Croesyceiliog School near Cwmbran, will be the venue of the opening games of the second season of the WRL Wheelchair Invitational League, when it all kicks off on Saturday 20 April. The Argonauts from Kent, won the inaugural title last year, and they’ll feature in the first match of the season as they take on …
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Everyone at Wales Rugby League is shocked and saddened to learn of the sudden death of current Wales Students squad member Gabriel Holt, aged just 21. Gabriel currently played rugby league for Wigan St Patricks and the University of Central Lancashire and qualified for Wales via the heritage rule. He won three caps for Wales …
Clive Griffiths has been appointed to the Non-Executive Board of Wales Rugby League as our new Director of Performance. With extensive experience in high-performance environments across both codes of the sport, Griffiths will support all Wales Rugby League pathways and programmes to ensure players and coaches are able to perform at their best. Griffiths’ first …
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Keith Barnes, one of the greatest Welsh-born rugby league players never to play for Wales, has died aged 89. Born in Port Talbot, Wales on 30 October 1934, he was 15 years old when his family emigrated to Australia in 1948 to Wollongong where Barnes learned rugby league at Wollongong High School, having only played …
Pic: Gary Taylor (Wales Wheelchair RL assistant coach), Stephen Jones (head of Wheelchair RL in Wales), William Todd-Jones (Movie Industry Legend), Mark Jones (General Manager, WRL, plus Course Leader for Rugby League at Coleg y Cymoedd), Martin Turner (North Wales Crusaders Wheelchair RL – in the chair), Sammie Hann (WRL Wheelchair Strength and Conditioning), Alistair …
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With it being Easter Weekend, it was local rivals round, so almost all of our men’s player’s side were in action, many facing up against each other, with only Cornwall sitting out the round. In the Championship, Rhodri Lloyd, Ant Walker and Matty Fozard were on the scoresheet for Widnes Vikings as they beat Swinton …
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Today we celebrate World Autism Awareness Day by talking to Wales Women’s international player Brogan Evans, who is openly autistic – she has Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and also Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD). WRL’s head of media, Ian Golden, who is also autistic, performed the interview. “I talk quite openly about my autism and …
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Saturday 30th March 2024, saw a fantastic reunion and cap presentation at The Philarmonic in Cardiff. Originally planned as a small reunion for the 1994 Wales Amateurs (the team now known as Dragonhearts) side, the invitation was then opened up to all from that side from the early 90s and also the Wales Students sides, …
Wales Rugby League’s community international side, which has been known as “Wales Dragonhearts” since 2009, celebrates 30 years today since their first-ever international match. The “Wales Amateurs” as they were known back in 1994 were coached by Danny Sheehy, with Clive Griffiths, who was Wales men’s side head coach at the time, there as an …
Ian Golden looks at how the Welsh internationals and hopefuls all around the world performed in elite rugby league competitions last weekend. North Wales Crusaders opened their League 1 campaign last weekend as their fans made a 750-mile round trip to cheer them onto a 40-16 victory at Cornwall. Superfan Paula Evans, who hasn’t missed …
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