A family of four made rugby league history in Cwmbran on Saturday when father and son took on mother and daughter in a Wales Rugby League Wheelchair Invitational League match writes Ian Golden. Paul Sargent and his son Lee, both Wales internationals, lined up for eventual 62-34 winners Torfaen Tigers, with former Wales head coach …
Wales Rugby League will be going back to North America next year when the Wheelchair international side will play two tests against the USA. Wales will take on their hosts at Myrtle Beach Sports Center in South Carolina on Friday, February 2 (kick-off 7pm local time) and Saturday, February 3 (3pm) in what will be …
There’s a big weekend ahead for Wales Rugby League with three international matches, the third round of the WRL Wheelchair Invitational League, Men’s Origin and a League 1 play-off game. Wales are in action in three different disciplines – male U16 and U18 plus Physical Disability Rugby League (PDRL). The PDRL international match is against …
Ian Golden, Harry Jones and Andy Morgan review the weekend’s action in matches that featured Wales internationals and hopefuls. Pic: SW Pix Lucie Boyd-Ward couldn’t claim her fourth Wheelchair Challenge Cup winners medal. She scored a try (pictured), but her Leeds Rhinos side were beaten by Catalans Dragons on Sunday. Also on Sunday, a number …
On Saturday, North Wales Crusaders Wheelchair bid farewell to one of their most loyal and passionate players, the Wales captain Stuart Williams, as he departed for a new life in New Zealand. In His farewell game, at Deeside Leisure Centre, Stuart captained the Crusaders for the final time as his side took on Super League …
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Harry Jones reports from Crook Log Leisure Centre in Leisure Centre in London Home side Argonauts edged out Cardiff Blue Dragons 48-30 in a competitive encounter, where the Welsh side made history having a mother and daughter score in the same game for the first time in WRL history. Fourteen-year old Libbie Sargent scored twice …
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There’s another big weekend of Wheelchair Rugby League coming up, with Wales skipper Stuart Williams saying goodbye on Saturday and the second round of Wales Invitational League fixtures on Sunday. Williams, 38, has won 32 caps for Wales, scoring a Welsh record 66 tries in the process. He also jointly holds the Welsh record for the …
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Ian Golden, Harry Jones and Barry Andrews review the weekend’s action in matches that featured Wales internationals and hopefuls. Pic: Dewsbury Rams All six North Wales Crusaders Wheelchair players were fully capped Welsh internationals when they recorded a club record win on Sunday, hammering Bradford Bulls 118-6 victory, securing them the Championship League Leaders Shield, …
Old met young today in the first day of Wales Rugby League’s new Invitational Wheelchair Rugby League when North Wales Crusaders beat Cardiff Blue Dragons 58-20 in the first-ever game. The league rules state that only one current full international player can be on the field at one time during a game, leading to an …
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The next IRL Rugby League World Cup will take place in the Southern Hemisphere in 2026, with men’s, women’s and wheelchair tournaments to again be played alongside each other, with Wales confirmed as having already qualified for the Wheelchair World Cup. An IRL board meeting in Singapore has agreed to shift the World Cup from …
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