Ten years ago today, Wales won rugby league bronze in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Well, not quite. It was a demonstration event held a few weeks before the games properly started. These often happen for sports that are being monitored as potential full events in future games. Wales entered again in 2018, taking sixth …
The Wales Rugby League domestic season opens this Saturday at Penallta RFC with a seven-team Nines tournament as Rhondda Outlaws defend their trophy that they won two years ago. The first game, between hosts South Wales Jets and their local rivals Torfaen Tigers, kicks off at 10am. All sides play each other once, played on …
Ian Golden rounds up last weekend’s action that featured Wales internationals and hopefuls. Jude Ferreira was the star of the week, scoring four tries to lead Hunslet to a 26-18 win over Keighley Cougars. His team-mate, Billy Walkley continued his amazing scoring run, running in two tries for Keighley but it wasn’t enough this week, as …
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Words: Ian Golden, Picture by Olly Hassell/SWpix.com Cardiff Demons won three out of three in Warrington in the third annual Super League Women’s 9s to qualify for finals day in July. In their first match against Hull Kingston Rovers, the Demons won 33-6, opening the scoring after three minutes through a Sioned Young try. Rovers …
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Ian Golden, Harry Jones and Andy Morgan review the weekend’s action in matches that featured Wales internationals and hopefuls. Pic: SW Pix In the third of Wheelchair Super League’s “Magic Rounds”, four tries from Scott Trigg-Turner helped London Roosters to a 38-30 win over Wigan Warriors in Manchester with Jason Owen kicking five goals. This …
Rhondda Outlaws won the first revitalised South Wales Men’s Community Nines tournament, beating Aber Valley Wolves, Aberavon Fighting Irish and hosts Black Dragons at Banwen Rugby Club in their round robin matches to lift the trophy. The tournament was supposed to end with a final between the top two sides, but injuries had seen Aberavon …
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The 19th South Wales Rugby League domestic men’s season kicks off this Saturday morning at Banwen RFC with a Nines competition featuring four clubs – Aber Valley Wolves, Aberavon Fighting Irish, Rhondda Outlaws and the hosts, Black Dragons. The sides will face each other in a round-robin before the two top sides contest the final, …
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Cardiff Demons competed well in the inaugural RFL Women’s Rugby League Nines in Warrington, winning their first two games, but came short in the deciding group match against group favourites York City Knights. York, along with the other group winners, St Helens, Leeds Rhinos, Catalans Dragons and Huddersfield Giants, will now play in a finals …
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Cardiff Demons have accepted an invitation to compete in the National Women’s Rugby League Nines next Sunday May 1 at Victoria Park in Warrington. The Nines competition has been introduced to provide a new exciting playing format to the current players, allowing teams from different tiers of the women’s game to compete against one another …
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Wales Rugby League’s head of media Ian Golden has published an eight-page update to his charity publication, “100 Months of Rugby League in Wales” that was launched in May this year. This has been produced as a PDF – Click to download here. The update, which now ensures that the whole of the 2010s is chronicled, …
