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 …
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. …
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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Wales Rugby League’s head coach John Kear has received one of the biggest awards in domestic Rugby League, that of “Championship Coach of the Year” for his work at Batley Bulldogs this year. Kear’s side topped the Kingstone Press Championship table in the initial stages of the season and they eventually made the middle eights …
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The support that North Wales Crusaders RLFC have received from Wales Rugby League has been much welcomed by the club’s board. The League 1 club has recently seen the departure of a few key players after the Crusaders board publicly sought new investment to address its financial challenges. After a recent run of good results …
South Wales Scorpions will be rolling out the award winning Embed the Pathway (ETP) programme in schools outside England for the first time. The programme is being run as part of the club’s on-going commitment to developing the game in the region, and this announcement is being made following close work with Wales Rugby League …
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