This is an urgent call. Our Wales Wheelchair side is crowdfunding for the World Cup, and we still only have a small percentage of our target raised. We have just two days left on our Crowdfunder at https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/wrl-wheelchair-team-road-to-world-cup-2026 The Wales Rugby League (WRL) Wheelchair National team is made up of the best players …
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It’s 100 days until Wales start their Wheelchair World Cup campaign, when we take on England at WIN Entertainment Centre in Wollongong on Friday 30th October, just 90 minutes south of Sydney. The match, which kicks off at 3.30 pm local time (4.30 am GMT), is the second match in the tournament, immediately following the …
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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 …
International Rugby League has announced that the Men’s, Women’s and Wheelchair World Cups will continue to be played together, with the three disciplines to again be staged concurrently in 2030. A meeting of the IRL Board on Tuesday decided that the 2030 World Cup should maintain the same format as RLWC26 in Australia, New Zealand and …
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 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 …
