Category: Features
Hull and Catalans a good outside bet
Garry Schofield ponders this week’s Super League play-off semi-finals So, what chance a Hull versus Catalans Grand Final? A month ago, you would have said…
Talking Grass Roots: Greece is the word
Woolston Rovers have long been among the most go-ahead of amateur clubs, and the Warrington outfit is setting the agenda yet again by forging a…
Review: The Man of All Talents: The Extraordinary Life of Douglas Clark by Steven Bell
Douglas Clark: A Huddersfield Rugby League legend, a World Champion wrestler and a First World War Hero. He may have died at the young age…
Upfront: Two Titans ready to depart
Upfront – The League Express Editorial – Monday 16th Nov 2020 This week could see the curtain brought down on the careers of two greats….
The man who’ll decide who’s in Super League in 2021
Talking Rugby League – Martyn Sadler’s League Express column – Mon 16th Nov 2020 Until last week I had never heard of Lord Jonathan Caine…
Championship Focus: Race is on for Super League spot
Within minutes of news emerging from Super League’s meeting on Tuesday that they would admit a 12th club into the top-flight next year, candidates started…
Could Hull become the first club to play in a Grand Final on their own ground?
Garry Schofield looks forward to this week’s opening round of play-off action. Could Hull become the first club to play in a Grand Final on…
Talking Grassroots: Lighting up the gloom
It’s rather rare, currently, to come across unadulterated good news in these troubled coronavirus-dominated times, but two such stories popped my way last week –…
Upfront: Dear Robert, from Carlo
Upfront – The League Express Editorial – Monday 9th Nov 2020 After the Super League meeting that saw Toronto Wolfpack barred from returning to Super…
Talking Rugby League: Is private equity right for Super League?
Some time ago the Rugby Union Premiership was effectively sold to CV Partners, a private equity company, for £220 million. And now Super League, under…
