Category: Features
Page XIII: Central contracts and long-term strategy needed for England’s women after Vegas low
WHAT’S next for women’s rugby league in England? That was the big question being asked after an otherwise successful, enjoyable and enthralling weekend in Las…
Talking Rugby League: Ashes fever strikes – but safety concerns emerge at Everton
RUGBY LEAGUE supporters throughout the country have apparently responded enthusiastically to the announcement of the impending Ashes series last week, with the RFL reporting that…
Straight Talking: Rugby League makes national headlines at last – for all the wrong reasons
Rugby League Yearbook co-editor TIM BUTCHER found Rugby League at last in the weekend paper. WE’VE become resigned to the fact that we won’t be…
Talking Grassroots: Three generations of families play together at Shaw Cross Sharks
IT was a wonderful day at Shaw Cross, and make no mistake. Not only did the Prostate Cancer charity benefit through a five-figure sum, but…
Super League Team of the Week: Hull FC, Leeds Rhinos, Hull KR, Wigan Warriors, St Helens and Wakefield Trinity
WHO made League Express’ Super League Team of the Week? 1. Jai Field – Wigan Warriors Celebrated his new Wigan deal with two tries in the win…
20 Questions: Getting to know Huddersfield Giants’ Tom Burgess
Get to know Huddersfield Giants and England prop Tom Burgess as he answers our 20 questions… 1 Do you have aspirations to follow Sam into…
Obituary: Doug Laughton – Widnes’ legendary World Club Challenge-winning coach
DOUG LAUGHTON (May 13, 1944 – March 16, 2025) IT took ten years – and a turkey dinner – to get Doug Laughton to his…
The New Zealand police officer who starred for London Broncos and Hull KR
Leaving his native New Zealand in 1988 to try his luck in Australia could not have worked out any better for former Kiwi international Sam…
All of the proposed mergers that never happened with the creation of Super League in 1996
BACK at the start of 1996, the 1995-96 First Division was entering its last month before Super League would begin. A switch from the winter…
The 10 most iconic rugby league Ashes games
IT’S a contest with a full 117 years of history behind it – the first Rugby League Ashes test was played on 12th December, 1908….
