On June 10 1975, Wales beat England 12-7 in a win that would eventually go a long way to preventing England from winning the World Cup. The 1975 World Championship, as it was known as that year, made history with Great Britain being split into England and Wales for the first time, joining Australia, New …
Following Wales under 16s beating their English counterparts for the first time ever last Saturday, Wales Rugby League CEO Chris Thair says the young talent has always been in Wales but recent results are finally making the elite clubs take notice. Nine of the 17 players in the Wales side on Saturday were under 15, …
Wales Rugby League are saddened to hear about the death of our former international player Johnny Freeman. Johnny was born in 1934 and was brought up in rugby union with the famous Cardiff International Athletic Club playing alongside Billy Boston. Both went up north at a similar time to join Rugby League, with Freeman going …
Wales Rugby League’s senior team’s preparation for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup in Australia has been given a significant boost by Sport Wales who have allocated funding support from their performance budgets to the National Governing Body for the first time in their history. Prior to this year, Sport Wales have only allocated funding …
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Welshman and Halifax Hall of Fame inductee Ronald “Ronnie” James sadly died this week. An esteemed fullback, he played rugby union for Ystalyfera RFC and Maesteg RFC in the 1950s before turning professional for Halifax, playing for them between 1961 to 1971. He became one of Halifax’s greatest players of all time, making 372 appearances, …
Ian Golden writes from the Wales Millennium Centre Former Wigan and Great Britain legend Billy Boston MBE was honoured with a BBC Wales Elite Lifetime Achievement at the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year Awards at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff on Monday night. It’s been quite a year for honours for the 82 …
David Hanson, the Labour Party MP for Delyn in North Wales, has called on the UK Government to officially congratulate Wales for reaching the finals of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup. The exact wording of the motion is “That this House congratulates the Wales Rugby League team, along with England, Scotland and Ireland, on …
A former rugby player who was once named the “hardest” player in Pontypridd RFC’s history has been given a Welsh cap – from an international fixture 36 years ago. Chris Seldon, 63, played for both rugby codes was selected to play rugby league for Wales against France and England in 1980 while he was playing …
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Wales Rugby League’s head coach John Kear has received one of the biggest awards in domestic Rugby League, that of “Championship Coach of the Year” for his work at Batley Bulldogs this year. Kear’s side topped the Kingstone Press Championship table in the initial stages of the season and they eventually made the middle eights …
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Wales Rugby League have wished their president Mike Nicholas a happy 70th birthday. Born in Margam on July 30th 1946, Nicko has done more in Rugby League in Wales than many others in the history of the game. Exactly one year older than Arnold Schwarzenegger, as a child Nicholas was already mixing with the stars …
