Wales Rugby League are inviting expressions of interest from players wishing to trial for the Under 18 squad ahead of the 2027 Four Nations Championship, with an eye on the 2028 European Under 19 Championship. Following a successful campaign across 2025 and 2026, culminating in third place at the 2026 European U19 Championship in Font-Romeu, …
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Girls in school years 8,9, 10 and 11 are invited to join the East Wales and West Wales Origin sides, who will train during the autumn and winter. Training will be in two areas of South Wales weekly, starting on Saturday, 3 October, with East Wales v West Wales matches proposed for Saturday, 28 November …
Wales Rugby League are inviting players in school years 8,9, 10 and 11 to trial for the East Wales and West Wales Origin sides, who will train during the autumn and winter. Players must have taken part in the WRL Junior Leagues during the 2026 season. Training will be in two areas of South Wales …
An opportunity has arisen for a new Head of Youth at Wales Rugby League. This is a part-time voluntary position. Closing date for applications – 30th September 2026. Please see the link below for details and how to apply. Head of Youth WRL
We will soon be seeing the start of a new East Wales and West Wales Origin programme, where children will be training at U14 and U16 levels, resulting in matches in 2027. Wales U16 head coach Tom Marsh will be running a coaching continual professional development (CPD) course prior to this programme. This will take …
Thanks to Chris and Kate Pronger for reporting and photographing at The Gnoll Three teams successfully retained their Wales Rugby League Junior Grand Final titles as another memorable Finals Day took place at Neath on Saturday. Swansea Rams Under 13s, South Wales Jets Under 14s and Torfaen Tigers Under 16s all lifted trophies again, having …
The schedule for the WRL Junior Grand Finals has been confirmed. Swansea Rams have created a record for reaching every final that it is possible to do so, and will compete in the U12, 13, 14 and 15 events. They did not enter an U16 side this season. All Golds from Bristol will also create …
In one of the most entertaining of Welsh performances, our U19 side showed some great skills to earn a 58-28 win over a battling Scotland side. Rhys Hughes went over for an early opening try for Wales. Charlie Newton converted. Scotland hit back after Oscar Elliott-McCulloch pounced on a loose ball for an unconverted try, …
Errors and indiscipline cost Wales U19 the match against England Lions, as we suffered a 28-16 loss at Centre de Ressources, Font Romeu in France on Wednesday. Wales were leading 16-4 and looking good for it, only for Finlay Walker to be sinbinned, which is when England scored three tries to turn the game around. …
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Wales opened their European U19 Championship match with a 52-30 win over Serbia, in what was a sometimes undisciplined but still an entertaining match. Serbia were never pushovers and were led superbly by Tyson Walker, one of four Australian-based players brought into the Serbia side for the Championships. The remainder of their side were from …
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