Cardiff-born Marc Lovering has joined the non-executive board of directors at Wales Rugby League. Lovering works at the Rugby Football League in England as the Director of Participation and Development, and has always maintained a keen interest in rugby league in his country. He said: “I am delighted to be given the opportunity to join …
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Wales Rugby League have launched their new training T-shirt with the profits going to the NHS. Made by the WRL’s official clothing suppliers VX3, the exclusive limited edition T-shirt is priced at just £30 for adult sizes and £25 for children, with £7.50 from the sale of each shirt going directly to the NHS. All …
Following the announcement that the 2020 Coral Challenge Cup Final will be postponed from its scheduled Wembley date of July 18, the RFL today confirms the cancellation of the Warners Champion Schools competitions. A number of Welsh schools were still involved in the knockout stages of this RFL-run competition, including the Year 7 road to …
For the last two weeks, the general public have been invited to vote on their Dream WRL XIII and World Cup squad. Here were the results and how it compares to Ian Golden’s selection that was published in late April… These were the voting rules… Only players who had won 10 full Wales or 10 …
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Wales Rugby League’s head of communications and historian, Ian Golden, reviews Carolyn Hitt’s BBC documentary and explains why he felt a few more minutes screentime would have added to the story. So who watched last night’s BBC2 documentary “Codebreakers”? If you didn’t, you missed a treat, but don’t worry, you can still see it on …
Wales Rugby League have proposed to England that they face each other in a double header later in the year to celebrate and honour the NHS and key workers in each country. In addition, WRL CEO Gareth Kear has confirmed that if we are out of lockdown by the autumn and it’s safe to play …
This Saturday (9th May) marks one thousand days since former dual-code rugby player Scott Bessant was found with severe life changing injuries near a bridge in Abersychan near Pontypool, in which his family still believes was no accident. The former Wales Dragonhearts rugby league international is lucky to be alive, but he has been left …
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Following the lead of Scotland RL, whose historian Gavin Willacy named his Dream XIII last weekend, our historian Ian Golden has done the same for Wales, selecting a 24-man Rugby League World Cup style squad. Qualifications: a player must have either won 10 caps for Wales or 10 for Great Britain. What do you think …
Wales Rugby League have pledged to look after the welfare of all personnel from their domestic clubs and international sides during this lockdown period, and are constantly communicating to all, primarily via WhatsApp groups and Zoom webinars. Spearheaded by CEO Gareth Kear, WRL are driving this through all pathways, looking after the well-being of players …
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The 2019 men’s Rugby League 2020 European U19 Championship, due to be held at Lignano Sabbiadoro in Italy from 3-13 September, has been postponed until 2021. The tournament will now be an U20 competition and will take place a year later at the same venue and involving the original eight nations: England, France, Ireland, Italy, …
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