Wales will field all three elite international sides at the same time this Saturday as the men, women and wheelchair squads are all in action. The Wales women’s side have an honour to aim for. If they beat Ireland at Donnybrook (kick-off 3pm), they’ll lift the first ever Women’s European Championship B North trophy. Wales …
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Wales Dragonhearts head coach Simon Reynolds has named 32 players in a train-on squad before they face England Lions on Saturday 12 November (venue and time TBC). The Dragonhearts are the representative side of the community game in Wales and have been on hiatus since the pandemic, having last played a game in 2019. The …
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Wales Rugby League are pleased to confirm their coaching and backroom staff for the forthcoming Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup. Stephen Jones remains as head coach. With 25 games in charge of Wales so far, that’s over half of the side’s history, Stephen has coached Wales to five Celtic Cup trophy wins. Initially a rugby …
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Congratulations to Caleb Aekins of Leigh Centurions, and Rhodri Lloyd and Mike Butt of Swinton Lions. All three were influential last weekend as their sides won the respective promotion play-off finals in the Betfred Championship and League 1 to return to the higher levels after both being relegated last year. Aekins scored a stunning try …
Wales Men’s head coach, John Kear, has named the 24-player squad for the upcoming Rugby League World Cup. It is led by captain Elliot Kear, who will emulate Whitchurch High School classmate, Sam Warburton, who captained the Wales rugby union side in a World Cup in both 2011 and 2015. It’s an honour that will …
East Wales and North Wales face off at Glyncoch Sports and Social, home of Rhondda Outlaws, this Saturday at 2.30pm to decide who will be crowned Wales Origin Champions 2022. North Wales opened the series in an exhilarating fashion a fortnight ago by beating West Wales 62-18 in Bangor. Then last Sunday, West bounced back …
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North Wales Crusaders took the Middle Fives Grand Final title after beating Hull FC 102-36 in Bradford last Sunday. The Crusaders took control of the game from the off set as Welsh international, Harry Jones crossed for an early duet of tries and was soon followed by captain Stuart Williams and former England player, Fred …
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Wales women’s head coach Thomas Brindle has named an 18-player squad to travel to Dublin to face Ireland in the crucial European Championship B North clash on Saturday 8th October. A win or draw for Wales will give them the title after both teams beat Italy earlier this season. Wales won 60-0 in Cross Keys …
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Wales Physical Disability Rugby League (PDRL) head coach Craig Fisher has released a 15-player squad for the upcoming PDRL World Cup. PDRL is an adapted version of rugby league aimed at facilitating those with physical disabilities the opportunity to play. It is a nine-a-side running format of the game, and is both full contact and …
West Wales and East Wales meet this Sunday at Skewen RFC (kick-off 2pm) in the second of this year’s WRL Origin Series. West need a good win this week to bounce back from their defeat in North Wales last Saturday. For East, it’s their first game of the series and are defending the title that …
