The fourth season of the WRL Wheelchair League starts on Sunday 8th February with a truncated competition as a curtain-raiser to a big year ahead. There are four Welsh clubs in this season’s opening tournament, two of them new to the fold. It all starts with a double header of matches at Sue Noakes Leisure …
Both North Wales Crusaders’ sides landed home draws against Super League clubs in the Betfred Challenge Cups after the draws were made today at the DIY Kitchens Stadium, Wakefield. In the first round of the Wheelchair Challenge Cup, the Crusaders will take on Wigan Warriors, who could field one of their former players in Mark …
Wales Wheelchair will be holding open trials for our international side on Saturday 17th January from 12pm-4pm at Plas Madoc Leisure Centre, Llangollen Rd, Acrefair, Wrexham, LL14 3HL. This is ahead of our World Cup in Australia in October/November, plus the Celtic Cup in Edinburgh in May. All players must be Welsh qualified (Welsh born/lived …
Wales Rugby League have appointed Dave Abel as their second assistant coach for the Wheelchair international side, as we prepare for this year’s World Cup. Abel will work alongside Gary Taylor as assistant coaches to head coach Alan Caron The 35-year-old completes the set of Celtic sides, having previously been assistant coach with Ireland and …
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We are saddened to announce that former Wales Wheelchair assistant coach and Torfaen Tigers head coach Lyndon Price has died today aged 65. Lyndon was a great servant to Wheelchair Rugby League in Wales, working as assistant coach for the Wales international side from 2018-21. He was the first head coach of Hereford Harriers Wheelchair …
The draws for the 2026 Rugby League World Cups have been made, with Wales set to open their campaigns against England in both the Women’s and Wheelchair events. In their other group matches, Wales Women will be breaking new ground by taking on both the World Champions, Australia, plus Samoa for the first time, whilst Wales …
Wales won a hard-fought match against the UK Armed Forces, with every player giving their all. Scotty Turner gave Wales the lead on five minutes, converting his own try. The Forces soon struck back with a James Simpson-Hill try that Tristan Norfolk couldn’t convert but he made up for that by grounding from the next …
Wales Wheelchair side head coach Alan Caron has named a squad of 10 to face UK Armed Forces on Saturday at Allam Centre in Hull (Kick-off 2pm). The squad was solely selected from those who attended the recent training session and there’s just one change from the side who competed in this season’s Celtic Cup. …
In an intense game, that was worthy of a Cup Final, North Wales Crusaders worked hard for a tight win over their South Wales rivals. It was a slower pitch than both sides were normally used to, but that made the match more of a thriller as it was tougher for anyone to break through. …
It’s the final game in the WRL Wheelchair domestic season this Saturday at Caerphilly Leisure Centre, when Torfaen Tigers take on North Wales Crusaders in Cwpan Sialens Cadair Olwyn, the Welsh Cup Final (kick-off 11.30am). The Tigers finished as league leaders title winners with a one-hundred percent record, but the Crusaders won last week’s Grand …
