Semi Professional Clubs - Wales Rugby League

CHALLENGE CUP REPORT : North Wales Crusaders 28 Keighley Cougars 24

by Challenge Cup, Semi Professional Clubs February 25, 2018July 26, 2019Comments are Disabled

NORTH WALES CRUSADERS completed a stunning comeback to send Keighley Cougars crashing out of the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup at the Queensway Stadium following a 28-24 victory. Mike Grady’s side trailed 24-6 at the break, however, an impressive second-half performance saw the Wrexham-based side score 22 unanswered points to book their place in the fourth round. …

Welsh referee James Jones to take charge of League 1 match

by Match Officials, Semi Professional Clubs August 1, 2017July 30, 2019Comments are Disabled

Welsh referee James Jones is making his Kingstone Press League 1 refereeing debut this Sunday when Oxford take on Hunslet at Tillsley Park in Abingdon. Jones has been in the WRL then RFL system for the last four years after transferring over from rugby union and has worked his way up the community and junior …

The match that meant everything to our national side – ten years on

by Semi Professional Clubs July 26, 2017July 30, 2019Comments are Disabled

Ten years ago today, Celtic Crusaders beat Featherstone Rovers in a National League Two game in Featherstone. That first sounds like a run of the mill game, but it put the Crusaders just two points behind Featherstone at the top of NL2 (now League 1) with a game in hand and six games remaining. It …

New owners for South Wales Ironmen

by Semi Professional Clubs July 13, 2017July 30, 2019Comments are Disabled

South Wales Ironmen Rugby League Club have new owners after the Rugby Football League approved a takeover by Andrew Thorne, the owner of West Wales Raiders RLFC, along with the board of the WRL Premier League club. The new ownership means that the club will move to Llanelli’s Stebonheath Park with immediate effect and will …

League 1 Cup Final: North Wales Crusaders 32-38 Barrow Raiders

by Semi Professional Clubs May 29, 2017October 15, 2019Comments are Disabled

NORTH WALES CRUSADERS put in a fantastic effort but were narrowly denied League One Cup final glory against Barrow Raiders. Barrow edged the thrilling showpiece 38-32 right at the death, in a topsy-turvy affair at Bloomfield Road where the lead changed hands of several occasions. Barrow took an early lead with just three minutes gone. …

North Wales Origin RL play first ever game

by North Wales, Semi Professional Clubs March 27, 2017July 31, 2019Comments are Disabled

WALES DEVELOPMENT ORIGIN MATCH NORTH WALES ORIGIN RL 24 SOUTH WALES IRONMEN RESERVES 42 A big match that will go a long way towards the development of professional players in North and South Wales, debuted last Sunday in Deeside when a competitive North Wales Origin side, in their first ever game, were beaten 42-24 by …

CHALLENGE CUP ROUND 3 REPORT – SOUTH WALES IRONMEN 4 OXFORD 18

by Challenge Cup, Semi Professional Clubs February 28, 2017August 2, 2019Comments are Disabled

By Ian Golden at The Wern for Rugby Leaguer and League Express – www.totalrl.com Exactly 107 years after the first Challenge Cup game in Merthyr Tydfil, the town held its second game in the famous old competition last Sunday and once again the away side were victorious. On February 26th 1910, the Ironmen of yesteryear …

CHALLENGE CUP ROUND 3 REPORT: GLOUCESTERSHIRE ALL GOLDS 36-18 NORTH WALES CRUSADERS

by Challenge Cup, North Wales, Semi Professional Clubs February 26, 2017August 2, 2019Comments are Disabled

NORTH WALES CRUSADERS exited the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup following a 36-18 defeat to Gloucestershire All Golds. A professional showing from the home side saw them cross the line on eight occasions as they knocked the Crusaders out of the cup for the second time in two seasons. It was the home side who opened the …

Ironmen set to equal Welsh clubs record

by Semi Professional Clubs February 15, 2017August 2, 2019Comments are Disabled

When South Wales Ironmen play their first competitive game this Sunday in the League 1 Cup they will equal a very special record – the most number of matches played by a professional rugby league club in South Wales. The Merthyr-based Ironmen, rebranded from the Scorpions, run out against London Skolars this Sunday at their …

League 1 Shield Final – Newcastle Thunder 31 North Wales Crusaders 26

by Semi Professional Clubs September 19, 2016August 3, 2019Comments are Disabled

Newcastle Thunder lifted their first trophy since 2008 on Sunday evening after edging out a pulsating Kingstone Press League 1 Shield Final 31-26, against North Wales Crusaders at Kingston Park. Scoring five tries apiece, it was a match worthy of a final that saw Thunder maintain their winning run by extending their tally to ten …