Wales Rugby League’s head coach John Kear has received one of the biggest awards in domestic Rugby League, that of “Championship Coach of the Year” for his work at Batley Bulldogs this year. Kear’s side topped the Kingstone Press Championship table in the initial stages of the season and they eventually made the middle eights …
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YSGOL GYFUN GYMRAEG GLANTAF 14 WADE DEACON HIGH SCHOOL 16 By Ian Golden at Athletics Ground, Richmond It was an outstanding effort from Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf in the Year 8 Champion Schools Final but in the end they lost by just the one conversion to Wade Deacon, losing out 16-14. The Widnes school gained …
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Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf are back in a London rugby league final on Friday 26th August, taking on the same opponents as last year, but it’s not at Wembley Stadium this time around. On a memorable day at Wembley in 2015, the Cardiff-based Welsh speaking school took on and beat Wade Deacon from Widnes to …
WELSH UNDER 17 GRAND FINAL CARDIFF CITY RL 30 TORFAEN TIGERS 22 By Ian Golden at Caerphilly RFC In the most competitive game of junior Welsh Grand Final day, two tries in the last three minutes gave Cardiff City RL a dramatic 30-22 win over Torfaen Tigers in the under 17 encounter. Torfaen took the …
Wales Rugby League have wished their president Mike Nicholas a happy 70th birthday. Born in Margam on July 30th 1946, Nicko has done more in Rugby League in Wales than many others in the history of the game. Exactly one year older than Arnold Schwarzenegger, as a child Nicholas was already mixing with the stars …
The 2015-16 school year in North Wales ended with the 2016 Crusaders Cup Touch Rugby League Grand Final Day at Queensway Stadium Wrexham where Cefn Mawr and Ysgol Bryn Coch ended up taking home the trophies. The Grand Finals were the culmination of a number of qualifying tournaments through the spring which ended with a …
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Former Salford and Wales forward Paul Highton knows first hand just how difficult it is for players at the end of their career dealing with change. Highton, 39, also played for Halifax, Featherstone and Oldham during a 16-year career that started back in 1994. He won nine caps for Wales between 1999 and 2002. He …
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Ten First Utility Super League clubs have supported Wales Rugby League in the last two years and WRL’s Chief Executive Officer Chris Thair says the sport needs to now build upon this growing influence. Thair has spoken on the 20th anniversary of the first Super League game to be played in Wales, an on the …
The support that North Wales Crusaders RLFC have received from Wales Rugby League has been much welcomed by the club’s board. The League 1 club has recently seen the departure of a few key players after the Crusaders board publicly sought new investment to address its financial challenges. After a recent run of good results …
WALES RUGBY LEAGUE CHAMPION SCHOOLS YEAR 7 FINAL YSGOL GYFUN GYMRAEG GLANTAF 16 YSGOL GYFUN YSTALYFERA 34 By Ian Golden at Cardiff University 4G Pitch Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera will be Wales’ representatives on the road to Wembley this year after beating Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf 34-16 in the Wales Rugby League Year 7 Champion Schools …
