Author: Phil Hodgson
Gateshead Storm withdraw from NCL
Gateshead Storm have withdrawn from the National Conference League. The north-east outfit has pulled the plug on fixtures in League E – and Saturday’s fixture…
Talking Grass Roots: A Word of Difference
What’s in a word? Quite a lot, as League Express grassroots correspondent Phil Hodgson illustrates. I wrote only the other week about how important it…
Grassroots news round up
BARLA, which has announced reduced fees for this year’s Club Membership, has also introduced a free monthly draw, effective from July, with cash prizes totalling…
Grassroots membership fee row rumbles on
The Rugby Football League’s Director of Participation and Development, Marc Lovering, has rebuffed a suggestion that he pledged, several years ago, that membership fees would…
Talking Grass Roots: Getting the sums right
Talking Grass Roots with League Express amateur rugby league correspondent Phil Hodgson I touched, last week, on an issue that’s baffled me for some time;…
England and Wales set to clash in Wheelchair Rugby League
England, who play Wales at Sheffield on Saturday (26 June) as part of the build-up to the autumn’s Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup, have confirmed…
Rugby League”s ‘University Challenge’ goes on
Talking Grass Roots with Phil Hodgson Amateur Rugby League has several events on its annual calendar that carry high resonance. The BARLA National Cup Final…
Talking Grassroots: History repeating itself again
League Express grassroots correspondent Phil Hodgson reflects on arguments over governance that never seem to go away. It must be about 25 years ago now…
Schoey springs a surprise for BARLA
Talking Grass Roots with League Express grassroots correspondent Phil Hodgson Cometh the hour, cometh the man. Six words that certainly summed up Garry Schofield in…
Grassroots membership fees row rumbles on
The Rugby Football League, which is pressing ahead with plans to introduce membership fees for amateur players from next year in the light of changing…