Wales women's national rugby league team

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

Wales

Team information
Governing body	Wales Rugby League
Region	Europe
Head coach	Thomas Brindle
Captain	Bethan Dainton
Most caps	Kathryn Salter 10
Top try-scorer	Leanne Burnell 5
Top point-scorer	Kathryn Salter 52 (3 tries, 20 goals)
IRL ranking	6 (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
Appearances	Nil 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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External links

• Wales Rugby League