WRL and Salford to take open training session this Saturday

Wales Rugby League in partnership with Salford Red Devils are inviting all players eligible for U16s age group to an open training session at Ystrad Mynach, Saturday 11th December, 10am-12pm. The session will be delivered by Wales RL and Salford Red Devils coaching staff. Players wanting to register for the session are asked to complete …

Coleg y Cymoedd presentation on Thursday evening

After the success of last month’s open evening, Coleg Y Cymoedd and Wales Rugby League are hosting another opening evening on Thursday 2nd of December at 6pm at the Ystrad Mynach Campus. For any players boys and girls who missed our first evening, and are interested in being part of the full-time Wales Rugby League …

Wales Rugby League and Coleg y Cymoedd regional programme update

Wales Rugby League have started their regional rugby league junior programme at U14s, U16s and U18s every week from November 26th in both East and West Wales. These will be eight-week blocks culminating in East vs West matches in February 2022. This is also open to girls at U14 and U16 level. WRL would like …

World Cup fixtures confirmed for Wales men and wheelchair

With one year to go to the RLWC2021 finals, the revised schedule for 2022 has been published in full. Wales men kick off against Cook Islands on Wednesday 19 October at Leigh Sports Village. Their full fixtures can be found at https://rugbyleague.wales/wales-fixtures-and-results. The Wales wheelchair side then kick off their campaign on Friday 4 November …

Wales Masters take to the field this Sunday

After two false starts, due to Covid, Wales Masters will at last take to the field this Sunday when they’ll take on England, Ireland and Canada in a Four Nations festival at Leigh East’s ground at Leigh Sports Village (1pm start). Masters will be Wales Rugby League’s 10th representative side. Since the last World Cup year …

Aberavon to host Physical Disability Rugby League trials

Wales Rugby League are holding open trials for their Physical Disability World Cup side at Aberavon Green Stars RFC on Saturday January 22 at 2pm. The Green Stars ground of Little Warren is the traditional home of Aberavon Fighting Irish who came back into the rugby league fold last year. The first session will give …

World Cup fixtures to be released on Friday

All 32 teams across the 21 nations participating in the men’s, women’s and wheelchair competitions have fully committed to the tournament which will kick off on 15 October at St James’ Park, Newcastle The rescheduling has impacted only 5 matches (4 match-days) across the 61-match schedule General admission tickets and hospitality for all 61 matches …

iPRO announce partnership with Wales Rugby League

iPRO are thrilled to announce a new partnership with Wales Rugby League, which will see the hydration brand become the Official Hydration Partner to the Men’s, Women’s, Wheelchair, Dragonhearts, Physical Disability, Learning Disability, X-League Men, X-League Mixed, Students, Masters, Under 19s and Under 16s sides, as well as the match officials. In a significant year …

Junior development in Wales could reach new highs following development programme launch

It’s a big happy 18th birthday to this season’s Wales U17 captain Lewis Pinder. We couldn’t have done a similar birthday wish 21 years ago, as at that time, there was no junior rugby league development in Wales. This week however, we’ve proved that there’s an appetite for junior rugby league in Wales for 12 …

Wales name squad for Wheelchair international v Scotland this Saturday

Wales Wheelchair head coach Stephen Jones has named a nine-player squad for the test against Scotland at Glyndwr University in Wrexham this Saturday (kick-off 12.45pm). Against Ireland a fortnight ago, Jones fielded an experimental line-up and he’s doing the same this weekend, with just Jodie Boyd-Ward, Mark Williams and Harry Jones remaining from the 62-48 …