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 …
Wales had representation in the Rugby League Challenge Cup for the first time in 14 years when UWIC (a university in Cardiff) were invited to take place in the 1998-99 competition. They lost 24-4 at Barrow Island in Cumbria but after retaining the British Student Rugby League (BUSA) Championship in 1999, they were again offered …
