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France, England and Wales pick up wins

europeanrl — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 08:14:15 +0000

France, England and Wales pick up wins

Author : European Rugby League

France, England and Wales pick up wins in opening round of European U19s Championships

England, France and Wales made impressive starts to the U19s European Championship in the first round of matches held at the CREPS Font Romeu high performance facility in the French Pyrenees yesterday (Sunday).

Full back Eligh Wilkinson scored a first half hat trick and landed seven goals as holders England defeated Ukraine 70-8, Rio Walker and Zac Bennett each with two of their total of 14 tries. England head coach, Gary Hewer, commented:

“The boys have responded really well to the hot conditions and given a thorough performance against a very resilient Ukraine side who never stopped for the full 80 minutes.

“From a coaching point of view, it’s disappointing to concede a try but the effort and determination that the Ukrainians put in, and with the friendship and bonds we’ve created over the last four or five years, they deserved it.”

Hewer added: “We’ll utilise the whole squad over our group games but some of them put their hands up today showing what they can offer.”

Hooker Cruz Death claimed Ukraine’s late try, head coach Artur Martyrisian, noted: “It was a good experience for our team. We have not had a lot of time to train together and set aside our domestic championship because so many players are in the army.

“Great thanks to our heritage players because, without them, we might not have been able to participate.”

Leny Stacul was the French star with four tries as they beat Scotland 96-6. The host nation crossed 16 times in all, back rower Adrian De La Rose with a try treble, Thibault Guttierez kicking a perfect 15 conversions.

Scotland were reduced to 12 men in the 36th minute following a sending off.

In the third match, Wales held on to deny Serbia 52-30, Regan Preece with three tries and Kevan Phillips claiming 24 points from two tries and eight out of nine goals.

Wales head coach, Gary Dunn said of the victory: “I was pleased with the result more than the performance, there are loads of aspects to improve on.

“There were some good individual tries, and I can’t fault any of the effort, but we need to analyse this before we face England on Wednesday, Serbia were a little unknown to us.”

Serbia had three players sinbinned, scrum half Tyson Walker with two of their tries and a total of 18 points.

“I’m proud of the boys, both domestic and heritage players,” noted head coach Vladislav Dedic.

“We had to rally dig deep against a good side. The sinbins harmed us but when it was 13 on 13, we were the better side. We need to work on our discipline.”

The next fixtures on Wednesday 15 July will see:

Scotland v Ukraine (2pm kick off, local time)
France v Serbia (4pm)
England v Wales (6pm)

England 70

Eligh Wilkinson, Jason Frankling, Rio Walker, Rhomen Alick, Austen Coates, Jaiden Tallentire, Billy Joe Towers, Jack Barker, Bailey Worthington, Jake Lerigo, Kier Starkie, Zac Bennett, Connor Hall
Interchanges: Joshua Smith, Louey Pinkerton, Ryan Templeton, Dylan Morris

Tries: Wilkinson (1, 16, 32), Starkie (6), Worthington (9), Walker (11, 41), Frankling (25), Bennett (28, 35), Coates (32), Tallentire (50), Lerigo (60), Alick (66)
Goals: Wilkinson 7/14

Ukraine 8

Zac Gedz, Yaromyr Yaremus, Pavlo Pistoliuk, Oleksii Harkusha, Kostiantyn Prydatko, David Winter, Ruslan Lipisii, Nikita Korolchuk, Cruz Death, Nikita Korolchuk, Dmytro Cherneha, Roman Lomonos, Liam Gallagher
Interchanges: Anton Lukaschuck, Vladyslav Biletskyi, Oleksandr Vilinchuk, Roman Pomirchyi

Try: Death (78)
Goals: Gedz 2/2

Referee: Cody Kuxmann (USA)

Half Time: 36-0

France 96

Leny Stacul, Stevy Richmond, Thibault Guttierez, Louis Tranier, Clément Colin, 6 Ilan Boualem, Mathis Dumont, Leo Ricard, Mahault Beauvilliers, Lorik Lejeune, Adrian De La Rose, Steven Jocelyn, Joris Martignoles
Interchanges: Charly Martinez, Luka Clottes, Sione Pasikla Lamelangi, Yanis Ballet

Tries : Richmond (2), Stacul (12, 41, 56, 73), Martignoles (15), Guttierez (23), De La Rose (26, 51, 58), Clottes (32), Colin (39, 67), Martinez (43), Boualem (70), Beauvilliers (75)
Goals: Guttierez 15/15, Beauvilliers 1/1

Sin Bin: Adrian De La Rose (35 – dangerous tackle)

Scotland 6

Connor Mcguinness, Shaun Callan, Max Erasmus, Harry Woodard, Finlay Davies, Oscar Ellicott-Mcculloch, Zack Emerson, Lucas Anderson Moore, Isaac Maclean, Arran Jamieson, Charlie Jackson, Ethan Frary, Seth Clapham
Interchanges: Jarrod Jones, Jacob Walker, Cullin Stoddart-Shannly, Ben Milnes

Try: Maclean (7)
Goal: Callan 1/1

Sent Off: Charlie Jackson (36 punching)

Referee: Lucas Seal (England)

Half Time: 42-6

Serbia 30

Kai Saric, Filip Punos, Archie Wheeler, Aleksa Radojkovic, Strahinja Milankovic, Danilo Gavrilovic, Tyson Walker, Branko Nedeljkovic, Danilo Todorovic, Mateja Stojkovic, Jakov Dojcinovic, Nikola Savic, Zaric Saban
Interchanges: Uros Polic, Uros Rusimovic, Milan Milovanovic, Mihajlo Malesevic

Tries: Saric (28), Walker (35, 74), Wheeler (65), Saban (68)
Goals: Walker 5/5

Sin Bin: N. Savic (6 – professional foul), K. Saric (8 – professional foul), K. Saric (38 – unprofessional conduct)

Wales 52

Ioan Herbert, Alex Richardson, Evan Rowlands, Ethan Williams, Regan Preece, Joshua Gabrielsen, Kavan Phillips, Cae Jones, Oliver Rees, Oliver Bellavia-Walker, James Tucker, Oscar Jones, Will Mathers
Interchanges: Kyson Rees, Jacob Morris, Rhys Hughes, Evan Williams

Tries: Ethan Williams (11), Preece (15, 23, 57), Phillips (18, 71), Morris (39), Herbert (53, 62)
Goals: Phillips 8/9

Sin Bin: Morris (50 – unprofessional conduct)
Sent Off: Morris (67 – punching)

Referee: Mateo Roca (France)

Half Time: 12-30

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European rugby league u19s championship format and fixtures announced

europeanrl — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:29:16 +0000

European rugby league u19s championship format and fixtures announced

Author : European Rugby League

European rugby league u19s championship format and fixtures announced

European Rugby League has confirmed the format and fixtures for the biennial U19s European Championship which will take place at the CREPS Font Romeu high performance facility in the Pyrenees, France in July.

A record ten nations will participate, split into two competitions.

The Championship will be contested by England, France, Scotland, Serbia, Ukraine and Wales – the five participants from the 2024 event in Belgrade and Wales who were the next best performing side in the 2022 event having missed the most recent tournament.

Canada together with Greece, Ireland, and Norway, who are all either new or returning after an absence from the tournament, will do battle for the European Shield, with the winner guaranteed promotion to the 2028 event.

Subject to the number of nations applying for that, there may be relegation from this season’s Championship.

“Having ten nations competing has been challenging in terms of formatting and logistics, but it has been a great problem to have, and I’m delighted to see the tournament continuing to grow,” commented ERL chair Dean Andrew.

In the Championship, the nations have been drawn into two groups of three based on results from the previous tournament.

England, as defending champions

England, as defending champions, are the first seed and are joined by Scotland (3) and Serbia (5) in Pool A. Hosts France are in Pool B as the second seed, with Ukraine (4) and Wales (6).

Each will play the three nations in the opposite group, with results merged into one league table and the first placed team awarded the Championship title. The Shield will see each nation play the other once, and the side which leads the league table on conclusion will take the trophy.

The matches will be played over three days, five per day, at the state-of-the-art sporting facility which will also see the squads stay on site.

The hosts open their campaign on Sunday 12 July against Scotland in a repeat of 2024’s feisty semi-final, whilst England face Ukraine in another semi-final repeat and Wales take on Serbia.

Round two

Round two on Wednesday 15 July sees England taking on Wales, Scotland face Ukraine and France do battle with Serbia.

The final round on Saturday 18 July, will see Serbia take on Ukraine and Scotland will be seeking to overturn Wales after losing recent clashes.

The final match will see France take on England in what could be a tournament decider, the previous three encounters between them having a margin of less than seven points.

In Pool B, on day one, Greece will make their debut against Ireland, while Norway come up against Canada, before Greece meet Canada in round two as Norway face Ireland. The final day will see Norway and Greece open the proceedings before Canada and Ireland do battle.

Andrew added: “Several of the nations have told me how important the tournament has been to both inspiring its youth players to work hard and achieve selection, but also to their player pathways into their senior teams.

“Thanks to early organisation by the French Rugby League Federation, we’ve been able to work further in advance to give them all greater preparation time than they have experienced in previous years and I’m very much looking forward to seeing the fruits of that on the field.”

2026 EUROPEAN U19 CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURES

Sunday 12 July

Championship

2pm – England v Ukraine

4pm – France v Scotland

6pm – Serbia v Wales

Shield

10am – Greece v Ireland

12pm – Norway v Canada

Wednesday 15 July

Championship

2pm – Scotland v Ukraine

4pm – France v Serbia

6pm – England v Wales

Shield

10am – Norway v Ireland

12pm – Canada v Greece

Saturday 18 July

Championship

2pm – Serbia v Ukraine

4pm – Scotland v Wales

6pm – France v England

Shield

10am – Greece v Norway

12pm – Canada v Ireland

Wales u16s smash England u16s

europeanrl — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 12:59:26 +0000

Wales u16s smash England u16s

Author : European Rugby League

Wales u16s smash England u16s

Wales u16s celebrate defeating England (Photo : European Rugby League)

In front of over a thousand fans at The Lextan Gnoll in Neath, Wales U16 pulled off an outstanding win against England to clinch the U16 Four Nations unbeaten for a second year in a row.

The two sides came into the game completely level on competition points and points difference, so the form would have said that this would be an even game.

However, it was anything but.

Wales were only 12-0 up at half-time thanks to two converted tries but they had three more disallowed.

It was only early in the mid stages of the second half where Wales made a few errors and completion rate went down that there were a few concerns.

They finished well to seal a well-deserved win, and still remain unbeaten in the two years that this tournament has been held.

With the majority of the Welsh players coming from the successful junior set-up in South Wales, where well over 2,000 children have been playing rugby league this summer, the win is a credit to both club and international coaches.

England nearly took the lead in the seventh minute.

Archie Storr thought he’d grounded but the referee ruled it out for a double movement.

The home side got near to the line five minutes later, Ralf Roberts looked for a try, diving over but he’d received a forward pass.

Referee called it back for a knock-on

The Welsh looked like they’d scored a stunning try when Isaac Holdworth flicked the ball back to Jake Sheppard for him to ground, but the referee called it back for a knock-on.

Wales u16s smash England u16s (Photo : European Rugby League)

Wales again looked to have taken the lead with 10 minutes remaining in the first half.

Jayden Tyson was sinbinned for a high tackle on Ralf Roberts. From the next play, Morgan Marozzelli ran over but referee Rob Apsee called it back for a forward pass.

But when Wales got the ball back again

But when Wales got the ball back again, they took the lead.

It was a fine passing move in the 27th minute that Elis Thomas finished off. Matthew Clatworthy converted well.

Only a dropped ball gave England an opportunity to score, but it was wasted – Bobby Dickinson’s grubber on the final tackle of the resulting set not being seen by any of his team-mates.

Again, when Wales got the ball back, they scored, and it only took them three tackles.

Sam Dickinson sprinted over 50 metres, placing the ball under the sticks making the kick easy for Clatworthy and giving Wales a well-deserved 12-0 lead at the break.

An error put England onto the attack early in the second half, but again couldn’t make their chances count.

Ellis Holliday attempted a try but his attempt at grounding was more akin to basketball and the try was ruled out.

England got a try back on 50 minutes after regaining possession through another Wales error and Travis Jack-Morse scoring in the corner.

Mason Bowes converted well.

Wales needed to tighten things up, and they did.

Jac Jones cleaned up some more England pressure and Wales turned defence into attack, producing a perfect set. Dickinson, Elis Thomas and Clatworthy were involved at the end, with Roberts scoring in the corner.

Clatworthy kicked the extras before adding a penalty a few minutes later to put the score on to 20-6.

The Welsh now needed to defend to keep their lead. After being penalised for off-side, they faced a set starting from their own 10 metre line.

On this occasion, they forced the England attackers into touch.

A dropped ball from Wales’ next set gave England another chance and this time they didn’t waste it as Jack-Morse scored his second of the game. Bowes couldn’t convert and Wales were still 10 points up with less than five minutes to go.

And Wales wrapped the game up with two minutes to go after England spilled the ball.

Dickinson didn’t let any English lads get in his way as he weaved through them to score. Clatworthy converted.

There was still time for Wales to put more icing on a very big cake.

Evan Williams sprinted past the tired English to score and Clatworthy goaled to cement their well-deserved large win.

WALES 32

Tries: E Thomas (27), Dickenson (34, 67), Roberts (55), Williams (70)
Goals: Clatworthy 6/6

Samuel Dickenson, Jac Jones, Harley Smith, Morgan Marozzelli, Ralf Roberts, Evan Williams, Matthew Clatworthy, Isaac Holdsworth, Finlay Walker, Jake Sheppard, Will Mathers, Josh Harding, Harvey Williams. Subs: Oliver Rees, Cole Pelopida, Tyler Mills, Elis Thomas, Charlie Thomas, Owain Martin, Hari Arthur.

ENGLAND 10

Tries: Jack-Morse (15, 65)
Goals: Bowes 1/2

Jayden Tyson, Travis Jack-Morse, Saul Campbell, Archie Storr, Ellis Holliday, Bobby Dickinson, Preston Burgess, Joseph Higgins-Meadows, Declan Rigby, Kolby Harmer, Seb Jeffers, Mason Bowes, Reece Galvin. Subs: Dylan Morris, Jack Barker, Bradley McDonough, Alex Richardson, Noel Gardner-Lewis, Junior Redmond, Josh Doran.

Referee: Rob Apsee

Half-time: 12-0

It’s England versus Wales Champion Schools Year 7 Boys

englandrugbyleague — Wed, 08 May 2024 01:05:52 +0000

It’s England versus Wales Champion Schools Year 7 Boys

Author : England Rugby League

It’s England versus Wales in the inspiresport Champion Schools Year 7 Boys’ Final

Rugby League’s Year 7 Boys Champion Schools Final returns to Wembley Stadium on Saturday 8 June, when St Peters Catholic High School of Wigan take on Cardiff’s Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf in the Steven Mullaney Memorial Game.

Supported by inspiresport, Champion Schools is the RFL’s flagship schools’ competition for girls and boys at years 7 to 11.

The Year 7 Boys Final is named after Steven Mullaney, the schoolboy who in 1986 thrilled spectators and television viewers alike by scoring a superb solo try.

As Wakefield schools defeated St Helens at Wembley in the Challenge Cup Final curtain-raiser, but who died in tragic circumstances the following year.

Ysgol Glantaf will make their third appearance at Wembley Stadium on June 8 having previously won the Year 7 Boys’ Final back in 2015.

The team will be flying the Welsh flag high when they take to the pitch with the Cardiff school continuing to impress following an appearance at St James’ Park in Newcastle for the Year 10 Girls’ Final last year.

Glantaf began their campaign with a trip to London’s Langley Park who they successfully defeated 38-4 before a quarter final victory against Archbishop Sentamu Academy.

Next up was an outstanding semi-final performance against Outwood Academy Freeston with the Welsh side progressing to Wembley after a 50-4 triumph.

St Peter’s have a rich history in this competition and have already featured in both the Year 11 Boys’ and Girls’ Finals in April and now their Year 7 Boys’ will have their chance to shine on the biggest of stages.

Their journey to Wembley started with a defeat of Malet Lambert to set up a quarter final against Cumbria’s St Benedict’s Catholic High School.

The resulting victory saw them face Malet Lambert once again in the semi-finals, and whilst the Hull side persevered, St Peter’s were eventually too strong and came out on top with a 26-6 win.

RFL National Education Manager, Andrea Murray, said: “Congratulations to both schools on making it to Wembley Stadium.

Both teams have done incredibly well throughout the tournament and are a real credit to their coaches.

The boys will be following in the footsteps of some famous Rugby League names who have played in the Steven Mullaney Memorial Game – among them Kevin Sinfield, Denis Betts, Bobbie Goulding and Phil Clarke.

“Champion Schools is not just about the teams involved but it is also giving opportunities to the next generation of Match Officials – including Liam and Cameron Breheny.

It was fantastic to see the two brothers taking charge of the semi-finals, and I look forward to seeing them progress their refereeing careers.

“I’d also like to thank Rochdale Mayfield for hosting, it was a brilliant occasion, and everyone involved had a fantastic day.”

The inspiresport Champion Schools Year 7 Boys Final will be played at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 8 June (KO 10am) with Finals Day scheduled to take place on Friday 5 July at the DIY Kitchens Stadium in Wakefield.

All finalists will be confirmed in the coming weeks as the competition progresses.

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France, England and Wales pick up wins

France, England and Wales pick up wins

France, England and Wales pick up wins in opening round of European U19s Championships

The next fixtures on Wednesday 15 July will see:

England 70

Ukraine 8

France 96

Scotland 6

Serbia 30

Wales 52

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