Wales Women Rugby League side make donation to Cardiff Foodbank

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All players from the Wales Womenā€™s Rugby League squad have each donated a bag of food to the Cardiff Foodbank.

The side play their first ever match this Saturday when they take on Great Britain Teachers at The Gnoll in Neath (kick-off 12.30pm), played before Wales Dragonhearts v Southern England Lionhearts (kick-off 3pm).

The players have already chosen ā€œState of Mind Sportā€ as their charity but head coach Craig Taylor said that they wanted to do something else for the Welsh community too.

He said: ā€œI work in child protection, so Iā€™m passionate about helping out as much as we possibly can.

ā€œWe as a group are in a privileged position who are representing a country and because of that, I wanted us to give something back. Iā€™m very big on the girls being good people, good role models, ambassadors for Wales Rugby League and Wales as a whole.

ā€œI contacted Cardiff food bank and they were overjoyed that we had chosen to support them. The girls stepped up and responded to my request with a very substantial donation.

ā€œIā€™m extremely proud to be associated with this group. In one collection we have now probably supported many families that through no fault of their own have fallen on hard times.ā€

A tweet of thanks from Cardiff Foodbank read: ā€œA massive thank you to the Women’s Welsh National Team @WalesRugbyL for their generous donations today to #CardiffFoodbank. We really appreciate your support and wish you all the best for your first international match next Saturday. #WalesRL #RestoringHopeā€

Tickets for the double header at The Gnoll this Saturday can be bought by going to www.walesrugbyleague.co.uk/tickets.


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