North Wales Crusaders will host a dedicated duo of fixtures to celebrate Pride Month this month.

North Wales Crusaders Wheelchair Rugby League can confirm that Championship West Round 3 fixture against Rochdale Hornets on Sunday 1st June, and WRL Invitational League Round 4 fixture with Torfaen Tigers on Saturday  7th June will be the clubs official Pride Round, as the Crusaders look to support the LGBTQIA+ community.

For the RFL and Wrexham portion of the clubs Pride Round, the Crusaders will take on Rochdale Hornets at Wrexham University Sports Centre on the opening day of Pride Month, scheduled for the 12:30pm kick-off.

For the WRL and Flintshire portion of the clubs Pride Round, the Crusaders will take on Torfaen Tigers at Deeside Leisure Centre just a week later, scheduled for the 12:30pm kick-off.

As part of the Pride Round weekend, which aims to support the LGBTQIA+ community and showcase some of the local community organisations, the Crusaders
players will be issued with commemorative Pride name plaques on the back of their chairs, whilst both Crusaders captains will don pride captain armbands throughout the weekend.

To assist in celebrating the weekend, the crusaders will be joined by several local LGBTQIA+ organisations, including Wrecsam Pride, Wrexham Rhinos RUFC and
Chester Centurions Touch Rugby.

North Wales Crusaders Wheelchair Trustee Harry Jones has said: “Here at the Crusaders we are committed to the core values of Inclusion and
Respect”

“We as a club and charity have a long history of supporting the LGBTQIA+ community and we believe that everyone who engages with our sport is made to feel
welcome, valued and most importantly, respected”.

"We believe that Rugby is for everyone, especially Wheelchair Rugby League".

“This looks to be the first pride round in wheelchair rugby league, and we want it to be a forever fixture in the calendar”.

“By inviting local LGBTQIA+ organisations and sports teams down, we want to showcase that regardless of gender and sexuality, we are all the same and we all
want the same, and that’s to promote equality and inclusion”.

Throughout the weekend there will be advertisements, branding and guests from local organisations.