Connor Davies got the better of his twin brother Curtis Davies in a rare battle between the two in the RFL Championship. Connor’s Halifax Panthers beat London Broncos, with Huw Worthington and Matt Ross also in the Broncos side. Mike Butt scored a try for Widnes Vikings but couldn’t prevent defeat at York Knights. Matty Fozard, …
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Torfaen Tigers remain top of the WRL Wheelchair Invitational League after beating Cardiff Blue Dragons 48-10 in Cwmbran on Sunday. The home side, who played the whole game with the same five players, were dominant for most of the encounter with Jamie Reynolds going over for their first try on three minutes before Scott …
North Wales Crusaders ruled rivals round on Easter Weekend as they kept up their unbeaten League 1 record, beating Midlands Hurricanes 31-18 at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. Ant Walker scored the final Crusaders try of the day, whilst Luis Roberts was in the Midlands side. In other League 1 matches, Will Evans helped Workington Town …
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The International Rugby League Board has identified Wales as a priority nation for the sport, and will receive significant funding to support a bespoke national strategy that will be developed in partnership with Wales Rugby League. The Board has limited this group to four to focus resources, with France, Papua New Guinea and one nation …
The first RFL domestic trophy of the season was competed for last Saturday with Castleford Tigers winning the Wheelchair Challenge Trophy, beating North Wales Crusaders 4-0 in the final. The sides had already drawn 0-0 in the group stages. Pic: TSME Photography. It was an all-day event where 52 10-minute matches were played by 15 sides …
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It’s official – the Wales Wheelchair side will compete in the 2026 Rugby League World Cup in Australia. International Rugby League this morning officially confirmed the names of six of the eight participants for the tournament with Wales joining 2022 winners England, 2026 hosts Australia and 2022 runners-up England, as we reached the semi-finals of …
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In April 2024, Wales Rugby League appointed businessman and British and Irish Lions international, Richard Hibbard, as Chief Executive. As the one-year anniversary of his time in post approaches, he has reflected on his tenure so far and looked ahead to the future. In the 12 months since I was appointed CEO, there’s been a …
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY 14 SWANSEA UNIVERSITY 46 Ian Golden at Cardiff University Sports Park, Llanrumney Swansea University have won the Welsh Varsity for the second year in a row following a dominant second half at Cardiff University Sports Park at Wednesday lunchtime. Wales’ oldest continuous rugby league side, founded in 1977, were never behind, …
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The Women’s Challenge Cup started last weekend with Cardiff Demons producing an outstanding performance as they won 42-14 away to Super League side Warrington Wolves. It’s a three-team group and the Demons finish their initial campaign with a home tie against St Helens on Saturday 19th April at Cardiff University Sports Park in Llanrumney. Zoe …
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This Wednesday sees the second Welsh Varsity match between Cardiff University and Swansea University, with this year’s event taking place at Cardiff University Sports Fields in Llanrumney (kick-off 11am). Swansea won the first-ever Rugby League Welsh Varsity match last year, which was played at their home, but Cardiff will go into this match full of …
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