Wales squad for next two years

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Wales’ 35-man elite train-on squad: Rhys Evans, Dalton Grant, Cobi Green* (all Bradford Bulls), Josh Ralph (Easts Tigers), Chester Bulter, Connor Davies, Curtis Davies, Dan Fleming, Sion Jones (all Halifax), Jake Emmitt (Leigh Centurions), Matty Fozard, Elliot Kear, Rhys Williams (all London Broncos), Lloyd White (Mackay Cutters), Rob Massam (North Wales Crusaders), Caleb Aekins* (Penrith Panthers), Gil Dudson, Luis Roberts* (Salford Red Devils), Regan Grace, Morgan Knowles (both St Helens), Gavin Bennion, Mike Butt, Rhodri Lloyd, Ben Morris (all Swinton Lions), Ben Evans (Toulouse Olympique), Courtney Davies, Elliott Jenkins, Ollie Olds (all unattached), Lewis Hall* (Warrington Wolves), James Olds (West Brisbane Panthers), Morgan Evans, Matthew Morgan*, Steve Parry, Liam Rice-Wilson* (all West Wales Raiders), Ben Flower (Wigan Warriors).

*Uncapped player

 

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Are there many welsh players at the north wales crusaders or are they mostly English? Strange there is only one player in the squad.

 

[Pommy]

Why is it for two years? Seems a rather bizarre timeframe.

 

[welshmagpie]

Are there many welsh players at the north wales crusaders or are they mostly English? Strange there is only one player in the squad.

Barely any. They do have an ‘A’ team, whereby one lad - Aled Davies - has gone on to make a few first team appearances.

 

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Barely any. They do have an ‘A’ team, whereby one lad - Aled Davies - has gone on to make a few first team appearances.

That’s sad. They had a lot of potential when they first started up and quite a few locals have gone onto super league since.

 

[jim_57]

That’s sad. They had a lot of potential when they first started up and quite a few locals have gone onto super league since.

Wrexham is just across the border from Liverpool, Manchester and all those RL areas like Wigan, St Helens, Warrington etc. In a way it isn't surprising most of their players would be from Northern England seeing as most Welsh players are from South Wales.

 

[LeagueXIII]

58 per cent of the squad or 20 players are born and bred Welsh boys. Also Chester Butler is the grandson of Colin Dixon a famous Welsh player and another moved to Wales as a young boy.

Add alot of the English born players who qualify through heritage have played in the Welsh under age national teams. It has a real Welsh feel, they may not beat Australia and England but they will compete against the other nations.

Proves they have made massive strides over the last 15 to 20 years.

 

[adamkungl]

Wish they were playing a game this year!

 

[welshmagpie]

Wish they were playing a game this year!

I’ve been badgering Brian Juliff (their chairman) to sort a game pre or post Nines in Australia.

Niue, Cook Islands, USA...

Anybody - a match is a match.