Gwylio’r Cymry – mixed fortunes for Welsh in cups.

Words: Ian Golden, Pic: Harry Lowery The 1895 Cup kicked off last weekend with North Wales Crusaders cruising to their second big win in successive weeks, this time winning 60-0 at Newcastle Thunder. Welsh-qualified Paddy Jones was in the Crusaders side with George Birch playing for Thunder. Elsewhere in the competition, which only had three …

Men’s Challenge Cup round-up 2025 R2

Words – Ian Golden. Pic – Picture by Olly Hassell/SWpix.com The men’s Betfred Challenge Cup reached its second round stage last weekend, and there was a lot of Welsh international presence. Our own North Wales Crusaders, who fielded Paddy Jones, sailed into the third round with a 52-0 win at Cornwall. The home side had …

Wales Dragonhearts travel to Poland this weekend

Wales Dragonhearts will break new ground this weekend when they travel to Lodz to take on a Poland XIII. Matches will be played on both Saturday (kick-off 5pm CET, 4pm GMT) and Sunday (1pm/noon), with the representatives of the Welsh community game taking a 26-man squad. It’s the first time that Wales have taken on …

Wales Dragonhearts beat Germany in Port Talbot

WALES DRAGONHEARTS 56 GERMANY 12 Ian Golden at Aberavon Harlequins Full timeline at https://bit.ly/3YFaXM3 Wales Dragonhearts did enough in the first hour to overcome a spirited Germany side in Port Talbot on Saturday. The representatives of the Welsh community game were 56-0 up on 63 minutes before letting their German counterparts in for a couple of …

Gwylio’r Cymry – Will Evans assists Haven’s hopes

Ian Golden reports on the weekend’s action featuring our elite Welsh internationals and hopefuls. Pic: SW Pix. The big game of the day came in the RFL Championship where Whitehaven achieved an 18-10 win at Dewsbury Rams, despite travelling with the just the one sub, who was our own Will Evans. Dewsbury, with Curtis Davies …

Gwylio’r Cymry – Jodie leads Leeds to league leaders

Ian Golden and Harry Jones round up last weekend’s action from our Welsh international and hopefuls. Pic: John Victor Sports Photography Jodie Boyd-Ward scored a last minute try for Leeds Rhinos against Halifax to secure Leeds the Wheelchair Super League League Leaders’ Shield for the fifth time in five seasons, with two games to go …

Welsh winners all weekend – Gwylio’r Cymry

Whilst the Wales Women’s side were qualifying for the World Cup, plenty of players from our already qualified Wheelchair side and not yet qualified men’s, were also in action last weekend. In Wheelchair, there was action in the WRL and RFL leagues. In England in the Super League, Scott Trigg-Turner helped London Roosters to a …

Triple delight for Crusaders plus Welsh Women prepare for Netherlands – Gwylio’r Cymry

Ian Golden and Harry Jones report on how our Welsh internationals and hopefuls performed last weekend. Photo: Phil Green Photography North Wales Crusaders created their own piece of history at the weekend after their men, women and wheelchair sides won in the same weekend for the very first time. The Wheelchair side secured a 73-39 …

Big first weekend of June for WRL sides

It’s a big weekend for rugby league in Wales, all over the country, and over the Irish Sea. In North Wales on Saturday, all roads lead to Parc Eirias in Colwyn Bay where North Wales Crusaders take on Oldham in the men’s Betfred League 1 (kick-off 5pm). Crusaders will be boosted by the return of …

Cardiff and Crusaders battle out a classic – Gwylio’r Cymry

Ian Golden looks back at how our elite players fared last weekend. The match of the weekend was in Caerphilly when Crusaders Celts edged out Cardiff Blue Dragons 41-40 in the WRL Wheelchair Invitational League. The match ended up as a battle between the two experienced internationals in Scott Trigg-Turner, Wales’ newly appointed co-captain, and …