South Wales Hornets’ and Wales Student international Louis Singleton finally has chance to reflect on a rollercoaster month. The hooker, along with club, country and university teammate Simon Wright, linked up with Great Britain Pioneers Rugby League on the tour to Poland immediately after being crowned Student Four Nations champions with Wales. “It all happened …
Wales Rugby League are sad to announce that following a year-long battle against cancer, one of our former pioneers of the game, Dr Phil Melling, died overnight on Friday. Our condolences go out to his family and friends. He leaves behind his wife Sue, three children, Tom, Kirsten and Hannah and a grandchild. Born in …
Five Wales students starred in the Great Britain Students Rugby League side this Saturday as they recorded an historic 10-4 win over Australia Students in Brisbane. One of the Welshmen, Chris McNamara (Loughborough University) was Man of the Match with Mark Wool (Leeds Met), Patrick Evans (Gloucester University) and brothers Owain and Iwan Brown (both …
Wales relinquished their Student Regional Championships title to the Midlands last weekend but they did win the consolation Plate Final, beating Yorkshire 7-0. Patrick Evans scored the only try of the game that was converted by Scott Amber. In the dying moments of the game, Amber added the extra point with a superbly executed field …
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UWIC’s Rugby League side have been promoted to the University League Premier South which is the second level down in the British Student competition underneath the Super 8. They beat Nottingham Trent 46-32 in the promotion play-off final on Wednesday in Birmingham to qualify. Simon Wright led the way with a hat-trick of tries, the …
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UWIC’s Rugby League side clinched the BUCS Wales and West title on Wednesday after destroying University of Gloucestershire 2nds 40-0. This scoreline is made all the greater as Gloucester are second in the BUCS Wales and West division and are seen as the Welsh side’s nearest rivals so this result therefore serves as an indication …
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Four Welshmen have been selected for the Great Britain Students Rugby League side for their two matches against Australia next week. Kris Wilkes from North Wales who studies at Llandrillo College and has signed for Rochdale Hornets and Marl Wool from Pontyclun who studies at Leeds Met and played for Leeds Rhinos’ reserves this year, …
Wales Students deservedly won the SRL Regional Championships at Nottingham University defeating the holders North West in a tough and exciting final by 14 points to 13. Containing only two members of last seasons British Championship winning team Wales once again rose to the occasion to win the tournament for the first time in their …
By Ian Golden at Cyncoed Stadium Witnessed by a large crowd at UWIC’s Cyncoed Stadium, the Welsh derby in the preliminary round of the Carnegie Challenge Cup turned into a classic as Valley Cougars held on for a narrow 20-18 win. The Welsh champions now travel to Portsmouth next Sunday to face the Royal Navy …
By Mark Tattersall UNIVERSITY of Wales Institute Cardiff were bombed out of rugby league’s Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Challenge Cup by the RAF yesterday. The students, reigning British Universities champions, proved no match for the reigning Inter-Services Cup holders as they shipped 40 points in their first-round tie at RAF Holton, near Aylesbury. It is the second …
