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width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-4358 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-07-24 21:52:04\" data-filename=\"DSC_2124-800x600.jpeg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/beachrugbywales.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2124-800x600.jpeg\" height=\"600\" width=\"800\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-4326 slide-4358 msDefaultImage\" title=\"DSC_2124\" \/><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Beach Rugby Wales is an annual rugby festival in Sunny Swansea Bay, South Wales, now entering it&#8217;s 20th and 19th Tournament year&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beach Rugby is played as touch rugby, but the matches can be very physical. A few touch rugby teams that have previously taken part haven\u2019t reached the pool stages due to the physicality of the competition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3233 \" src=\"https:\/\/beachrugbywales.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FB_IMG_1534101926715-177x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beachrugbywales.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FB_IMG_1534101926715-177x300.jpg 177w, https:\/\/beachrugbywales.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FB_IMG_1534101926715-768x1302.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beachrugbywales.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FB_IMG_1534101926715-604x1024.jpg 604w, https:\/\/beachrugbywales.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FB_IMG_1534101926715.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From 6 teams in 2006, over the years the tournament has grown from strength to strength with this year 48 teams taking part in 2025, with teams entering from all over the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament has attracted International players, past and present, Ellis Genge, Richard Hibbard, Shane Williams, Paul James, Ian Gough, Garin Jenkins and Arwel Thomas for Wales, Ireland\u2019s Tommy Bowe, All Black\u2019s Jerry Collins and Marty Hollah to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament has become so popular that the teams taking part plan their end of season tour or pre-season around the day and use it as a team bonding weekend. It is a fun day and suitable for all the family, whatever the weather. Apart from the very first tournament when the weather wasn\u2019t on our side, every year we have been very lucky with the weather and hopefully will continue on each tournament day, rain or shine we enjoy the day.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3909\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3909\" style=\"width: 338px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3909\" src=\"https:\/\/beachrugbywales.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30.07.22-Beach-Rugby-Wales-71-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"#SeaYouOnTheSand\" width=\"338\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beachrugbywales.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30.07.22-Beach-Rugby-Wales-71-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/beachrugbywales.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30.07.22-Beach-Rugby-Wales-71-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beachrugbywales.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30.07.22-Beach-Rugby-Wales-71-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beachrugbywales.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30.07.22-Beach-Rugby-Wales-71-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beachrugbywales.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30.07.22-Beach-Rugby-Wales-71-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beachrugbywales.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30.07.22-Beach-Rugby-Wales-71-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">#SeaYouOnTheSand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I am very proud with the development of Beach Rugby Wales over the last few years years and without the support of the teams, sponsors and supporters, the tournament wouldn\u2019t be as successful as it is today. The day is a \u2018Festival of Rugby\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to seeing you all at our 19th annual tournament, 1st August 2025.<\/p>\n<p>#SeaYouOnTheSand,<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Beach Rugby Wales Team<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beach Rugby Wales is an annual rugby festival in Sunny Swansea Bay, South Wales, now entering it&#8217;s 20th and 19th Tournament year&#8230; Beach Rugby is played as touch rugby, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_hostinger_reach_plugin_has_subscription_block":false,"_hostinger_reach_plugin_is_elementor":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beachrugbywales.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beachrugbywales.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beachrugbywales.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beachrugbywales.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beachrugbywales.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/beachrugbywales.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4377,"href":"https:\/\/beachrugbywales.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/4377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beachrugbywales.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}