Richard de la Riviere

Here’s this week’s video! Some of the issues we pondered are: Is that the best round of WSL we’ve ever had? Is York v Wigan the best WSL game of all time? Can Leeds get their season back on track on Friday? Just how big a game is this weekend’s Championship Grand final between Manchester Swinton Lionesses & London Broncos Women? And probably the most important question: who should be the starting England halfbacks out of Georgia Roche, Jenna Foubister, Izzy Rowe, Tara-Jane Stanley and anyone else you might consider? https://youtu.be/EEq5gbwp-Hk?is=ey0fPytK00hXDLCv

Here’s our latest video which features Wigan thrashing Leeds. saints winning a tight game at York, the London Broncos women and a quick chat about type-1 diabetes, a condition which doesn’t seem to be holding back a couple of WSL players.

This is a big podcast

I joined Jason for this week’s video. Plenty to talk about at the moment!

How have the English players done this week?

York v Hudds looked like one of those games when you thought maybe there was a chance of bottom 4 beating top 4. They had a very close game last season. York were terrible last week and no Savannah Andrade, their best player, this week. But nope. 42-0 shows the gap is as wide as ever. And it was 42-0 after an hour.

Just a quick plug for Jason Emery who’s started doing a video/pod on the women’s game. Here are his two so far, one previewing the semi finals and one reviewing. You can subscribe so his videos will appear in your YT feed

Decent piece in the guardian by Gav Willacy https://www.theguardian.com/sport/no-helmets-required/2026/may/14/rugby-league-wsl-pay-gladiators-womens-super-league

They’re really going to miss Lindsay Anfield. She had a real ability to squeeze every bit of potential out of that squad, however unbalanced it was and however many players she had to play out of position. If Leon is to make a difference, we probably won’t see it until later in the year.

Hard to disagree. it’s an interesting difference between the men’s and women’s games. In the men’s game, the fans would have forced a change by now. But is that a good thing or not?

Catalans are hoping to add a couple of English players for the challenge cup

As far as I know, there’s nothing in the Cas stuff

The autobiography of Chantelle Crowl was released this week, published by myself. Here's how you can buy it and a brief guide to the contents. It has been a fabulous project to work on! https://womensrl.com/?p=776

The autobiography of Chantelle Crowl was released this week, published by myself. Here's how you can buy it and a brief guide to the contents. It has been a fabulous project to work on! https://womensrl.com/?p=776