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 …
North Wales Crusaders take on Goole Vikings at Stadiwm CSM in Colwyn Bay on Sunday (kick-off 2.30pm) in what could be a memorable encounter in more ways than one. Not only will a win for our only major men’s Welsh club side will put them one step further to lifting the RFL League 1 trophy, …
York Knights, starring Bailey Antrobus, set a club record of 16 wins in a row, when they beat London Broncos, who fielded Curtis Davies, Huw Worthington and Matt Ross. Featherstone Rovers kept up their hopes for the play-offs. Caleb Aekins helped them remain fifth in the table as they won at Doncaster. Halifax Panthers leapt …
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Everyone at the WRL National Development Rugby League Academy at Coleg y Cymoedd hopes that all Year 11 players achieve all they hoped for when they receive their GCSE results on Thursday. The Academy will be holding a taster day on Friday 22nd August at the Ystrad Mynach Campus for parents and players who would …
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The 2025 WRL Wheelchair Invitational League Grand Final details have been confirmed, with Wrexham University hosting the encounter on Saturday, 25th October, kick-off 11.45am. With last year’s final in the south of Wales, it’s the turn of the north to host. Stephen Jones, Head of Wheelchair Rugby League in Wales, said: “It’s great that we …
