Wales women's national rugby league team

For the men's team, see Wales national rugby league team.

Wales
Team information
Governing bodyWales Rugby League
RegionEurope
Head coachThomas Brindle
CaptainBethan Dainton
Most capsKathryn Salter 10
Top try-scorerLeanne Burnell 5
Top point-scorerKathryn Salter 52
(3 tries, 20 goals)
IRL ranking 6 Steady (21 July 2025)[1]
Uniforms
First colours
Team results
First international
25 Jun 2021 vs England 
Biggest win
60-0 vs Italy 
Biggest defeat
0-80 vs England 
World Cup
AppearancesNil
Qualified for 2026

The Wales women's national Rugby League team represents Wales in Women's Rugby League. They are administered by the Wales Rugby League.

History

Wales's first match was a friendly against Great Britain Teachers in 2019, with a following friendly against England Lions (England's B team) in November of the same year. The first full international played by the team was in June 2021 against England.[2] Wales entered their first World Cup qualifying campaign in 2024, and victories over Ireland and The Netherlands saw them qualifying for the 2026 Women's Rugby League World Cup on 22 June.[3][4]

Stadium

In July 2024, The Gnoll in Neath became the home stadium of the team as well as all other Welsh national rugby league teams.[5]

Head to head records

Opponent FM MR M W D L Win% PF PA Share
 England 2021 2025 5 0 0 5 0.00% 6 296 2.50%
 Ireland 2021 2024 3 2 0 1 66.67% 96 40 70.59%
 Italy 2022 2022 1 1 0 0 100.00% 60 0 100.00%
 France 2023 2023 1 0 0 1 0.00% 4 14 22.22%
 Netherlands 2024 2024 1 1 0 0 100.00% 48 6 88.89%
 Scotland 2025 2025 1 1 0 0 100.00% 18 12 60.00%
Totals 2021 2025 12 5 0 7 45.45% 232 368 43.12%

Notes:

  • Table last updated 10 August 2025.
  • Share is the portion of "For" points compared to the sum of "For" and "Against" points.

Players

The following players were named in the squads to play Scotland on 3 August 2025 and England on 9 August 2025.[6]
Tallies in the table include both matches. Players' ages are as at the date that the table was last updated, 14 August 2025.
Player Profiles are available on the Rugby League Wales website.

Player Age Pos. Club Test Matches
Debut Caps T G Pts
Leanne Burnell 32 Fullback, Scrum-half Cardiff Demons 2021 7 5 2 24
Lucia Davies 21 Wing Cardiff Demons 2024 4 1 0 4
Olivia Williams — Centre Cardiff Demons 2025 2 0 0 0
Kathryn Salter 30 Centre, Fullback London Broncos 2021 11 3 20 52
Danielle McGifford 30 Wing St Helens 2024 3 1 0 4
Megan Whittaker 26 Stand-off, Fullback Cardiff Demons 2024 4 0 0 0
Amberley Ruck 30 Stand-off Cardiff Demons 2021 6 1 2 8
Gracie Hobbs 23 Prop, Second-row Huddersfield Giants 2024 3 0 0 0
Carys Marsh 27 Hooker, Scrum-half Wigan Warriors 2021 10 1 0 4
Agnes Wood 25 Hooker York Valkyrie 2024 5 1 0 4
Georgia Taylor 29 Second-row, Wing Sheffield Eagles 2023 7 2 0 8
Charlie Mundy 29 Second-row Cardiff Demons 2021 10 1 0 4
Bethan Dainton 36 Loose forward, Second-row Leeds Rhinos 2022 8 4 0 16
Jasmine Gibbons 23 Hooker, Centre Cardiff Demons 2023 7 0 0 0
Ffion Jenkins 26 Prop, Loose forward Cardiff Demons 2023 7 0 0 0
Hannah Jones 31 Second-row, Centre Cardiff Demons 2023 6 1 0 4
Amy Price 35 Prop, Hooker Cardiff Demons 2023 7 0 0 0
Rhi Parker 35 Stand-off, Scrum-half Cardiff Demons 2022 8 1 0 4
Ffion Jones 25 Prop Cardiff Demons 2021 4 0 0 0
Sara Jones 25 Prop Cardiff Demons 2021 9 0 0 0
Ashlea Prescott 31 Centre Featherstone Rovers 2023 3 0 0 0
Brittony Price 32 Wing, Fullback Fremantle Roosters 2022 5 4 0 16
Sioned Young 33 Loose forward Cardiff Demons — 0 0 0 0

Notes:

  • Georgia Cussons previously played under her maiden name, Taylor.
  • Leanne Burnell and Hannah Jones came into the playing seventeen for the match against England.
  • Ffion Jones and Sara Jones were included in the playing seventeen for the match against Scotland, but did not play against England.
  • The named 18th players were Hannah Jones (against Scotland) and Rhi Parker (against England). Both were unused.
  • Ashlea Prescott, Brittony Price, and Sioned Young missed selection in both matches.

Results

Initial Games

Date Opponent Score Tournament Venue Video Report(s)
26 Oct 2019 Great Britain Teachers
6–30
Friendly The Gnoll, Neath [7] [8]
16 Nov 2019 England Amateurs
24–20
Friendly Pilkington Recs, Ruskin Drive, St Helens [9] [10]

Full internationals

Date Opponent Score Tournament Venue Video Report(s)
25 Jun 2021  England
0–60
Test Match Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington [11] [12][13][14][15]
17 Oct 2021  Ireland
24–26
Test Match Stadiwm ZipWorld, Colwyn Bay [16][17] [18][19][20]
12 Jun 2022  England
6–32
Test Match Pandy Park, Crosskeys [21] [22][23]
19 Jun 2022  Italy
60–0
European Championship B Pandy Park, Crosskeys — [24]
8 Oct 2022  Ireland
44–4
Donnybrook, Dublin — [25]
29 Oct 2023  France
4–14
Test Match Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne [26] [27][28]
4 Nov 2023  England
0–60
 Test Match[a] Headingley Stadium, Leeds [30] [31]
27 Apr 2024  Ireland
28–10
2026 World Cup qualification Europe Group A Cardiff University Sports Fields [32] [33][34]
22 Jun 2024  Netherlands
48–6
Rugby Club Waterland, Purmerend [35] [3]
2 Nov 2024  England
0–80
 Test Match[b] Headingley Stadium, Leeds [37]
3 Aug 2025  Scotland
18–12
 Test Match The Gnoll, Neath [38] [39]
9 Aug 2025  England
0–62
 Test Match [40] [41]

Notes

  1. ^ Part of a double-header with the Third Test of the men's series between England and Tonga.[29]
  2. ^ Part of a double-header with the Second Test of the men's series between England and Samoa.[36]

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