Category: Championship
Featherstone player to face tribunal
Featherstone Rovers winger Ben Blackmore will face an RFL tribunal over a potentially racist comment he posted on Facebook. Last month Blackmore, a former Sheffield Eagles…
Aston explains Eagles’ refusal to switch fixture
Sheffield Eagles coach Mark Aston has a succinct two-word answer for anyone questioning his refusal to delay next month’s Championship clash at Halifax by a…
Flanagan commits to carrying on
Bradford Bulls hooker George Flanagan says the backing he has received from the Bulls in the wake of a second suspension for ‘attacking an opponent’s…
Toulouse sign historic long term stadium agreement
Toulouse Olympique have strengthened their links with French rugby union champions Stade Toulousain by signing a joint ground-sharing agreement at the city’s Stade Ernest Wallon….
Betfred Championship news round up
Toulouse Olympique coach Sylvain Houles could replenish his diminishing squad – but insists he won’t be making any rash moves. News that experienced Kiwi forward…
How Tyme Dow-Nikau followed in his dad’s footsteps to York
The global pandemic has taken many people’s lives in different directions to ones they expected, and that is certainly the case for Tyme Dow-Nikau. The…
Rugby League and Leeds Beckett University team up for major new research project
The Rugby Football League will, next month, launch a pilot for an extensive game-wide research project to quantify the risk of head impact in the…
Wakefield could move for Fifita after Tangata rejoins Halifax
COOK Islands prop Adam Tangata is heading back to Halifax – fuelling rumours that Wakefield are set to bring in NRL star Andrew Fifita. It…
Toulouse slam Broncos’ decision
Toulouse Olympique remain focused upon their Super League ambitions, despite the bombshell news last week that London Broncos have refused to travel to France for…
Betfred Championship news round up
Featherstone Rovers have made Martin Vickers their new chief executive, and having helped Toronto Wolfpack win promotion from the Championship before their demise, his main…