Ian Golden reviews the weekend’s action in matches that featured Wales internationals and hopefuls. Pic: Wakefield Trinity Player-coaches were in action on the weekend with important victories being secured. Wakefield Trinity finished top of the PDRL Super League leaders shield after beating local rivals Castleford Tigers 8-6 in the first of their festival games. Wales’ current…
U18 INTERNATIONAL SCOTLAND 26 WALES 24 Barry McGuffog at Stags Rugby Club Wales recovered from going 24-4 down after an hour to Scotland in Grangemouth, but a late penalty gave Scotland only their third win over Wales at this level. Scotland took an early 4-0 lead through an unconverted Nathan Preston try, only for Wales…
A 17-player Wales Rugby League Physical Disability Rugby League squad has been named to take on England in Llandovery on Saturday 2 September (kick-off 3pm). This will be the first fixture since the inaugural PDRL World Cup with Wales coming third after beating Australia in the third-place play-off. The two nations met in the World…
With Wales soon to face England in a Physical Disability international match, the full details of which and the Wales squad will be announced soon, fans will probably be able to catch glimpse of some Wales players in action in a new Channel 4 one-off special on Friday at 11.05pm called “Grow Another Foot”. In…
Ian Golden and Andy Morgan review the weekend’s action in matches that featured Wales internationals and hopefuls. The first Wheelchair Rugby League match of the year in South Wales took place on Saturday, when Torfaen Tigers lost to Hereford Harriers 44-14. Refereed by new Wales coach Alan Caron and former head coach Alana Sargent, Hereford’s…
Harry Jones, Andy Morgan and Ian Golden look back at last weekend’s elite rugby league action that had a Welsh presence… The Physical Disability Rugby League season kicked off last weekend with a festival at Robin Park Arena in Wigan. Wales internationals Justin Martin, Paul Jones, Connor Rice and Tyma Hughes (above) played for Salford…
Wales Rugby League have named their Team of the Year for 2022. We wanted to do a team of 17, but in the end, felt we needed to recognise more, so we did “an NRL style” 21-player squad release. We also wanted to be inclusive and not just concentrate on our three elite sides, so…
After we reported last week that a record number of players took part in rugby league in Wales in 2022, we’d like to reflect on the successes that those players achieved, be that trophy wins or participation at a high level. Internationally, we ran eight sides and played 35 international matches. The Wales Wheelchair side…
WALES 32 AUSTRALIA 18 Report by Luke Reynolds, photo by Ashley Allen/Getty Images for RLWC The Wales Physical Disability Rugby League side have emulated the 2013 Wheelchair World Cup side by beating Australia twice in one tournament. Their 32-18 win today in the third-place play-off of the tournament, is in addition to beating the same…
For only the third time ever, Wales have beaten Australia in a full international rugby league match. The Wales Physical Disability Rugby League side were victorious 34-20 in the PDRL World Cup, nine years after the Wheelchair side beat their Australian counterparts twice in the 2013 Wheelchair World Cup. Wales will now face Australia twice…
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