Category: Championship
2021 Season Preview: Vikings fancy their chances
We’re now only a matter of weeks away from Championship sides playing their first game for a whole year, but the Vikings only restarted their…
2021 Season Preview: Toulouse confident of a big year
Toulouse Olympique have prepared for this year’s Championship like no other side in the competition, simply because they are operating under French Government guidelines instead…
Eagles to play home games in Doncaster in 2021
Sheffield Eagles have announced that they will be playing home matches in 2021 at Doncaster’s Keepmoat Stadium. The club has revealed that, in collaboration with…
Championship Focus: The power of nostalgia
There haven’t been many positives for sport outside the elite levels over the last eleven months, but there can still be joy to be found…
A way forward for Rugby League
Talking Rugby League with League Express editor Martyn Sadler What’s the best way forward for the governance of Rugby League, given the unsuccessful way in…
Championship clubs face crunch decisions
Championship and League 1 clubs will meet this Wednesday amid growing certainty that their income from the RFL’s central distribution pool will be massively reduced…
Betfred Championship news round up
Newcastle Thunder stunned their Championship rivals by announcing the signing of Tongan international Ukuma Ta’ai last week. Ta’ai, who was released by Super League side…
What’s inside League Express – Feb 8th edition?
Here are your latest teasers! Change on the way at Wigan. Super League tries to plug leaks. Dragons resigned to losing Folau. Championship clubs face…
Thunder swoop to sign Ukuma Ta’ai
Tongan international Ukuma Ta’ai will join Newcastle Thunder for the 2021 Betfred Championship season, after the Tyneside club seized upon the opportunity to bring further…
Halifax ring the changes for 2021
During the Championship’s near year-long absence, no club has overseen change like Halifax. First, the obvious. A rebrand. 18 years after they took their ‘Sox’…