The draw for the first round of the 2017 Ladbrokes Challenge Cup took place this evening (Thursday, January 5) at The Deep in Hull. Conducting the draw was 2016 winning coach with Hull FC, Lee Radford who was picking the home balls. Away teams were drawn by RFL President, Air Commodore Dean Andrew. Thirty-two [...]
Glaswegian centre Scott Plumridge has been voted Scotland Rugby League Student Player of the Year for 2016 and will receive the Roy Kinnear Award. The 20-year-old, who plays his club rugby league for Edinburgh Eagles, excelled during the Student Four Nations in Edinburgh last summer. He has played for Scotland at Under-19, Student and senior [...]
Scotland Rugby League are delighted to announce the first of the four Players of the Year for their representative sides. The Thompson-Tait Award, named after team-mates in the first Scotland senior team Graeme Thompson and Alan Tait, for Scotland’s best Under-19 player went to prop George Kinnaird, who played in all five of Scotland [...]
Dundee Dragons star Michael Mellon has made history by becoming the first ScotlandRL player to win the same player of the year award three times - and he has done it in three successive years. Mellon has retained the Graeme Stewart Award for Scotland Wheelchair RL Player of the Year for the second time to [...]
Five amendments that will enhance Rugby League matches for players, spectators and viewers will come into effect for the 2017 season Betfred Super League, Kingstone Press Championship and League 1 and Ladbrokes Challenge Cup to make the game safer, more exciting and more continuous. The changes have been devised by the RFL Laws Committee, a [...]
In July 2017, Scotland will take part in the Student Rugby League World Cup in Sydney, Australia. Participation in the squad is self-funding and each player will need to raise over £3000 to take part. The entire squad will be working hard to fundraise through selling sponsorship and staging events. Your donation will go [...]
Scotland Rugby League have leapt from ninth to fourth in the world rankings after their impressive Four Nations campaign. After a heavy opening defeat to Australia, Scotland led England until shortly before half-time before going down to defeat and then secured a sensational draw against New Zealand, then world number one nation. The RLIF rankings [...]
Scotland Wheelchair Rugby League (SWRL) is seeking to recruit new board members to drive the growth of wheelchair rugby league in Scotland: a fast, dynamic sport which offers the opportunity for all to participate and reach their potential. The role will also see the Board support the SWRL international team’s participation in its programme of [...]
Scotland Rugby League players, management and supporters are reflecting on the greatest result in their 21-year existence after the incredible 18-all draw with world number one nation, New Zealand, at Workington last night. To give the achievement context, it is 26 years since one of the world’s top three failed to beat opponents from outside that [...]
Scotland earned all the plaudits on Saturday night but it didn’t stop their players and coaches from an overwhelming feeling of what might have been. Leading England until three minutes to half-time, one of sport’s great shocks was on the cards at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena, before four England tries in 13 second-half minutes turned the [...]
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