Since our Dragonhearts caps presentation on Saturday, we’ve had a few requests coming in from past players who also didn’t receive their caps, going back to the 1990s. If you played for this side and didn’t receive your caps, please email mark.jones@walesrugbyleague.co.uk with details of which games you played in and your heritage number, these …
Tom Brindle has named a 20-player squad for Saturday’s international match against England at AMT Headingley Stadium, Leeds. Leanne Burnell is the only addition to the squad from the players who travelled to France for the 14-4 defeat in Carcassonne last Sunday. Burnell’s inclusion takes the number of Cardiff Demons players included in the squad …
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NOVOSPORTS and Rugby League Commercial are pleased to announce two more games from this weekend’s festival of internationals in Leeds will be broadcast into Australasia and Oceania. Novosports has the rights to the third and final Test of the historic first series between England and Tonga, which will be beamed from AMT Headingley Rugby Stadium …
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Wales suffered defeat in an historic first-ever test match against France. The home side crossed for three tries in Carcassonne to earn the win, against a Welsh side which was led by Bethan Dainton for the first time and included six debutants. Laureane Biville and Dorine Samarra got over for first half tries, with Perle …
Everyone at Wales Rugby League is so sorry to hear about the sudden passing of Masters international player Dave Ward, who died this morning aged just 41. Dave was born in Salford in 1982 and played rugby as soon as he could pick up a ball supporting his local team Salford Red Devils. Moving …
Wales Dragonhearts host England Lions this Saturday at Ynys Park in Port Talbot in the final game of their autumn series (kick-off 2.30pm). The representative side of the community game in Wales faced England a fortnight ago in Port Talbot and put in an admirable performance in defeat, but head coach Simon Reynolds knows his …
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Wales Women’s coach Tom Brindle has named a 19-player squad to travel to Carcassonne to face France this Sunday (kick-off 3pm local time). After two years away, Lowri Norkett-Morgan returns to the Wales side following a successful stint in international rugby union, whilst former captain Shaunni Davies returns after last playing internationally in mid-2021 before …
Bethan Dainton has been named the new captain of Wales ahead of the upcoming international matches against France and England. The 35-year-old from Hengoed made her Wales RL debut in 2022 against England, becoming the fourth woman to be a dual-code international, having won eight caps for Wales in rugby union between 2016 and 2021. …
James Davies, a former Wales U19 international and current chairman of Aberavon Fighting Irish, has been appointed as the new chairman of Wales Rugby League. The 37-year old replaces Brian Juliff who ended an 11-year stint as chair last month. James played for Wales U19s in the 2006 European Championships, before representing Wales Students in …
Roy Francis, one of Wales Rugby League’s greatest head coaches of all time, will be immortalised in Brynmawr on Saturday 21 October. The ceremony, organised by the Brynmawr Museum, will take place on the square in Brynmawr at 12 noon and the memorial will be unveiled by Jonathan Davies OBE along with WRL President Mike Nicholas …
