finalists Leeds Rhinos and Halifax, …
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Wales draw Spain and Ireland in the 2020 European Championships
Wales Rugby League fans will be looking forward to an autumn trip to Spain, following the draw for the 2020 European Championships that was made today. This, the 34th edition of the European Championships, is returning to the six-team two-group format that was popular in four tournaments in the early part of this century, with …
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Men’s European Championship to expand this year
The draw will take place in Serbia on Friday evening (7pm, CET 8pm) for the expanded men’s 2020 European Championships, which will feature four levels of competition for the first time. In the senior Championship, holders France, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, who last won the Championship in 2015, will be joined by Italy and, for …
Men’s and wheelchair teams find out World Cup opponents
Wales Rugby League’s men’s and wheelchair teams have discovered who they will face at the 2021 Rugby League World Cup.
Wales Wheelchair captain and coach, plus North Wales Crusaders, up for awards
Wales Wheelchair rugby league’s captain Stuart Williams and head coach Steve Jones, are both up for honours at the inaugural Wheelchair Rugby League awards on Friday 31st January at Emerald Headingley in Leeds. Williams, who is also Wales’ top test try scorer with 41, is one of eight players who have been nominated for the …
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Wales Rugby League Students announce partnership packages and England friendly
Wales Students Rugby League are looking for sponsorship for their packed 2020 programme where they’ll play seven matches, four in Wales and three in Ireland. The representatives of the Welsh academic structures will play four friendly matches, all at Nelson RFC in South Wales, before making the trip to Ireland for the Four Nations from …
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Lizzie Jones, widow of former WRL international Danny Jones, awarded MBE
Wales Rugby League chairman Brian Juliff has congratulated Lizzie Jones after she was also awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours list. Her award is in addition to WRL president Mike Nicholas, who was also given an MBE. Lizzie’s husband, the Welsh international Danny Jones collapsed and died from an undiagnosed heart defect while playing …
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Mike Nicholas awarded MBE in The 2020 Queen’s New Year honours list
By Ian Golden Wales Rugby League’s president Mike Nicholas has been awarded an MBE in The 2020 Queen’s New Year honours list for his services to rugby league. Nicholas, 73, born in Port Talbot in 1946 and known to almost everyone as “Nicko”, has been actively involved behind the scenes for Rugby League in Wales …
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FREE update to the WRL charity publication
Wales Rugby League’s head of media Ian Golden has published an eight-page update to his charity publication, “100 Months of Rugby League in Wales” that was launched in May this year. This has been produced as a PDF – Click to download here. The update, which now ensures that the whole of the 2010s is chronicled, …
