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 …
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 …
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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 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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf are back in a London rugby league final on Friday 26th August, taking on the same opponents as last year, but it’s not at Wembley Stadium this time around. On a memorable day at Wembley in 2015, the Cardiff-based Welsh speaking school took on and beat Wade Deacon from Widnes to …
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 …
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WALES RUGBY LEAGUE CHAMPION SCHOOLS YEAR 7 FINAL YSGOL GYFUN GYMRAEG GLANTAF 16 YSGOL GYFUN YSTALYFERA 34 By Ian Golden at Cardiff University 4G Pitch Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera will be Wales’ representatives on the road to Wembley this year after beating Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf 34-16 in the Wales Rugby League Year 7 Champion Schools …
