Author: Richard de la Riviere
Rugby League Heroes: Olsen Filipaina
A brilliant career blighted by racism Roughly half of all today’s NRL players are of Maori or Pacific descent, but back in 1980, there were…
Rugby League Heroes: Tim Sheens
Grand Finals and World Cups – the coach who won them all A Penrith junior, Tim Sheens played and coached the club throughout the 1970s…
Rugby League Heroes: Matthew Elliott
The man who coached the Bulls to glory There were few more influential figures behind Bradford Bulls’ incredible successes in the first decade of summer…
Rugby League Heroes: Gary Connolly
The Saint who shone for Wigan A world-class fullback and a world-class centre, Gary Connolly was magnificent for St Helens, Canterbury, Wigan, Leeds and Great…
Rugby League Heroes: Dick Huddart (Part 2)
A Saint on both sides of the world After excelling for Great Britain and St Helens, Dick Huddart moved to Sydney in 1964 to play…
Rugby League Heroes: Dick Huddart (Part 1)
The Cumbrian superstar Cumbria has produced few, if any, finer Rugby League players than the great Dick Huddart. A product of the Risehow & Gillhead…
Rugby League Heroes: Gemma Walsh
21 years that transformed Women’s Rugby League One of the all-time greats of the women’s game, Gemma Walsh recently retired after 21 years as a…
Rugby League Heroes: John Fieldhouse
A forward ahead of his time John Fieldhouse was one of the best British forwards in the mid-‘eighties and was named man of the match…
Rugby League Heroes: Tony Barrow
Leigh enjoyed their finest day fifty years ago this year, beating Leeds at Wembley to win the Challenge Cup. Playing stand-off for the Leythers was…
Rugby League Heroes: Phil Clarke (Part 2)
In the first part of our Rugby League Heroes Q & A with Phil Clarke, he talked us through his Wigan, Great Britain and England…
