Wales Rugby League’s Chief Operating Officer Chris Thair has congratulated North Wales Crusaders on their promotion to the Championship following their thrilling win over South Wales Scorpions on Sunday. The 35-22 victory was full of drama throughout and ended in celebrations not seen in Wrexham since the old Crusaders club qualified for the play-offs. “I’d …
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By Ryan Gould, North Wales Crusaders Media Manager Conwy Celts won the North Wales Conference for the second year running with 50-30 success over Flintshire Falcons in the Grand Final. The Celts headed into the game as clear favourites, but they were made to work for what, in the end, turned out to be a …
By Ian Golden, South Wales Scorpions media manager Wales Rugby League President Mike Nicholas has said that he’s delighted at the continued growth of Rugby League in Wales at community and junior level. The former Warrington and Wales forward attended Sunday’s South Wales biggest ever club Rugby League Grand Finals day, where Taff’s Well RFC …
UNDER 13s FINAL NEATH AND DISTRICT SCORPIONS 36 CARDIFF SPARTANS 20 Neath and District Scorpions won the first final of the day, the under 13s encounter, in a competitive match against Cardiff Spartans. The final score was 36-20 but the youngsters from the capital made the Scorpions’ youngest outfit fight all the way. Neath went …
PARC-Y-Tywyn came through a great final at The Gnoll, Neath, on Sunday to win the Wales Rugby League Primary Schools Cup. The tournament, run in conjunction with South Wales Scorpions, saw a great number of talented boys and girls on show and Parc-Y-Tywyn reached the title the hard way by winning by a single try …
NORTH Wales Crusaders are the first team to have their name on the Northern Rail Bowl as they beat London Skolars 42-24 at the Shay Stadium, Halifax. The pressure was firmly on Crusaders as favourites ahead of the game, and although the physical Skolars made life very difficult for the Wrexham-based side, they showed just …
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By Jacqui Walker With little more than 200 days to go until the RLWC2013 kicks off at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium, the recent Easter period has been a busy time for North Wales Crusaders and Wales Rugby League. Firstly, on Friday March 29, we had a very successful and enthusiastic launch for NW Crusaders’ ground-breaking Wheelchair …
VALLEY COUGARS retained the Scott McCrorie Nines on a sunlight afternoon at Blackwood RFC’s Glan-Yr- Afon Park on Sunday. The Cougars fielded two teams in the tournament, with the sides meeting in the semi-final of a tournament that everyone present said was an overwhelming success thanks to the work of Wales Rugby League National Development …
Queensway Stadium played host to a feast of rugby league last weekend as it welcomed some very special international guests. A touring party of youngsters from the French town of Cahors were in Wrexham to take on Wales Rugby League U14s Development Squad and the Wrexham Bradley raiders U12s team.. The fixture was organised with …
WALES Rugby League has appointed Chris Thair as Chief Operating Officer, a key appointment in the build up to the 2013 World Cup. Thair joins the WRL following over a decade’s service at the Rugby Football League in senior executive positions across the community and professional arms of the sport, most recently as Salary Cap …
