Jets Fest in Penallta, just north of Caerphilly, was another success for rugby league in Wales, with nearly 450 players taking part in 16 matches over eight hours, a record for one ground in one day in Wales, including the first-ever girls club rugby league match to feature two Welsh sides. That was the encounter …
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After the massive success of the inaugural “Jets Fest” last year in Ammonford, it’s over to Penallta RFC this year for “Jets Fest II” on Saturday 4th July. Jets Fest is where sides from South Wales Jets face those from West Wales Jets at as many junior levels as possible, before the South Wales Jets’ …
South Wales Jets eventually eased past Aberavon Fighting Irish on Wednesday evening with a 54-26 win to go top of the JES Group Rugby League Conference. The Jets didn’t have it their own way all the time, as Aberavon, champions for the last two years in a row, took the lead inside two minutes thanks …
South Wales Jets recently held an open session for U12s and U13s girls which was a big success, as around 30 turned up to try rugby league. With other clubs in the South Wales and West of England also forming junior sides, we are hoping that some kind of competition can be formed for girls …
South Wales Jets will be running winter training and development sessions for children in our competitive age groups. The sessions will be open at all who are in years 7-11 in school. Jets’ chairman Liam Price said: “We recognise how much fun our players have during the summer, we felt it would be good for …
Wheelchair Rugby League will come to South Wales Jets for the 2026 season, as the sport looks forward to the World Cup at the end of the year. The Torfaen Tigers wheelchair side have asked to come over to us after that club decided to withdraw financial support for the side, so they will train …
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Massive congratulations to Lloyd White who has been given the post of head coach for the new Wales A side when they take on UK Armed Forces in Neath on Saturday 25th October. The match is a curtain-raiser to Wales men’s side friendly match against Ireland. Lloyd is of course joint head coach of our …
Dean Higgs will captain South Wales Jets in Saturday’s Grand Final against Aberavon Fighting Irish at The Lextan Gnoll (kick-off 3.30pm). The 38-year old Wales Dragonhearts international missed out on last year’s event, but will proudly lead the boys out as we look to regain our title that we won in 2023. For the first …
Our U13s are WRL champions after beating Swansea Rams for the second time in a fortnight. This match finished 18-4 which means we ended the season with a 100 percent record. For captain Daley Flower, son of head coach Ben, it was the fourth year in a row that he’d lifted a WRL Grand Final …
Wales will take on England in a Physical Disability Rugby League (PDRL) international match this Saturday at Penallta RFC, home of the South Wales Jets (kick-off 12.30pm). This game will be the first in a double header of action that day, with the Jets’ men’s side facing Rhondda Outlaws in a JES Group Rugby League …
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