Leading African nation Ghana will see a further boost to its capacity through a week-long visit next week by IRL tutor James Jones, who is also the head of Wales Rugby League’s match officials. The deployment coincides with the American ROOTS Rugby Family and Nigeria tours to Accra. Ghana was one of three African nations …
Wales Rugby League’s match officials Craig Davies and James Jones were recently involved in the U19 European Championships in Belgrade. Davies was touch judge for the first round match between Serbia and Ukraine, refereed a semi-final between France and Scotland then ran the line again for England v France. He said: “It was great to …
Wales Rugby League’s Craig Davies has been selected to be a match official in the European U19 Championships later this year. He will also be the man in the middle for the Wales U16 international against Scotland on June 30 at Chester RUFC. Davies has officiated in rugby league matches in Wales since 2021, taking …
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Free Match Officials Course next Monday. Come online between 7pm and 9pm on Monday 20 May from 7pm-9pm and you could earn £55 per game for officiating, paid on the day. Open for anyone aged 14 upwards. James Jones, head of match officials in Wales says: “Without referees, there is no game! We are all …
James Jones, the head of match officials at Wales Rugby League, has decided to concentrate purely on Wales from now on after retiring from the English professional game. The last match he officiated for the Rugby Football League was justly in Wales, as he took to the middle for the Challenge Cup first round clash …
Referees are vital to our game. Do you want to become a rugby league match official? The next Wales Rugby League match officials course of the year will be online on Monday 19th June 7pm – 8.30pm. Register below…
European Rugby League have appointed Kristoff Young of Wales to referee Saturday’s Women’s International between England and France at the Halliwell Jones Stadium in Warrington. Aaryn Golding-Belafonte and Dean Bowmer will be Touch Judges for the Women’s international, with Ryan Cox the Video Referee. Young said: “It’s a massive honour to be appointed to officiate …
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The first Wales Rugby League match officials course of the year will be on Sunday 22nd January at a South Wales at Glyncoch Sports and Social, home of Rhondda Outlaws, from 9am-2pm. Please register your interest at https://wrl.wales/match-official-course-registration-form WRL will be building on 2022, a year that was exciting and successful for our match officials. …
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It’s not just the Welsh players who have been impressing at the U19 Rugby League European Championship. For the first time, Wales have sent two match officials to a major international rugby league tournament, with Rob Apsee and Kristoff Young representing WRL in Italy. The big news that Young has been selected to referee tomorrow’s …
The match officials have been announced for the international weekend with Wales’ James Jones appointed to referee the big women’s clash between England and France in Warrington on Saturday. Jones, who made his international rugby league refereeing debut last year, making him a unique dual code international referee, is delighted to be officiating in the …
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