By Gary Baker at The Gnoll, Neath RUGBY League was the big winner at The Gnoll, Neath, on Friday as ten teams from across South Wales played outstanding stuff at the Champion Schools Finals. It was the first time that all five finals were played on the same ground and on the same day and …
By Ryan Gould at KC Stadium North Wales Crusaders fell out of the Tetley’s Challenge Cup at the fourth round stage despite a valiant effort against a strong Hull FC outfit containing a number of their Super League stars. Two Kirk Yeaman tries late in the first half gave the home side a 26-6 lead …
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Rugby League’s Commonwealth expansion initiative has entered new territory following an exploratory visit to Sierra Leone by a joint Wales Rugby League-Rugby League European Federation delegation. WRL’s National Development Manager Mark Jones and RLEF General Manager Danny Kazandjian returned from a week in the West African country to investigate opportunities for the sport to make …
In the second half of a double header at The Gnoll on Saturday, South Wales Scorpions were dumped out of the Tetley’s Challenge Cup by higher division opponents Doncaster. Earlier in the day, Wales had lost 22-18 to England in an under 16 international which had helped produce a bumper crowd. That match was as …
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North Wales Crusaders took another positive step in their season, dubbed by the club as #Mission2013, with the clinical dispatching of National Conference Premier side West Hull 82-6 in round three of the Challenge Cup at Wilderspool. The East Yorkshire side had been pulled out of the hat first in the third round draw, but …
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NORTH Wales Crusaders Wheelchair Rugby League, the first wheelchair side to be established in Wales, will be backed all the way by Sport Wales and Disability Sport Wales. Following on from the success of the Wales national side, who competed in the first ever Home Nations which took place in Hull last year, North Wales …
LONG-serving Wales Rugby League Head of Performance Dan Clements is to take up a key appointment with Hockey Wales. Clements, was a former students international before taking a coaching role with South Wales Conference club Newport Titans and the Wales Under-18 side. Hockey Wales have appointed him as their new Performance Co-ordinator and Dan said: …
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SOUTH Wales Hornets have made the decision not to run this season. A shake-up in the off-season was expected as team manager Martyn Coomber emigrated to Australia, but further disruptions – at both the club and in rugby league in South Wales – has forced Chairman Mark Harris not to enter the club into a …
WALES Rugby League have announced the departure of general manager Mark Rowley from the organisation from this week. Rowley has been a mainstay of Wales Rugby League for a decade and was key to the organisation’s efforts on achieving National Governing Body status in 2005 and becoming a Full Rugby League International Board Member in …
By Jacqui Walker Blwyddyn Newydd Dda pawb. 2013 is finally upon us, which means Rugby League World Cup is most definitely on its way, and I hope all you fans are as excited as me! As a proud Wales RL supporter, I was thrilled to spend last Saturday (December 29) at Leigh Sports Village cheering …
