Author: Richard de la Riviere

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…

Liverpool City’s GB star St Helens-born Ray Ashby made his name at Wigan, where he became one of the best fullbacks in the world. He…

The poacher turned gamekeeper Robin Whitfield was a prolific goalkicker for Widnes, Barrow and Huyton, but when the latter refused to pick him any more…

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…