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 …
Coleg Y Cymoedd, a further education college in Rhondda Cynon Taff, has been awarded the status of an Accredited Rugby Football League Category 3 Academy. This award is given on a continual rolling annual basis subject to twice annual reviews being satisfactory. It means that Rugby League will be taught full-time in the college and …
CRUSADERS U16S were beaten 40-16 by Shevington Sharks in the North West Counties U16s Plate final on Sunday. The final scoreline doesn’t do the performance of the young Crusaders any justice, as they lost to a decent Wigan-based Shevington side. A poor spell just after half-time cost North Wales dearly and allowed the Sharks to …
DANNY Richardson, Calvin Wellington and Regan Grace are the latest youngsters to agree extended contracts with the Saints. Wellington and Grace started their Rugby League with the WRL run South Wales Academy and have played under the Scorpions banner. Both are Wales junior internationals. Half Back Danny, 19, has inked a three year deal with …
UNDER 15 FINAL – TORFAEN TIGERS 24 CARDIFF CITY RL SPARTANS 20 Torfaen Tigers and Cardiff City Spartans fought out a 10-try thriller in the WRL under 15 Final but it in the end it was Jon Watkins’ two conversions for the Cwmbran based side that was the difference. A Karling Claridge try in the …
Two former East v West Wales under 15 origin Rugby League players have wished the current crop of youngsters good luck as they take to the field this Sunday at Cardiff Arms Park as part of Big Welsh Derby day. East take on West at both under 14 and 15 levels in Cardiff with the …
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Wales Rugby League’s first Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence (AASE) programme students have officially graduated following a prestigious ceremony at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. The AASE was delivered as a partnership of Wales Rugby League, Maesteg Comprehensive School, Wigan Warriors and Coleg y Cymoedd. The Maesteg Academy at Maesteg Comprehensive school was home to …
