Author: Martyn Sadler
Concussion trumps Covid as Rugby League’s biggest problem
League Express editor MARTYN SADLER considers the implications of concussion studies on the future development of Rugby League Ultimately, I’m certain that we will…
What now for Rugby League and Covid?
League Express editor MARTYN SADLER suggests that Rugby League will have to learn to live with the major variant of the Covid virus. I…
Talking Rugby League: World Cup must be first step in restoring glory of French game
League Express editor MARTYN SADLER reacts to the news that the 2025 World Cup looks to be heading for France. The news that the…
Talking Rugby League: How the RFL made a profit in 2020
Just before Christmas the RFL lodged its accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020 with Companies House. As we might have expected, The Rugby…
The players we should all have admired in 2021
League Express editor MARTYN SADLER pays tribute to the players who were ever-presents in 2021. The year 2021 was a momentous one for Rugby…
When Rugby League went to war
MARTYN SADLER reviews a book about the struggle for the soul of Australian Rugby League The year 1997 was perhaps the most important year in…
Talking Rugby League: The players to admire in 2021
The year 2021 has been a momentous one for Rugby League. It should have been a year in which we celebrated the biggest ever World…
League Express Zoomcast – Rugby League Heroes
This week I sat down with Richard de la Riviere, the author of the League Express ‘Rugby League Heroes’ series of articles with former Rugby…
Talking Rugby League: How our sport should be promoting its clashes
I don’t normally take much interest in Formula 1 motor racing. But even I was fully aware of the tension building up to Sunday’s Abu…
Can we have a progress report?
League Express editor MARTYN SADLER wonders about the progress towards a realignment of Super League and the Rugby Football League. This Wednesday (8th December) the…
