Wales Wheelchair claimed their fourth Rugby League Celtic Cup title in as many years after easily seeing off Scotland and Ireland in Halifax on Saturday. Like in previous years, it was a three-game one-day tournament, all 80-minute matches. Wales’ two victories means that they still have a 100% record in the competition with eight wins. …
Last Sunday at Glamorgan Wanderers RFC, the home of Cardiff Blue Dragons, eight coaches from five community clubs completed the RLEF Level Two Coaching Course. These coaches will now all complete written CATO tasks including planning, delivering and evaluating six progressive sessions for skill development to gain the full qualification. WRL Development Officer Rob Davies, …
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Masters Rugby League returns to South Wales after a three-year absence this Sunday when the Cardiff Blue Dragons Masters (also known as the Discombobulated Dragons) take on Great Britain Masters. at Glamorgan Wanderers RFC (kick-off 3pm). This version of rugby league is strictly social and played by those aged 35 and over. The rules are …
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Wales Rugby League held their annual community cap presentation evening last Saturday at the University of South Wales in Trefforest. There to receive their caps were members of the East and West Wales squads from under 13, 15 and senior levels, as well as the Wales Dragonhearts side who toured Serbia. The trophy for the …
Sam Herron from West Wales Raiders and Kenny Baker from North Wales Crusaders have both been named in Rugby League World’s first League 1 Team of the Month for 2019. The popular monthly line-ups for each of the three RFL professional divisions have a welcome return to the magazine this season following a four-year absence. …
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North Wales Crusaders were knocked out of the Challenge Cup at the fourth round stage by amateur club Thatto Heath (writes Ryan Gould). Despite staging a late comeback and being close to taking the tie to golden point extra time, North Wales were second best for large spells and were out-muscled, out-thought and out-enthused by …
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Former Wales Rugby League international prop Mick Murphy has sadly died at the age of 77. (Mick is on the left of the picture above with Jim Mills in the centre and Ian Van Bellen on the right) Liverpool-born, Murphy was WRL heritage #294, winning five caps from 1975-79. This included three appearances in the …
Saints flying winger Regan Grace has committed his future to the club by signing a contract extension until the end of the 2021 season. Grace is Saints leading try scorer this season thus far scoring four times in the first five Super League rounds. The 22-year-old Welsh international scored 18 tries in 33 appearances for …
North Wales Crusaders booked their place in the fourth round of the Challenge Cup with a hard-fought victory at London Skolars. As Crusaders led 24-6 early in the second-half, it looked as though they were heading for an easy progression in the cup. However, Skolars staged a comeback and trailed by just six points late …
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Newcastle Thunder got their 2019 Challenge Cup journey underway successfully as they beat League One rivals West Wales Raiders. The match started very even with creative attacking pieces being met with solid defensive patterns and it wasn’t until the 15th minute until the deadlock was broken. Keal Carlile made two sniping runs which saw him …
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