Organised junior competitions in South Wales started in earnest in 2008 largely thanks to the impending Super League promotion for Celtic Crusaders and the development opportunity it provided. For a number of years, clubs were set up fielding sides at random age-groups, but recently these have now settled into club formats with the most of the current set-up feeding into an open-age side.
These leagues have been breeding grounds for many Super League players and Welsh internationals, including Lloyd White, Elliot Kear, Gil Dudson, Ben Flower and Regan Grace, the latter a try-scoring winner in an under 14 Final in 2011.
Grand Final Day is always one of the highlights of the WRL season in South Wales and a history of this can be seen below.
UNDER 17 GRAND FINALS
2008 Blackwood Bulldogs 28 Newport Titans 24
2009 Penallta Storm 56 Neath Port Talbot Steelers 30
2010 Penallta Storm 20 CPC Bears 18
2011 Penallta Storm 54 Panthers 8
2012 Penallta Storm 40 Treharris Phoenix 28
2016 Cardiff City RL 30 Torfaen Tigers 22
2017 Cardiff Blue Dragons 38 Torfaen Tigers 4
2021 Cardiff Blue Dragons 24 Aber Valley Wolves 22
UNDER 15 GRAND FINALS
2008 Cardiff Demons 16 NPT Steelers 14
2009 Neath Port Talbot Steelers 35 Swansea Dragons 14
2010 Penallta Storm 32 Panthers 28
2011 Panthers 30 Tydfil Wildcats 10
2012 Penallta Storm 36 Neath Port Talbot Steelers 20
2013 Aber Valley Wolves 38 Bridgend Blue Bulls 28
2014 Casnewydd Saints 30 Gwendraeth Valley Raiders 22
2015 Torfaen Tigers 24 Cardiff City RL Spartans 20
2016 South Wales Rabbitohs 86 Torfaen Tigers 12
2017 West Wales Raiders 42 Torfaen Tigers 6
2018 Aber Valley Wolves 46 Cardiff Blue Dragons 40
2021 Aber Valley Wolves 20 Cynon Valley Cavaliers 18
UNDER 14 GRAND FINALS
2011 NPT Steelers 30 Bridgend Blue Bulls 16
2012 Panthers 30 Aber Valley Wolves 18
2013 Aber Valley Wolves 36 Penallta Wolves 10
2014 Cardiff Spartans 28 Neath and District Spartans 12
2015 SW Rabbitohs 48 Aber Valley Wolves 10
2019 Bridgend Blue Bulls 38 Cynon Valley Cavaliers 14
2022 Aber Valley Wolves 12 Torfaen Tigers 10
2023 Bridgend Blue Bulls 30 Aber Valley Wolves 20
2024 Cynon Valley Cavaliers 16 Aber Valley Wolves 10
UNDER 13 GRAND FINALS
2008 Newport Titans 22 Valley Cougars 10
2009 Panthers 34 Swansea Dragons 8
2010 Neath Port Talbot Steelers 28 Bridgend Blue Bulls 24
2011 Penallta Storm 38 Bridgend Blue Bulls 26
2013 Neath and District Scorpions 36 Cardiff Spartans 20
2015 Bridgend Blue Bulls 20 Aber Valley Wolves 16
2016 Aber Valley Wolves 52 Torfaen Tigers 20
2017 Bridgend Blue Bulls 18 West Wales Raiders 14
2018 Aber Valley Wolves 22 Bridgend Blue Bulls 18
2021 Cynon Valley Cavaliers 22 Bridgend Blue Bulls 6
2024 Cynon Valley Cavaliers 34 Torfaen Tigers 10
UNDER 12 GRAND FINALS