Author: Martyn Sadler
League Express Podcast 69
In this week’s episode of the League Express Podcast Jake Kearnan and I discuss Wigan Warriors adding BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year award…
RL Commercial crying out for a Derek Beaumont as lack of sponsorship and partnerships a concern for rugby league
CONGRATULATIONS to Derek Beaumont for finding a new club partner in the airline Jet2. And well done to him and to the Leigh club for…
League Express Podcast 68 – Jermaine McGillvary on his life and career
In this week’s episode of the League Express Podcast, Jake Kearnan and I are joined by former Great Britain International Jermaine McGillvary. We discuss Jermaine’s…
“Serious injuries” could occur following potential Challenge Cup draw of community clubs against Super League sides
The Challenge Cup dilemma The Challenge Cup draw seemed to go very well last Monday night in Goole, with the new Vikings club hosting the…
Oldest surviving rugby league referee dies aged 90
Vale Peter Massey – our oldest former referee I was sorry to hear about the recent death of former referee Peter Massey in an email…
Change versus Stability
League Express editor MARTYN SADLER contrasts the Wigan and Hull FC squads that were both announced recently. AT the time of writing five Super League…
Final Whistle: South Pacific offers hope for international rugby league
SOUTH PACIFIC was the title of one of the great theatrical and movie musicals written by Rodgers and Hammerstein. Some years ago I spent some…
Controversial changes to Super League salary cap rejected overwhelmingly by 11 votes to one
Salary cap madness LAST week the Super League clubs discussed a paper put forward by the RFL that proposed various changes to the salary cap…
Who controls the message?
League Express editor MARTYN SADLER examines the media coverage of new rugby union star Joseph Aukuso-Suaali’i. This is a slightly modified version of a piece…
Money moves in mysterious ways
League Express editor MARTYN SADLER considers the apparent contradiction between declining revenue and growing numbers of wealthy investors This is a slightly modified version of…