Category: Features
Talking Grassroots: RFL’s host of initiatives to sustain the grassroots game
No one can say that folk at the Rugby Football League spend their weekdays sitting around twiddling their thumbs! The stalwarts who run our amateur…
The Garry Schofield Column: My predictions for Challenge Cup semi-finals
It’s just over a fortnight since St Helens stepped on the gas in the second half to complete a 22-4 win over Wigan in their…
Super League Round 11: Albert Goldthorpe Medal points
Here’s who got the Albert Goldthorpe Medal points this week as the best performers in each Super League match… Wakefield Trinity 12-14 Huddersfield Giants Ian…
UpFront: Challenge Cup takes centre stage
Cup action takes centre stage this weekend, with a break in the fixture schedule for the top two divisions. We will discover the Women’s Challenge…
Rugby League Heroes: Andy Platt
Andy Platt was one of the best British forwards of the 1980s and 1990s, representing St Helens, Wigan and Great Britain with distinction. He won…
The story behind the Learning Disability Super League picture that went viral
They say a picture paints a thousand words, and that has certainly been the case for Community Integrated Care Learning Disability Super League player Gareth…
Championship Focus: Quentin Laulu Togaga’e continues to shine at 37 for Sheffield Eagles
Hats off to Quentin Laulu-Togaga’e! The ex-Samoa international made the headlines last season, when he turned out alongside his son Phoenix for Keighley Cougars, the…
Talking Rugby League: The questions raised as Rohan Smith joins Leeds Rhinos and Tony Smith leaves Hull KR
Tony Smith and his nephew Rohan dominated the Rugby League news in this country last week. Rohan has landed a plum job as the new…
Talking Grassroots: The potential of women’s University Rugby League
Spectators at the Millennium Stadium, Post Office Road, Featherstone eight days ago – and there were plenty of them, around 1,500, I’m glad to say…
The Garry Schofield Column: Leeds Rhinos’ Rohan Smith appointment could prove costly mistake
Leeds Rhinos might have a new coach incoming, and they might have beaten Toulouse, but in my eyes, they are still in a mess. The…