Wales Masters have named a 20-player squad for their trip to Virgin Media Park, the Cork home of Munster RUFC, to face Ireland on Saturday 4th October. This is now becoming an annual trip to the Emerald Isle for the Wales Masters side, having faced them in Dublin and Belfast in the last two years. …
It was semi-final time in a few competitions last weekend, with our Welsh internationals and hopefuls involved. Pic: Paul Cowan. The top two sides in the Women’s Championship table qualified for the Grand Final, and there will be a Welsh winner in the final. London Broncos, the league leaders shield winners, beat Salford Red Devils …
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A new era for Wales Rugby League will begin against Ireland at The Gnoll on Saturday 25 October (3pm). Paul Berry will take charge of his first game as Head Coach as part of a two-game series against the Irish that includes a second meeting on Saturday 1 November (3pm) at the Millennium Stadium in …
Scott Trigg-Turner and Mark Williams helped Wigan Warriors to a 72-24 win over Hull FC in the Wheelchair Super League play-offs, with Trigg-Turner scoring four tries. Wigan’s win means that they need to better London Roosters in this week’s matches, but they take on favourites Halifax Panthers in their final group game. In the consolation …
The East Wales and West Wales Origin programmes are starting soon. These are open to boys who played in the recent season’s U12s-15s age groups, so they will now be in school years 8-11 now. These will culminate in matches between East Wales and West Wales at U14 and U16 levels and will also …
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Ian Golden and Harry Jones review last weekend’s action featuring our Welsh internationals and hopefuls. Picture by Matthew Merrick/SWpix.com. We have to start by congratulating North Wales Crusaders’ men’s side for winning the RFL League 1 Championship last Sunday. Their 30-16 win was enough to give them the title following an excellent season where they’ve …
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The Wales Rugby League Champion Schools programme will return for the 2025-26 school year. We aim to run competitions at as many age groups as possible, for boys and girls, so we are now acquiring interest and applications. We are following the Rugby Football League guidelines, as the top Welsh clubs will qualify for the …
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We were sad to learn of the passing of former Wales Dragonhearts international heritage #81 Jamie Robbins, who died last Wednesday (20th August) aged 46. Jamie played for Cardiff Demons, alongside players like Gethin Jenkins and Gareth Dean, in the RFL U21 Academy League, which operated from 1997-2000. He was selected for Wales Dragonhearts against …
Denive Balmforth helped Catalans Dragons to a good home win over Castleford Tigers in the men’s Super League. Charlie Glover and Fin Yates played for Salford Red Devils in their defeat at Leigh Leopards, the latter failing an HIA. After a few games of being 18th man, Luke Thomas made it onto the bench for …
Torfaen Tigers, all bar the shouting, qualified for the WRL Wheelchair Development League Grand Final on Saturday after a club record win, cruising 74-8 at Swindon St George. The win margin could have been larger, but Jamie Reynolds only managed to kick seven conversions from 15 attempts. It means that the unbeaten Torfaen …
