North Wales Crusaders deliver community programme

North Wales Crusaders Community has recently delivered its community educational programme which was led by Conrad Anderson. The programme started by attending Ysgol Cefn Mawr during it’s “Healthy Living Week” where Anderson delivered short workshops on rugby league ball skills. These short sessions were delivered to Keystage 1 and Keystage 2 children. Commenting on the …

WRL community cap presentation evening held

Wales Rugby League held their annual community cap presentation evening last Saturday at the University of South Wales in Trefforest. There to receive their caps were members of the East and West Wales squads from under 13, 15 and senior levels, as well as the Wales Dragonhearts side who toured Serbia. The trophy for the …

WRL chairman Brian Juliff’s New Year’s Eve message

PIC – Brian inducts Dai Watkins into the Wales Rugby League Hall of Fame, earlier in 2018. As 2018 draws to a close I wanted to thank everyone for their support to Wales Rugby League during the year. After returning home from RLWC2017, we faced questions about our strategy and direction following some very tough …

Lee Crooks appointed Wales under 16 head coach

Wales Rugby League have appointed Great Britain legend Lee Crooks as their new under 16 international side’s head coach. The 55-year old will work in this role alongside his current positions in rugby league in Hull, where he is Director of Rugby at St Mary’s College and also assists with the development programmes at City …

YEAR 9 CHAMPION SCHOOLS FINAL – GLANTAF 28 MIRFIELD 0

YEAR 9 CHAMPION SCHOOLS FINAL YSGOL GYFUN GYMAREG GLANTAF 28 MIRFIELD FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL 0 By Ian Golden at Richmond Athletic Association Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf shrugged off last year’s Final disappointment to produce a perfect performance in every way as they beat Mirfield Free Grammar School 28-0 in the Year 9 Champion Schools Final …

WRL praise legacy left by work by Jones and Ellis

Wales Rugby League bosses have praised the legacy left by the former junior development managers Allen Jones and Jon Ellis who collectively engaged over 40,000 new people to play Rugby League in Wales during their time in office. Schools, clubs and junior representative rugby have all developed under their stewardship and both were instrumental in …

Ystalyfera wedi ennill Cwpan Ysgolion Cymru bl 7

Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera yw pencampwyr blwyddyn 7 Rygbi XIII Cymru am yr ail flwyddyn yn olynol yn dilyn rowndiau terfynol a gynhaliwyd yng Nghaerffili brynhawn dydd Mercher. Tair ysgol wnaeth wynebu ei gilydd mewn tair gem hanner awr, felly nid oedd yn bosib cael buddugwyr tan ornest ddiwethaf y prynhawn. Roedd y dair ysgol yn …

Glantaf lose for the first time but effort superb

YSGOL GYFUN GYMRAEG GLANTAF 14 WADE DEACON HIGH SCHOOL 16 By Ian Golden at Athletics Ground, Richmond It was an outstanding effort from Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf in the Year 8 Champion Schools Final but in the end they lost by just the one conversion to Wade Deacon, losing out 16-14. The Widnes school gained …

Cefn Mawr and Ysgol Bryn Coch win in North Wales

The 2015-16 school year in North Wales ended with the 2016 Crusaders Cup Touch Rugby League Grand Final Day at Queensway Stadium Wrexham where Cefn Mawr and Ysgol Bryn Coch ended up taking home the trophies. The Grand Finals were the culmination of a number of qualifying tournaments through the spring which ended with a …