Coral Challenge Cup Bradford Bulls 24 Leeds Rhinos 22 Catalans Dragons 62 Doncaster 6 Salford Red Devils 18 Hull Kingston Rovers 32 Betfred League 1 Coventry Bears 41 Workington Town 30 London Skolars 19 North Wales Crusaders 18 NRL Telstra Premiership Canterbury Bulldogs 10 Newcastle Knights 22 New Zealand Warriors 26 St George Illawarra Dragons 18 Melbourne Storm 64 Parramatta…
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Former Halifax coach Richard Marshall has issued a statement, following his shock sacking by the club last night, which reveals that he would like to find a new role in Rugby League. Here is his statement in full. “It is with regret that my time at Halifax has come to an end. Both parties agree that it is time to…
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The RFL has issued several changes in the interpretation of the Laws of the Game as a response to concerns expressed by coaches about the issue of gamesmanship that has been creeping into games recently, with Castleford Tigers coach Daryl Powell shining a spotlight on what he felt was cheating by Catalans players to gain penalties during the game between…
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League Express editor MARTYN SADLER suggests one key reason why prospective Wigan coach Shaun Edwards may be having second thoughts about returning to the DW Stadium in 2020. Plenty of pundits and Wigan supporters have been scratching their heads to try to work out why Shaun Edwards, who was so enthusiastic about returning to Super League with the Warriors in…
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Warrington Wolves maintained their challenge to Super League leaders St Helens with a hard fought 25-12 victory against Wigan Warriors at the Halliwell Jones Stadium tonight. The Wolves came into the game without Bryson Goodwin, who suffered an injury in the previous week’s game against Castleford Tigers, while Wigan were forced to make several changes from the team that lost…
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League Express editor MARTYN SADLER anticipates the start of the new NRL season and criticises the NRL’s leading official. This week in League Express we published a Mailbag letter from one of our regular correspondents, Bill Anderson of Parbold in Lancashire, which is highly critical of the NRL and in particular its chief executive Todd Greenberg. It is a…
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The Board of the Rugby Football League have granted RFL membership to the consortium that agreed a deal with the administrators to take over the club yesterday. The RFL therefore anticipates that Sunday’s Betfred Championship fixture against Featherstone Rovers will go ahead. A 12-point penalty has been applied, which is effective immediately, meaning that the Vikings will now go to…
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The Rugby Football League is moving its HQ from Leeds to Manchester in time for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. So you may think it might have been a good time to establish a semi-professional club in the city to carry the Manchester name. If so, think again. MARTYN SADLER, the editor of League Express, speaks to PHIL FITTON…
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League Express editor MARTYN SADLER talks to Catalans Dragons coach STEVE McNAMARA about the Dragons’ prospects for the 2019 season. CATALANS DRAGONS created history last season when they became the first team outside England to win the Challenge Cup. And although their participation in the 2019 Challenge Cup has been thrown into doubt in recent weeks, with the Dragons refusing…
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League Express Editor Martyn Sadler speaks to Castleford Tigers coach Daryl Powell about the Tigers’ prospects in 2019. Castleford Tigers coach Daryl Powell must be getting used to bad news. In 2017 he was hit by a thunderbolt just two days before the Grand Final at Old Trafford when the club revealed that star fullback Zak Hardaker would miss the…
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