Category: Features
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…
Why I still believe in Toronto Wolfpack
Let me make one thing perfectly clear before we start, this is not going to be a staunch defence of Toronto Wolfpack. Their actions, most…
Hetherington: The issues raised by Toronto’s withdrawal
LEEDS RHINOS chief executive GARY HETHERINGTON suggests that the Wolfpack’s predicament highlights the shortcomings of the way Super League’s governance is organised. Firstly, it highlights…
Rugby League would be the loser if the Wolfpack were expelled
BENEDICT RHODES is a League Express reporter based in Toronto. Here he gives his reaction to the news last week about Toronto’s withdrawal from this…
Revealed: The prize pot breakdown of RFL’s Autumn competition
Betfred Championship and League 1 clubs on Friday began discussions about the possibility of an autumn competition. TotalRL.com revealed the initial proposal from the RFL…
Time to change the ownership structure of Super League
League Express editor MARTYN SADLER suggests that if Super League is ever going to prosper, then it will need to change its ownership structure. This…
Golding’s hands-on lockdown – after opening new coffee shop
For Huddersfield Giants fullback Ashton Golding the Coronavirus lockdown has been anything but quiet. Not only was he busy continuing his rehab from a serious…