Author: Martyn Sadler
Is Rugby League getting too structured?
Rugby League Express editor MARTYN SADLER asks whether Rugby League is in danger of losing some of its spontaneity. For the first time in the…
League Express digital edition now available
The new edition of League Express has now gone online, and can be purchased immediately in its digital form. In this week’s issue we have…
Everything you ever wanted to know about Rugby League
League Publications Ltd has been publishing an annual Yearbook since 1996, and in that time it has evolved to become the definitive guide to the…
Comment: Glad to be over the Samoa banana skin
I always regarded the Samoa game on Saturday as a giant banana skin waiting to cause England serious problems. So I’m grateful for small mercies….
Opinion: International Rugby League is not dead
I don’t know why Rugby League has such a strong culture of self-criticism and introspection. But we saw it again in the week leading up…
How healthy is international Rugby League?
The Guardian newspaper published an article yesterday on its website entitled ‘Rugby league’s international failure is spectacular’. It was written by an Australian journalist, Nick…
Opinion: Saturday night was Brown’s greatest triumph
If a coach is going to leave a club, the best way to go is on his own terms and with a trophy in the…
Comment: Saints proved their critics wrong
Referee Phil Bentham will never have an easier decision to make. The red card he showed to Wigan prop Ben Flower after just three minutes…
Kallum Watkins in all three Super League Dream Teams
Last week the RFL revealed its Dream Team for the 2014 season. The Dream Team is selected by ballot among members of the Rugby League…
Comment: Two (referees) is company, three’s a crowd
Did you see the story coming out of Australia last week suggesting that the NRL is contemplating having three referees on the pitch? Have you…
