Wales will take on Jamaica in a senior men’s rugby league international at The Lextan Gnoll in Neath on Tuesday 15th October (kick-off 7.30pm). The match takes place a week before we start our Men’s World Cup qualifying campaign and four days before Jamaica fly to Canada for their next match. We face Serbia in …
Wales men will travel to France at the end of October in our first step towards qualifying for the 2026 Rugby League World Cup in Australia and Papua New Guinea. We will take part in a straight knock-out tournament, facing Serbia in the semi-final in Carcassonne on Tuesday 22 October. If we win that match, …
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International Rugby League has announced that Australia will host the most competitive and culturally rich IRL Rugby League World Cup in 2026, featuring Men’s, Women’s and Wheelchair tournaments. RLWC2026, which has been awarded to the Australian Rugby League Commission by the IRL Board, will be contested by a total of 26 teams – comprising of …
Wales Women’s head coach, Tom Brindle, has named a 19-player squad to face the Netherlands in Purmerend on Saturday (kick-off 4pm local time/3pm Welsh time), as Wales look to make history and qualify for a first-ever Women’s World Cup. Bethan Dainton leads the side after her player of the match contribution against Ireland in April …
Wales Women’s head coach Tom Brindle has announced a 36-player train-on squad for the Women’s Rugby League World Cup qualifiers. The Welsh open their campaign against Ireland at Cardiff University Sports Park on Saturday 27 April (kick-off 2.45pm). They will then travel to face either Netherlands or Italy on Saturday 22 June in their final …
Brogan Evans and Cymru captain, Bethan Dainton (pictured), are relishing the opportunity to make history and qualify for a first Rugby League World Cup. Dainton led her country for the first time against France in the Autumn, and less than a week later, Evans made her international debut against England at Headingley. As both prepare …
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Wales will host Netherlands enjoy a trip to Greece later this year in the qualifiers for the 2025 Women’s Rugby League World Cup. They’ll complete their campaign in May 2024 with an away match against Turkey. It’s the first time Wales will have played any of these sides at full international level. These fixtures, part …
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Wales Rugby League Men will take on France, Italy and Spain in group B of the European Championship 2023. The winners of the group will face the top ranked side in group A in the final on the weekend of November 10-12. Group A consists of top seeds England, alongside Ireland, Scotland and Serbia. The …
Wales Rugby League have named their Team of the Year for 2022. We wanted to do a team of 17, but in the end, felt we needed to recognise more, so we did “an NRL style” 21-player squad release. We also wanted to be inclusive and not just concentrate on our three elite sides, so …
Wales Wheelchair captain Stuart Williams has been named in the “Team of the Tournament” for the Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup. Leading by example, Williams played in all four of Wales’ matches during the campaign, scoring a hat-trick of tries against USA and one try against England. This increased his Welsh record try total to …
