Author: Richard de la Riviere

One of the Melbourne Lions Graham Steadman made a name for himself as a brilliant young stand-off with York and Featherstone in the mid- to…

Welsh icon and a Rugby League evangelist One of the great characters of the 1970s, Mike Nicholas was a hugely talented cross-coder who performed with…

Little big man! Tommy Bishop was such a good scrum-half that when St Helens strolled out at Wembley in 1966, he wore the no 7…

The Scot who switched codes and played in Oz Charlie Renilson was a flanker with the Jed Forest club in Scottish rugby union when he…

An All-Time Great One of the great attacking centres of the last half-century, Gene Miles was a major force in some of the best teams…

Keighley’s promotion specialist At Keighley and Bradford, Peter Roe was one of Rugby League’s best centres in the late 1970s, before shoulder and knee injuries…

The Ultimate Showman Described in Barrow’s Complete Who’s Who as “The ultimate Rugby League Showman” and the “most charismatic” player in the club’s history, Eddie…

Mark ‘Spudd’ Carroll was one of the best forwards of the 1990s, playing in Grand Finals for Manly and winning caps for Australia. His rivalry…

Colin ‘Buck’ Armstrong is one of the great Cumbrian players of the last 50 years. Three times he faced the Kangaroos and twice he captained…

Eddie Hemmings talked us through his early career in part one of this Q & A which you can read online here. When Super League…