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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Kevin Sinfield’s most ambitious challenge yet for his mate Rob Burrow

RUGBY LEAGUE legend Kevin Sinfield OBE set out this morning at 8.40am on his latest ‘Extra Mile’ fundraising challenge for those impacted by motor neurone…

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Talking Rugby League

Looking ahead to the new season with League Express editor Martyn Sadler   It’s like hearing the first cuckoo in spring. When the fixtures for…

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Cornwall surely face an uphill struggle

Talking Rugby League with League Express editor Martyn Sadler   For many years I used to travel regularly to Cornwall every year when my parents-in-law…

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