Author: Doug Thomson
Jack Broadbent eager to nail down Leeds Rhinos berth
Rising Leeds star Jack Broadbent has nothing against Featherstone – indeed he enjoyed a useful learning spell there back in 2019. But the versatile 20-year-old…
Betfred Championship news round-up
BRADFORD BULLS coach John Kear hopes fans will flock to the club’s pre-season games at home to Hull FC and Leeds Rhinos as the countdown…
Catalans Dragons’ Sam Tomkins triumphs in League Express Readers Poll
There was a real French flavour to the League Express Readers’ Poll for the 2021 campaign. But while maiden Grand Finalists Catalans Dragons and Championship…
Featherstone Rovers recruit Joey Leilua says he’ll be fighting fit after boxing win
Featherstone’s high-profile overseas recruit Joey Leilua is due to jet into the UK in the middle of this month after making a successful first foray…
End of the line for Challenge Cup creators
The family-run jewellers from Yorkshire who created Rugby League’s Challenge Cup trophy, which was inaugurated in 1896/97, are to close their last remaining shop. Batley…
Chris Hill believes Huddersfield Giants fitness guru can keep him on track
Chris Hill says he’s looking forward to working with renowned fitness guru Greg Brown after moving from Warrington to Huddersfield. The international prop, who hasn’t…
St Helens boosted by three-day training camp
Kristian Woolf says he’s encouraged by the way his new-look St Helens squad are gelling as he continues to the countdown to the big Super…
Joe Lovodua finding his feet at Hull FC
Joe Lovodua hopes putting in the hard yards on the training field means he will soon catch up with the fitness levels of his new…
Why new Castleford Tigers boss Lee Radford has ‘missed the job’
Lee Radford reckons his spell out of Rugby League has sharpened his appetite for coaching. And having used the 20-month gap between being axed by…
Deon Cross grateful to past coaches after Salford Red Devils switch
Deon Cross says he’s enjoying training under Paul Rowley as the new Salford coach prepares for a pre-season visit from one of his former clubs….