The England 2019 Elite Squad is announced and includes Aussie born Blake Austin. Is this an outrage and if so why? Hasn’t anyone noticed something like this before? Blood is no stranger to Rugby League but slightly strange is the title of a new comic called ‘Rugby Blood’ courtesy of former Super League player turned actor, Keith Mason. We find…
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Huddersfield Giants gained a vital 12-18 victory tonight at Hull Kingston Rovers, easing their relegation fears while piling on the agony for their hosts. Both sides played cautiously in the first half, with the Giants looking nervous early on. Rovers took the lead in the seventh minute when Kane Linnett touched down Josh Drinkwater’s grubber, with Craig Hall converting. But…
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Leigh Centurions have signed Castleford Tigers prop forward Mitch Clark until the end of the current season. Clark, 26, will join Wigan Warriors on a three-year contract beginning in 2020 but will be available to the Centurions for the rest of the campaign. Leigh head coach John Duffy said: “I coached Mitch at Fev last year and he’s come on…
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Leigh Centurions have secured the permanent signing of Junior Sa’u from Salford Red Devils on a contract to the end of the 2020 season. Junior Sa’u said: “I’ve had an awesome six years at Salford and thought I’d end my career there. I’d like to thank everyone at Salford from the bottom of my heart for the welcome they gave…
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Wales head coach John Kear has named an elite train-on squad for the next two years. Kear will use the 35-man elite train-on squad to select players for this autumn’s 9s World Cup and next year’s European Championship. The elite train-on squad has been created for 2019 and 2020 to bring together a pool of elite Welsh players, and to…
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Judith Cummins, the MP for Bradford South, has called on the Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling MP, to intervene to stop the transport chaos that is set to occur over the August Bank Holiday weekend when fans will be traveling down to Wembley for the Challenge Cup Final. The Bradford MP, who is the Chair of the All…
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On this week’s Total Rugby League Show, we’ve got plenty of domestic and international Rugby League discussion, Super League match previews, as well as a look at Championship and League 1. Host Ben Hughes is joined by Rugby League World Editor Matthew Shaw, and by League Express NRL reporter Alex Davis. We’re also joined by Jamaica Head Coach Jermaine Coleman,…
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Leeds centre Harry Newman and Huddersfield forward Oliver Wilson, who were both members of the England Academy team who beat the Australian Schoolboys last autumn, are joined by London Broncos duo Jordan Abdull and Rob Butler in a revised Knights Performance Squad to prepare for this autumn’s historic international fixture against Jamaica at the Emerald Headingley Stadium. (Details of Jamaica…
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Are we spending too much time analysing the perils of clubs in the relegation zone and not enough on praising the efforts of those in the promotion and title race? Is the TV broadcast appearance money a fair deal or should it be simply put in a big pot and shared among all the clubs? And, as the game is…
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The Total Rugby League Show is back this week to preview this weekend’s matches in Super League, as well as to discuss all the news from Championship, League 1 and Origin. On the show, host Ben Hughes is joined by Rugby League World Editor Matthew Shaw, Rugby League journalist Alex Davis and The Guardian’s Rugby League correspondent Aaron Bower. In…
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