Welsh speaking schools dominated the Wales Rugby League Champion Schools Finals winning all bar one of the 2014 contests at Senghenydd RFC on Friday. Ysgol y Strade took the year 8 and 9 titles, newcomers Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf won in the year 10 competition while stalwarts Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni won in year 11. …
At a time when Wales Rugby League is burgeoning with quality players in their youth set ups, you could be forgiven for thinking that these players are likely to be concentrating solely on their own careers. Nevertheless, two players for the Maesteg-based South Wales AASE Academy have been assisting in the development of youngsters as …
North Wales Crusaders will launch a new U13s side with a trials and development day at Mold Alun High School on Saturday 10 May. The Crusaders already run an established U15s, who play fixtures in the English North West Counties League, and the proposed new U13s side is the next step in the club’s youth …
PARC-Y-Tywyn came through a great final at The Gnoll, Neath, on Sunday to win the Wales Rugby League Primary Schools Cup. The tournament, run in conjunction with South Wales Scorpions, saw a great number of talented boys and girls on show and Parc-Y-Tywyn reached the title the hard way by winning by a single try …
By Gary Baker at The Gnoll, Neath RUGBY League was the big winner at The Gnoll, Neath, on Friday as ten teams from across South Wales played outstanding stuff at the Champion Schools Finals. It was the first time that all five finals were played on the same ground and on the same day and …
WALES Rugby League have launched the latest initiative to help youngsters into the sport with a new West Wales Regional Performance Development Centre in Whitland. Robert Newsome OBE, headteacher of Ysgol Dyffryn Taf in Whitland, Caermarthenshire, Mark Rowley, general manager of the Wales Rugby League, and Andy Coley, liaison manager for Wigan Warriors attached to …
THE DELAYED Street Rugby Finals Day in North Wales will kick-off next Wednesday (September 26) at Queensway Sports Stadium, Wrexham. The finals were delayed from earlier this month but are now ready to go with teams from across the region coming together for a day of rugby action. It all starts at 6pm, with pick-up …
IT was not to be for Ystalyfera’s Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg at the National Schools finals in Bradford on Thursday but coach Ioan Bebb said: “They can be proud of what they have achieved.” Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg went down in the Year Ten final to tough Wakefield school Outwood Grange at the famous Odsal Stadium. But …
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WELSH YEAR 10 CHAMPION SCHOOLS FINAL – YSTALYFERA 42 CWM RHYMNI 18 Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Ystalyfera have become the first ever Welsh speaking side to reach a National Rugby League Final after beating fellow Welsh speaking school Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni 42-18 in the semi-final of the Year 10 Champions Schools competition at The Gnoll …
YEAR 8 WELSH FINAL – PENCOED 32 ST JOSEPH’S (NEWPORT) 14 Pencoed were made to work for their win against a spirited St Joseph’s side to become Year 8 Welsh Champions. They took the lead in the second minute after Josh Raikes caught an excellent cross-field kick. Brendon Thrasher converted well from the touchline. Raikes …
