PIC – Brian inducts Dai Watkins into the Wales Rugby League Hall of Fame, earlier in 2018. As 2018 draws to a close I wanted to thank everyone for their support to Wales Rugby League during the year. After returning home from RLWC2017, we faced questions about our strategy and direction following some very tough …
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The North Wales Crusaders wheelchair rugby team recently raised £1,200 in memory of Thomas Jones. The nephew of player Harry Jones, grandson of coach Steve Jones and son of youth coach Sophie Jones, died in May aged just three years old. In a fundraiser event for Charity Hope House, NW Crusaders gathered four Wheelchair Rugby …
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The former Wales Rugby League board member Martin Roscommon Roddy MBE sadly passed away on Monday night aged 63 following a 20-month battle with cancer. His wife Tessa made the following announcement early on Wednesday morning… “Poppet Martin Roddy passed away peacefully at 22:06 on Monday 2nd July 2018. It was how we had hoped …
Mark Andrew Jones, the team manager of Wales’ wheelchair side, won the Volunteer of the Year award at last night’s Wrexham Sports Awards. Jones, who is also known as MAJ, holds the same position with North Wales Crusaders’ wheelchair team. He has been involved with both teams since their inceptions and has been instrumental in …
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WHEELCHAIR RUGBY LEAGUE CHALLENGE CUP FIRST ROUND NORTH WALES CRUSADERS 84 HULL FC 44 Some people may take a second look when they see that North Wales Crusaders have beaten Hull FC 84-44 in an open age Challenge Cup game but that’s exactly what happened on Saturday afternoon in Wrexham. However this wasn’t the running …
The Wales Wheelchair Rugby League Squad have today retained the Celtic Cup in Stirling, beating Scotland Rugby League 72-0 and Rugby League Ireland 51-6. The opening match was a loss for the hosts Scotland, with Ireland winning 26-16. Against Scotland, Andrew Higgins led the way six tries and nine goals, Mark Williams scored a hat-trick …
Wales Wheelchair Rugby League team were crowned Celtic Cup champions today (Saturday 30th April) at Blackpool Sports Centre. Head coach Alana Saergent said: “We are all ecstatic to have won the Celtic Cup as it was the first time we had entered the competition. “The squad of players have shown remarkable improvement from when we …
Wales Rugby League have made history by naming a female head coach for a predominantly male national side. This is after Alana Sargent has been named as head coach of the Wales Wheelchair side that will compete in this September’s Four Nations in Medway, Kent on September 13th and 14th and ultimately the 2017 World …
By Jacqui Walker With little more than 200 days to go until the RLWC2013 kicks off at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium, the recent Easter period has been a busy time for North Wales Crusaders and Wales Rugby League. Firstly, on Friday March 29, we had a very successful and enthusiastic launch for NW Crusaders’ ground-breaking Wheelchair …
NORTH Wales Crusaders Wheelchair Rugby League, the first wheelchair side to be established in Wales, will be backed all the way by Sport Wales and Disability Sport Wales. Following on from the success of the Wales national side, who competed in the first ever Home Nations which took place in Hull last year, North Wales …
