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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The Summer Smash schedule has been confirmed, with six community clubs now taking part in the day. Pic: Captured by Kate The JES Rugby League Conference takes centre stage with matches between Aberavon Fighting Irish and Rhondda Outlaws (kick-off 1pm) and Bridgend Blue Bulls v South Wales Jets (kick-off 4pm), but in between these two …
Wales U19 head coach Gary Dunn has confirmed his 23-player squad for the European Championships in France, that start next Sunday 12th July, with a match against Serbia (kick-off 6pm local time). A total of 20 players have been developed through the community clubs in Wales, where around 2,500 youngsters play every summer. Most of …
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Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr Year 7 Girls dominated the second half to storm to a 28-10 win over Castleford Academy to become just the second Welsh school to win a Girls’ Champion Schools final. This completes a perfect season for the school side, after being unbeaten in the group stages and having won all Welsh …
