Category: Features
Championship Focus: Rugby League’s unity has to be a strength moving forward
There will have been a few knowing smiles among Championship and League One officials last week. News of the Government’s £16 million emergency loan was…
Garry Schofield’s 15 greatest Ashes moments
What is the Rugby Football League thinking of with these online polls? Hot on the heels of their curious suggestions for the game’s greatest coach,…
The Self-Isolation Chronicles: Doncaster
1. Rangi Chase almost played in the NCL. Doncaster made a huge signing in the form of Rangi Chase in 2019, following his return from…
Tommy Johnson: The Loyal Crusader
Tommy Johnson is in his ninth consecutive year with North Wales Crusaders and the club’s record points scorer is hoping to stick around for a…
Blood on the Tracks: Keith Mason’s next move
It started out as a comic, and may now end up as an all-action cartoon heading to Netflix. Keith Mason tells us about the evolution…
The Self Isolation Chronicles: West Wales Raiders
1. One of their current squad suffers from deafness. West Wales Raiders forward Ryan Shallish has a remarkable and unique trait in the sport. He…
The Self-Isolation Chronicles: London Skolars
1. One of their most prolific players had a serious, life-threatening disease. Nigerian-born winger Ade Adebisi hit 51 tries in only 66 games for London…
Batley’s Craig Lingard sees the bigger picture
Batley Bulldogs coach Craig Lingard is wrestling with the problems caused by the coronavirus shutdown just like everyone else and is realistic about the wider…
The Self-Isolation Chronicles: Leigh Centurions
1. They signed the world’s fastest man in 1953. Emmanuel McDonald Bailey had just represented Great Britain in the 1952 Helsinki, where he won a…
Garry Schofield wonders who compiled an RFL list of the greatest coaches in the game
Laughable, laughable, laughable! I’m not sure who came up with the five contenders for the ‘Greatest Coach’ poll being run by the Rugby Football League….