Keith Barnes, one of the greatest Welsh-born rugby league players never to play for Wales, has died aged 89. Born in Port Talbot, Wales on 30 October 1934, he was 15 years old when his family emigrated to Australia in 1948 to Wollongong where Barnes learned rugby league at Wollongong High School, having only played …
Former Wales Rugby League captain Lewis Jones has died aged 92 following a short illness. His club Leeds Rhinos reported earlier today that he had passed away peacefully in his sleep after a short illness. He was Wales Rugby League’s oldest surviving international player. Benjamin Lewis Jones became Wales’ 24th captain when he led us …
We were sorry to learn about the sudden passing of our former international Mark Moran at the age of 59. Mark played for Wales via the heritage rule. Hailing from Widnes. he was a product of the Simms Cross club. He also played at Wembley in 1975 in the traditional U12s curtain-raiser to the Challenge Cup …
We were sorry to hear that former Wales captain Bill Francis died this afternoon aged 76. Bill was Wales’ 30th captain, leading us six times, the first being against France in February 1977 against France, deputising for the injured Dai Watkins. He was the first heritage player to ever captain Wales. Born in Featherstone, he …
We were sad to hear that former Great Britain international, the Welsh-born Malcolm Price, died yesterday aged 86. Malcolm played rugby league during a time where Wales played few games so he didn’t ever win a Wales RL cap. He was however capped twice by Great Britain, both on the Kangaroos tour in 1967, and …
Everyone at Wales Rugby League was really shocked to hear about the sudden passing of former Wales Dragonhearts and Wales U19 international Dale Tucker, aged just 32. Hailing from Newport, Dale last played for Torfaen Tigers in 2021 and his last ever sports match was this recent Saturday when he turned out for Newport Saracens …
We were sad to hear about the passing of Cardiff Blue Dragons player Alexander “Alec” Martin, who lost his battle with cancer on the morning of December 11, aged 25. Alec was an integral part of the Wheelchair Rugby League side at Cardiff. He played just three games but was the club’s top try scorer …
We were sorry to hear about the recent passing of Graham Jones at the age of 91. He was our second oldest surviving Welsh international. He played just once for Wales, against France, in Toulouse, on 1st March 1959, where he scored a try in our 25-8 reversal. Because the match had not been recognised …
All at Wales Rugby League were sad to hear that Phil Davies, who founded South Wales Scorpions RLFC and was chairman for its first four years died this morning following an illness. A big fan of rugby league and a successful businessman from the Port Talbot area, Phil was also on the WRL board during …
Everyone at Wales Rugby League is so sorry to hear about the sudden passing of Masters international player Dave Ward, who died this morning aged just 41. Dave was born in Salford in 1982 and played rugby as soon as he could pick up a ball supporting his local team Salford Red Devils. Moving …
