Leon Pryce has been sacked as coach of League 1 side Workington Town. Pryce led the Cumbrian side to within 80 minutes of promotion to the Championship last season, losing out to Bradford and then Swinton in a rejigged play-off series – but has now been dismissed just six games into the 2019 League 1 campaign. The former Great Britain…
Read MoreThe 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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The Women’s Amateur Rugby League Association holds its Presentation Night on Friday (26 April, 7.30pm). The event will be hosted by Stanningley RLFC, whose coaches Jordan Lilley and Ash Golding – the Bradford Bulls and Leeds Rhinos stars – are guest speakers. Tickets for the bash, which includes a hot buffet and a disco, are £15 and are available by…
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Jermaine McGillvary’s late try earned Huddersfield Giants a crucial 24-19 win over London Broncos. Morgan Smith’s field goal had put the away side in front with seven minutes to play but McGillvary was on hand to win it for the Giants with three minutes to go. London started the brightest and led 8-0 after Kieran Dixon’s penalty and Jay Pitts’ try.…
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Wakefield Trinity held off a strong fightback from Leeds Rhinos to register a 26-24 win to bounce back from their Good Friday defeat to Castleford Tigers. Wakefield raced into a 12-point lead early in the game when Mason Caton-Brown set up Lee Kershaw and then Reece Lyne intercepted a pass before running 80 metres. But Leeds pegged the home side…
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Kevin Naiqama scored four tries and Adam Swift a hat-trick as St Helens made it two wins from two over Easter after coming from 10-0 down to destroy Hull FC, 62-16 Hull FC raced into their 10-point lead early thanks to tries from Joe Westerman and Carlos Tuimavave but the Saints were soon in the lead thanks to Jonny Lomax’s…
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Zak Hardaker scored a late try as Wigan Warriors secured an important and hard-earned 30-26 victory over Salford Red Devils. Wigan rushed into a 14-point lead to start the game. Joe Burgess crossed before Zak Hardaker kicked a penalty. Joe Bullock then found a gap in Salford’s defence to score Wigan’s second try. The Red Devils would score a try…
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Warrington Wolves bounced back emphatically from defeat on Good Friday by smashing Hull KR 54-6 in East Yorkshire. Warrington had the better of the first half after a slow start. Ben Crooks gave the home side the lead before Blake Austin equalised for the Wolves. Tom Lineham then scored thanks to Austin’s pass before Joe Philbin latched onto Declan Patton’s…
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The American dream (well North American) takes another step closer to becoming a reality, Shaun Edwards won’t be joining Wigan after all – who could have seen that coming? – and the Easter fixtures provide interesting speculation as host Matt Shaw is joined by Danny Lockwood, Damian Irvine and Ricky Wilby. All this and more on Rugby League Back Chat.…
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While you’ve all been lapping up the glorious Easter sunshine, our team has been penned indoors putting you together another bumper edition of the paper. Here’s what you’ll find in League Express this week… Leeds Rhinos have seen hopes of signing one of Super League’s biggest names knocked back. Warrington have had their say on the possibility of signing rugby…
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