By Ian Golden in Sheffield. Photo: Ian Lovell. World Champions France inflicted a record 154-6 defeat on Wales in the opening game of the Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup. Lionel Alazard got nearly a third of the points, thanks to his six tries and 13 goals, equalling 50 points, an individual World Cup record. Moustafa …
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Men’s World Cup stars, Kyle Evans, Curtis Davies and Connor Davies will be in Port Talbot this Saturday to inspire the next generation of Welsh rugby league players. The Davies twins featured in all three World Cup group games against Cook Islands, Tonga and Papua New Guinea, with Kyle Evans scoring his first try for …
Wales Wheelchair head coach Stephen Jones has named his 10-player squad to open their Rugby League World Cup campaign this Friday against World Champions France at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield (kick-off 11am). Jones makes just one change from the loss to Australia in the friendly on Saturday, with Lucie Roberts coming into …
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA 36 WALES 0 By Ian Golden in Doncaster Wales crashed out of the men’s World Cup in Doncaster as they lost to Papua New Guinea on a wet and windy night in Doncaster. The Dragons needed a 22-point win to qualify for the quarter-finals and any hope of that deficit being overcome …
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WALES 32 AUSTRALIA 18 Report by Luke Reynolds, photo by Ashley Allen/Getty Images for RLWC The Wales Physical Disability Rugby League side have emulated the 2013 Wheelchair World Cup side by beating Australia twice in one tournament. Their 32-18 win today in the third-place play-off of the tournament, is in addition to beating the same …
Wales Wheelchair have been given the warm up game that they needed ahead of their World Cup campaign as they went down 86-38 to a rampant Australia side. The match was evenly poised for half an hour, but after Wales lost their third player through injury, Australia really had the upper hand and let rip. …
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For only the third time ever, Wales have beaten Australia in a full international rugby league match. The Wales Physical Disability Rugby League side were victorious 34-20 in the PDRL World Cup, nine years after the Wheelchair side beat their Australian counterparts twice in the 2013 Wheelchair World Cup. Wales will now face Australia twice …
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Wales Wheelchair head coach Stephen Jones has named an 11-player squad for their Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup warm-up match against Australia this Saturday at Archers Arena in the Cyncoed Campus of Cardiff Metropolitan University (kick-off 2pm). Just Lucie Roberts is unavailable for the clash against the Wheelaroos. She will join the rest of the …
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Match report and photographs from Luke Reynolds. The Wales Physical Disability Rugby League side put in a brave and battling performance in their second game of their World Cup campaign, but eventually went down 32-6 to a powerful English team. On a bright and sunny Tuesday in Warrington, the Welsh team managed by Craig Fisher …
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Report by Barry Andrews at St Helens. Pic: Mark Stringer Tonga picked up their second win of the men’s Rugby League World Cup after a dominant second-half display against Wales, winning 32-6. A hat-trick from Daniel Tupou and one each from David Fifita, Keon Koloamatangi and Tesi Niu gave the Tongans the win in a …
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