Category: Features
Pulling No Punches: The Garry Schofield Column
The Rhinos’ puzzling threesome Three into two won’t go – certainly not if it’s Luke Gale, Aidan Sezer and Blake Austin we’re talking about. Leeds…
End of the waiting game: Alan Kilshaw’s delighted to be returning to coaching with Hunslet
Gareth Walker hears Alan Kilshaw’s delight at returning to coaching with Hunslet Alan Kilshaw could never have imagined the length of time he would spend…
Talking Grassroots: A Question of Geography for the NCL
Talking Grassroots with Phil Hodgson of League Express “Necessity is the mother of invention.” The ancient proverb springs to mind (or at least to mine)…
The structural conundrum of Rugby League
Upfront: The League Express Opinion – Mon 2nd Aug 2021 With first versus second and third versus fourth, it was quite a Sunday of Championship…
Rugby League Heroes: Olsen Filipaina
A brilliant career blighted by racism Roughly half of all today’s NRL players are of Maori or Pacific descent, but back in 1980, there were…
Rugby League Heroes: Tim Sheens
Grand Finals and World Cups – the coach who won them all A Penrith junior, Tim Sheens played and coached the club throughout the 1970s…
Which is bigger – the World Cup or the NRL?
Talking Rugby League with League Express editor Martyn Sadler Last week’s decision by the Australian Rugby League not to come to the World Cup, ostensibly…
Pulling no Punches: The Garry Schofield Column
Garry Schofield is excited by the potential of Giants’ young star Will Pryce. I’m thinking of taking up knitting – and I’d advise fans of…
Beware the Bears: The secrets behind Coventry’s impressive 2021 so far
There has long been deserved admiration within the sport for the considered, realistic growth that Coventry Bears have shown since joining the professional ranks in…
Talking Grassroots: Players are paramount
Talking Grassroots with Phil Hodgson of League Express Good on Masters Rugby League organisers, who have confirmed that two festivals surrounding the 2021 World Cups…