Author: Richard de la Riviere

THERE have certainly been greater try scorers than Des Drummond down the years, but it is difficult to find many wingers who could hit harder,…

Henderson Gill has led the tributes to fellow Great Britain player Des Drummond (pictured) who has died at the age of 63. The two lightning-quick…

Graham Lowe became New Zealand coach in 1983 and instantly transformed their fortunes. The Kiwis tore up the formbook by beating Australia at Lang Park…

The Kumul who’s an honorary Cumbrian Having made a huge impact in a decade at the Recreation Ground, Jesse Joe Parker played his last game…

A try scoring machine in the ‘eighties and a playmaking supremo of the ‘nineties, Garry Schofield is one of a tiny number of British backs…

The Englishman who shone in Oz This is the second in a two-part feature. In the first part, John Gray told us about the early…

The multi-talented sportsman from Coventry John Gray may well be the finest all-round sportsman the UK has ever produced. He was a proficient enough teenage…

Castleford maestro who was coveted by the Aussies Any list of the great British stand-offs would surely include Alan Hardisty near or at the very…

When Rugby League united a mother and son Wakefield centre Ian Brooke toured the Southern Hemisphere twice, firstly with the 1966 Lions and then with…

They swept the board in 2021, but perhaps the most impressive accomplishment of the St Helens team was the role they played in raising the…