-
Posts
524 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Recent Profile Visitors
Richard de la Riviere's Achievements
275
Reputation
-
Challenge Cup - Group Stage draw
Richard de la Riviere replied to RBKnight's topic in The Women's & Girls Rugby League Forum
Maybe you’ve got a point. I think York will sneak it on Sunday but Saints will win the semi-final. -
Challenge Cup - Group Stage draw
Richard de la Riviere replied to RBKnight's topic in The Women's & Girls Rugby League Forum
Saints will have a much better backline this year. Last season it looked a bit inexperienced and a couple were out of position. The return of Burke and Woosey plus the signing of Salihi will make a big difference. Their forwards and playmakers are as good as Leeds and York. -
Thirty years ago today was the last ever 0-0 draw in the professional game as Whitehaven played Workington at home. The game had been restaged, having been postponed two days earlier. Dean Marwood missed a couple of penalty shots and Haven still complain a try was wrongly disallowed in the final moments. I wasn’t at this unfortunately. I’d set off to the original game on Boxing Day and turned round when Radio Cumbria announced the postponement. But on the 28th, I had tickets for Liverpool v Wimbledon which turned out to be a dreadful game. I can still remember ringing my mate from Lime Street Station to get the Town score and not quite believing him that it had ended 0-0!
-
An under 18 England team.
Richard de la Riviere replied to BroncoFan's topic in The Women's & Girls Rugby League Forum
How do you think that team would get on against Australia and NZ u18s? -
50 Wigan Legends in Their Own Words
Richard de la Riviere replied to John Drake's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
-
50 Wigan Legends in Their Own Words
Richard de la Riviere replied to John Drake's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
Thanks mate. Hope you enjoy it! -
50 Wigan Legends in Their Own Words
Richard de la Riviere replied to John Drake's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
Hi all! I’ll be at Waterstones in Wigan on Thursday between 5.30 & 6.30pm, talking about and signing copies of the book, just in case you’re passing! -
50 Wigan Legends in Their Own Words
Richard de la Riviere replied to John Drake's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
Thanks for the order mate. I hope you enjoy it. I might look at your idea one day as I’ve interviewed quite a few Cumbrian greats including the two you mention. But if the Wigan book sells well, I’ll probably do another Super League club next. -
50 Wigan Legends in Their Own Words
Richard de la Riviere replied to John Drake's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
Thanks mate. I really enjoyed doing that. Hopefully have a few more coming up. -
50 Wigan Legends in Their Own Words
Richard de la Riviere replied to John Drake's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
Hi Harry, the book is a compilation of interviews I’ve done over the years: roughly a third have previously been published exactly as they are in the book, about a third have been updated and a third (16 to be precise) are brand new. These tend to be the longest ones. Terry Newton’s is from 2005. I’ve updated it with his story from that point onwards, which includes me quoting his biographer, Phil Wilkinson, who told me some great stories about him. Bill Ashurst is the other interviewee who is no longer with us. His interview was from 2018 and was part of the Rugby League Heroes series in League Express. Interviews with those overseas were done on the phone (or video call with Graeme West). I had the idea of putting them into a book about a year ago. LPL agreed to publish it at the end of the 2022, and that’s when I started to track down the 16 new players. -
50 Wigan Legends in Their Own Words
Richard de la Riviere replied to John Drake's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
Here are the interviewees: Joe Lydon, Green Vigo, Kelvin Skerrett, Henderson Gill, Sam Tomkins, Colin Clarke, Nicky Kiss, Phil Clarke, Brett Kenny, Ray Ashby. Terry Newton, Danny Sculthorpe, Liam Farrell, Graeme West, Martin Hall, Bill Francis, Denis Betts, George Fairbairn, Terry O'Connor, John Burke. Kris Radlinski, Graham Lowe, Martin Offiah, Doug Laughton, Jason Robinson, Colin Tyrer, Phil Roberts, Declan Roberts, Andy Platt, Gemma Walsh. Frano Botica, Frank Parr, Gene Miles, Shaun Wane, Gary Connolly, Dean Bell, Thomas Leuluai, Martin Dermott, John Gray, Andy Gregory. Mick Cassidy, Sean O'Loughlin, Shaun Edwards, Brian Noble, Steve Hampson, Tony Stephens, John Monie, Henry Paul, Bill Ashurst & Ellery Hanley. The interviews take into account their entire rugby league careers. They vary in size. The smaller ones are roughly the size of a full page in League Express. The book is A4 and 208 pages. There's a lot of reading! Every interview is designed with photos.