Category: Features
Is player welfare being ignored?
Upfront: The League Express Editorial – Mon 14th Sept 2020 Our hats are tipped to the Castleford Tigers and Hull FC players, who engaged in…
12 reasons the third tier could be the strongest it’s ever been in 2021
Barrow Raiders – They looked well placed to push for an immediate Championship return this year, and since then have added former Super League trio…
Championship Focus: Reasons to be cheerful
After a difficult 2020, Gareth Walker looks at reasons for optimism at each Championship club Batley Bulldogs – Keegan Hirst (pictured) and Jodie Broughton are…
Garry Schofield suggests that Rugby League will need strong leadership to see the game through to the end of 2021
As our great game recently celebrated its 125th anniversary, Ralph Rimmer (pictured) said the sport needed to take “a good, hard look at itself”. And…
Rugby League season on a knife edge
Upfront: The League Express Editorial – Mon 7th Sept 2020 So far five Rugby League clubs – Catalans, Hull FC, St Helens, Wakefield Trinity and…
Coping with the pandemic – life inside the bubble of a Super League club
Matthew Shaw spends a day with Huddersfield Giants to learn how Super League clubs are coping with the impact of the Covid pandemic on their…
Brian McDermott: I hope the game makes the right decision on Toronto
Toronto Wolfpack coach Brian McDermott gives his view on the developments that have affected his club in 2020 and his hopes that the Wolfpack are…
Rugby League’s trailblazers
Gareth Walker journeys back to the sport’s historic origins Just days after Rugby League celebrated its 125th birthday, it seems a fitting time to look…
Hudgell leaving Robins with his head held high
I was sad, but not entirely surprised, to learn of Neil Hudgell’s decision to step down as owner and Chairman of Hull Kingston Rovers. Sad…
125 Not Out! Ralph Rimmer, the Chief Executive of the Rugby Football League, explains how the RFL will celebrate its 125th anniversary
Today is the 125th anniversary of the momentous meeting at the George Hotel in Huddersfield, at which the Northern Union was formed. Not many sports…