Tom Brindle has named his squad to face England in Saturday’s historic World Cup match in Perth (7.35 AM BST, 2.35pm local). Hannah Bluck will become an international in a fourth different sport having been named at centre, while Canterbury Bulldogs captain, Tayla Preston starts at scrum-half alongside Ffion Lewis at stand-off, who will become …
Wales head coach, Tom Brindle, has named his 23-player squad for a history-making first appearance at the Rugby League World Cup this October. Captained by Bethan Dainton, the squad includes three players who turned out in the first ever game for Wales RL Women – Leanne Burnell, Kathryn Salter and Emily Hughes. Burnell is one …
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This Sunday sees three big Grand Final matches where eight of our potential Rugby League World Cup stars will be taking part. North Wales Crusaders are going for Championship Grand Final glory at Belle Vue Leisure Centre in Manchester (kick-off 2.30pm) as they look to win this title for a third time. They take on Rochdale …
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Following medical advice, Ffion Jenkins has retired from rugby league. Red Thread number 48, Ffion made her debut against France in 2023 and pulled on the Welsh shirt seven times, including in the history-making World Cup qualifier against Netherlands in 2024. “It has been an incredible journey and an absolute honour to have represented Wales,” …
Welsh supporters can watch both of our sides live on TV throughout our 2026 Rugby League World Cup campaigns. All of Wales Women and Wales Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup group matches will be shown live on Premier Sports back home in Cymru, giving supporters the chance to follow both teams as they take on …
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In the penultimate edition of our monthly “World Cup Watch” articles, we look at how our squad hopefuls in the women’s and wheelchair games performed over the last month. Wales have named a 15-player wheelchair training squad, and ahead of their camp at the end of this month, many players have been in action. Stuart …
Canada pulled out all the stops to beat Wales, with their defence excelling throughout the game. Wales looked to have more possession and more attacks, but their visitors always had an answer for everything that was thrown at them, with full-back Petra Woods and substitute Tamisha Toussaint especially excelling. Canada, coached by former Wales men’s …
A former Wales World Cup player will be looking to defeat Wales tomorrow at The Gnoll when Wales take on Canada in a women’s international (kick-off 3pm). Canada, whose women’s side are playing in Wales for the first time, are being coached by Matty Barron, a former Toronto Wolfpack captain who won 10 caps for …
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Wales Women’s head coach Tom Brindle could hand as many as four players their international debuts when his side faces Canada at The Gnoll in Neath this Sunday (kick-off 3pm). London Broncos’ Jade Mullen, along with Zoe Heeley, Frances Layton and Sioned Young of Cardiff Demons, are all in line to earn their first Wales …
This Sunday’s big World Cup warm-up match between Wales and Canada will also include a curtain raiser, with the events starting at 11.30am. Wales Women will take the centre stage at 3pm, when Tom Brindle’s side play their first warm-up match ahead of the World Cup, but earlier in the day, there’s an U14 Girls’ …
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