Toronto Wolfpack director of rugby Brian Noble does not envisage any issues with meeting the Super League criteria should the Canadian club be successful in the Championship play-offs. Reports have emerged questioning whether the Wolfpack would be allowed to join the top flight for 2020, with Super League chief executive Robert Elstone confirming they were seeking assurances from the RFL…
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Widnes coach Kieron Purtill admits North Wales Crusaders back-rower Kenny Baker is among a list of possible targets for next season. Baker has been a mainstay of the Crusaders side after joining from Ince Rose Bridge in 2016, and was made captain for the 2019 campaign. Purtill told League Express: “Kenny is a player who is on our radar. “He…
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Featherstone Rovers will add Barrow prop Alec Susino to their 2020 squad, after signing Thomas Minns and Louis Jouffret. Susino was first linked to Rovers in League Express in mid-July and is now thought to be close to confirming a deal for next season. The Italian international has had two impressive spells with the Raiders and was also understood to…
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Eddie Battye wants London Broncos to lift one more time for Super League’s Friday 13th relegation shoot-out. The capital club threw themselves a lifeline with Jay Pitts’ dramatic late winner at Hull KR, meaning four clubs now go into today’s final day locked on 20 points. Danny Ward’s side can assure their top flight status by winning at Wakefield, while…
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GARETH WALKER looks ahead to a fascinating weekend of action in the Betfred Championship and League One. THIS weekend marks the start of the last two rounds of Championship and League One fixtures, with four key issues still to be decided. There will also be some jostling for crucial play-off places in both competitions, but for ten clubs in particular,…
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Leigh Centurions are poised to make Bradford hooker Matty Wildie one of their first signings for 2020. League Express understands that the former Wakefield and Featherstone playmaker is firmly on the club’s radar for next season’s squad. It comes after the Centurions last week signalled their promotion ambitions by signing Junior Sa’u, Mitch Clark and Adam Higson for the Championship…
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Halifax coach Simon Grix says the 1895 Cup can work – but needs to be reviewed on a number of fronts before next season. Grix’s Fax and Bradford both fielded second-string teams and were heavily beaten by Sheffield and Barrow respectively in midweek, just four days after their Challenge Cup quarter-final. And Grix says that scheduling is a key issue…
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GARETH WALKER of League Express anticipates a thrilling Summer Bash today and tomorrow RUGBY League fixture planners aren’t always at the top of everybody’s Christmas lists, but you can’t fault their selections for this weekend’s Summer Bash fixtures. Every single one of the seven matches has plenty at stake. They all look evenly-matched contests, with the RFL hoping for a…
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GARETH WALKER of League Express looks ahead to this weekend’s League I contests WHILE attention in the Betfred Championship this weekend switches firmly to the Summer Bash in Blackpool, there is also a full round of fixtures in the increasingly intriguing League One. Eight weeks into the new season, and just five points separate leaders Whitehaven from eighth placed Coventry…
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It rarely fails to deliver top-notch entertainment and it helps raise the profile of the Championship with much-needed TV coverage too, so why is the future of the Summer Bash so insecure? It has hosted brutal battles, breathtaking comebacks and off-field controversy – and the Summer Bash will be back in Blackpool this May. From the Battle of Bloomfield Road…
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