Following long discussions with management and coaching staff, Wales Rugby League captain Lee Briers has announced that he will be retiring from International Rugby after the completion of the Gillette Four Nations tournament. The match on Sunday against Australia at the Glyndŵr University Racecourse Stadium in Wrexham (kick-off 5.45pm), will be the last time that …
Veteran half-back Ian Watson is hoping Australia field their strongest team for their final Gillette Four Nations group game against Wales as he prepares for his international swansong. The 35-year-old Swinton scrum-half won a record-extending 30th cap in Wales’ 36-0 defeat by New Zealand at Wembley but has confirmed that, if selected, next Sunday’s clash …
Wales dual-code international rugby player Gareth Thomas has announced today his retirement from all forms of rugby with immediate effect meaning that he will miss out on Wales’ Four Nations campaign. Thomas said: “I have listened and discussed this decision with many of my family and close friends. My mind has told me that the …
Wales Dragonhearts were honoured at the South Wales Scorpions’ second annual presentation night at The Gnoll on Saturday where a full house of 120 turned up to see awards given to three major sides in the area. Joining the Scorpions were players from Wales Dragonhearts and Crusaders under 18s as another successful year of development …
Five Wales students starred in the Great Britain Students Rugby League side this Saturday as they recorded an historic 10-4 win over Australia Students in Brisbane. One of the Welshmen, Chris McNamara (Loughborough University) was Man of the Match with Mark Wool (Leeds Met), Patrick Evans (Gloucester University) and brothers Owain and Iwan Brown (both …
Cardiff today (Monday) played host to the first of a series of a series of seminars to outline the Host City Selection Process for the Rugby League World Cup in 2013. Towns and cities across the UK will learn from these seminars as to how they can benefit from their involvement in what looks to …
Wales are officially the joint hosts with England in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup where they will take on the Cook Islands for only the second time. This was determined following the draw today (Tuesday) when the World Cup was officially launched at Manchester’s new MediaCityUK development. The Cook Islands encounter will be a …
Wales Rugby League’s Executive Chairman Mark Rowley has said that qualifying for the Four Nations is bigger than Wales Rugby Union winning the Six Nations. Rowley was in France watching Wales beat the hosts 12-11 to retain the Alitalia European Cup and qualify to face England, Australia and New Zealand next year. Lloyd White’s penalty …
Departing South Wales Scorpions’ coach Anthony Seibold is delighted at that so many of his players from the Scorpions 2010 squad have made it into the Wales side this year. The Welsh national side are playing their first ever international match at The Gnoll in Neath, the home of the Scorpions, on Sunday when they …
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Should Ian Watson walk onto the pitch for Wales against Italy on Sunday in Wrexham (kick-off 2pm), it will be a record breaking 27th appearance for him in the Welsh shirt. Watson made his debut for Wales in 1995 against USA in Philadelphia and now, 15 years later, he is set to beat Jim Sullivan’s …
