How Covid will affect Boxing Day friendlies on and off the pitch

Scrums are on course to return in the New Year – but won’t be used in the three Boxing Day challenge matches. The game has…

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Sylvain Houles still searching for signings at Toulouse Olympique

Sylvain Houles is still looking for players to join his French foreign legion at Toulouse Olympique, although he won’t be tempted into recruitment just to…

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Betfred Championship news round-up

BARROW RAIDERS coach Paul Crarey is boxing clever as he continues preparations for the new campaign. Recently faced with a waterlogged training pitch which put…

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Betfred League 1 news round-up

KEIGHLEY COUGARS coach Rhys Lovegrove has said he has the perfect working relationship with Andrew Henderson, who joined the club in October as head of…

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Pre-season Rugby League fixtures and results

Pre-season is well underway and the friendlies have begun as Rugby League stars brush off the dust and get back into action. As traditional, Boxing…

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Rugby League Heroes: Ian Brooke

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…

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Former Super League star re-signs with Doncaster

League 1 side Doncaster have announced the re-signing of former Hull KR and Wakefield player Ben Cockayne on a one-year deal. The 38-year-old, who has…

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League structure for 2023 season revealed

The structure of the professional Rugby League divisions will remain the same for the 2023 season, meaning that promotion and relegation will continue in 2022…

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French renaissance inspires Rugby League Yearbook’s Personalities of the Year

There was a distinctive French flavour to some of Rugby League’s best stories in 2021, and that is reflected in the five personalities of the…

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Championship Focus: Young pretenders to watch in 2022

Every season we see a healthy number of promising young players move out of Super League and into the Championship or League 1. There can…

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