Category: Features
Catalans Dragons: a new dawn or a false one?
A false dawn is an art no club wants to master but one Catalans Dragons most certainly have. Season after season they are built up….
Rugby League and Politics
League Express editor MARTYN SADLER explains why he believes that the RFL and Super League shouldn’t allow political slogans to appear at Rugby League matches….
The Batley legend recording history
Three years ago Craig Lingard started a project to record the history of a club that he helped to shape. The Batley coach is the…
“Alex Walmsley now the best in Super League” – Garry Schofield
Alex Walmsley says he wants to extend his contract at St Helens – and that will come as music to the ears of the Saints…
One of the best: Gareth Walker looks ahead to a mouth-watering third tier in 2021
While this year has been such a frustration for all sporting clubs, the moves already being made by several in Betfred League 1 for next…
Exodus of youth is a worry
Another promising teenage Rugby League player is on his way to Australia. And that begs the question: Are we about to see a succession of…
League Express MAILBAG – Monday 3rd August 2020
Here are the letters that were published in this week’s Mailbag in League Express, with Toronto Wolfpack inevitably figuring highly. If you would like to…
Halfbacks have a lot to live up to – Garry Schofield
I reckon Rugby League fans are being served half-measures when it comes to stand-offs and scrum-halves these days. And I’m talking both Northern and Southern…
A glimmer of hope for the RFL’s proposed autumn competition
There haven’t been too many positive noises made about the possible autumn competition for Betfred Championship and League One clubs. Last week club after club…
Rugby League’s finest wine James Roby on longevity, hamstrings and World Cup hopes
HE’S the peerless leader, the master craftsman, the ageless orchestrator. James Roby is a lot of things to a lot of people, especially in and…