Former Wakefield Trinity, St Helens and Wales International Anthony Walker has been appointed as the new head coach of the Wales under 19 rugby league side. He will lead the under 19s in the forthcoming European Championships and will remain as head coach of the side until at least December 2020. The 26-year old retired …
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Wales Rugby League held their annual cap presentation night at the University of South Wales on Saturday evening where almost 100 regional and international caps were handed out to players who took to the field in 2017. First the players who took part in the annual East v West Wales games were rewarded. East Wales …
Seventeen under 15s and 16s Rugby League players from Wales have now been snapped up by Super League sides for their academy systems. This includes 11 of the Wales under 16 side who beat England last week for the first time ever, winning 18-10 in Cardiff. Twins Ewan and Ieuan Badham from West Wales Raiders …
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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, …
UNDER 17 FINAL – CARDIFF BLUE DRAGONS 38 TORFAEN TIGERS 4 A very strong Cardiff side, half of whom had already played first team, beat an understrength Torfaen outfit to win the under 17 final. Luke Jenkins scored the opening try on ten minutes just left of the sticks, which was converted by Jac Powell. …
Wales Rugby League bosses have praised the legacy left by the former junior development managers Allen Jones and Jon Ellis who collectively engaged over 40,000 new people to play Rugby League in Wales during their time in office. Schools, clubs and junior representative rugby have all developed under their stewardship and both were instrumental in …
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WELSH UNDER 17 GRAND FINAL CARDIFF CITY RL 30 TORFAEN TIGERS 22 By Ian Golden at Caerphilly RFC In the most competitive game of junior Welsh Grand Final day, two tries in the last three minutes gave Cardiff City RL a dramatic 30-22 win over Torfaen Tigers in the under 17 encounter. Torfaen took the …
South Wales Scorpions will be rolling out the award winning Embed the Pathway (ETP) programme in schools outside England for the first time. The programme is being run as part of the club’s on-going commitment to developing the game in the region, and this announcement is being made following close work with Wales Rugby League …
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The Rugby League Academy at Coleg Y Cymoedd will soon transfer from Wales Rugby League to South Wales Scorpions, in alignment with all the other category 3 academies in the UK which are all linked to professional clubs. Wales Rugby League’s Chief Executive Officer Chris Thair said: “Wales Rugby League put a lot of time, …
Wales Rugby League are celebrating a successful second annual caps presentation evening at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff where with over 500 in attendance, international players at most levels below the senior side were presented with the caps that they won in 2015. Players from the Wales under 16, 18, Students and Dragonhearts (pictured) sides …
