Wales Dragonhearts have added one extra fixture to their 25th anniversary season, which now also has one amendment. The Dragonhearts, who are the representative side of the Welsh Rugby League community game, will conclude a now four-match autumn series by taking on Malta Knights at the Morganstone Brewery Field in Bridgend on Saturday 23rd November (kick-off […]
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Wales Dragonhearts to celebrate 25th anniversary with three matches
Wales Dragonhearts, the representative side of Wales Rugby League’s community game, will celebrate their 25th anniversary season with matches against North-West England Lions, Slovakia and England Lions U23. They will open their season at Sardis Road on Saturday 26th October against North-West England Lions (kick-off 3pm) in the second part of a double header of […]
Cardiff v Rhondda women’s match kicks off a busy weekend of rugby league in Wales
The first women’s open-age club rugby league match in Wales will take place this Saturday when Cardiff Blue Dragons host Rhondda Outlaws at Glamorgan Wanderers RFC (kick-off 1pm). Cardiff named their side following training on Wednesday evening and they can’t wait for this encounter, which will be played before the men’s game between the two […]
Wales international Ian Newbury appointed Dragonhearts head coach
Wales Rugby League international Ian Newbury has been appointed as the new head coach of Wales Dragonhearts, the representative side for the community rugby league game in Wales. The 32-year old played three times for the Dragonhearts in 2013, scoring four tries, before winning his lone full cap in 2016 in Wales’ drawn friendly match […]
Wales Students name their squad for Edinburgh Four Nations
Wales Students head coach Paul Emanuelli has named his 20-man squad for the forthcoming Four Nations competition, which is to be played at Edinburgh University from June 22-30. His side won their final warm-up match on Sunday, a 40-22 defeat of Welsh Premier League side Rhondda Outlaws at Sardis Road, and that helped him make […]
Double and quadruple headers to kick off Welsh Premier and junior leagues
The Wales Rugby League domestic season kicks off this weekend with matches at four venues over two days. Cardiff Blue Dragons host a double header of matches at Riverside Park in Llanrumney where their A side host Valley Cougars A in the Welsh Premier League (kick-off 1.15pm) before the first team faces Gloucestershire All Golds […]
WRL Grand Finals to be held in Pontypridd
Wales Rugby League are pleased to announce that their 2019 Grand Finals Day will be held at the Sardis Road stadium in Pontypridd on Sunday 11th August. The home of Pontypridd RFC and Rhondda Outlaws RLFC, the stadium held last year’s successful quadruple header Grand Finals event as well as the student international Four Nations tournament. There […]
WRL chairman Brian Juliff’s New Year’s Eve message
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 […]
Ebbw Vale celebrate their championship
In 1909, Ebbw Vale won the first ever Welsh League. Here’s how the Merthyr Express reported on it at the time… FOOTBALL The Northern Union Game CHAMPIONS V. REST OF WELSH LEAGUE Ebbw Vale, the champions of the Welsh Northern Union League, met a team representing the rest of the clubs in the […]