Category: Features
The key decisions on Toronto Wolfpack
League Express editor MARTYN SADLER sets out some of the key issues that underlie the bid by Toronto Wolfpack to return to Super League in…
The robin is bobbin’ again – how Hull KR have rediscovered their purpose
Rarely does a side lose a game but win. But as Hull Kingston Rovers slogged it out with Super League champions St Helens, narrowly falling…
Confusion the only certainty at grassroots
What are the chances of any amateur Rugby League games being played during October and November, as the Rugby Football League hopes? “Who can say?”…
Garry Schofield says it is time to move on from Toronto
Toronto might have pulled out of Super League, with all the damage that has caused, but the Wolfpack remain a major a talking point as…
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…