Category: Features
Rugby League Heroes: Gemma Walsh
21 years that transformed Women’s Rugby League One of the all-time greats of the women’s game, Gemma Walsh recently retired after 21 years as a…
Talking Grass Roots: Getting the sums right
Talking Grass Roots with League Express amateur rugby league correspondent Phil Hodgson I touched, last week, on an issue that’s baffled me for some time;…
Rugby League Heroes: John Fieldhouse
A forward ahead of his time John Fieldhouse was one of the best British forwards in the mid-‘eighties and was named man of the match…
Why Kevin Sinfield is leaving Rugby League
Talking Rugby League with League Express editor Martyn Sadler Like many people, including, I suspect, a lot of Leeds Rhinos supporters, when I first heard…
Fixtures to put a toll on players
Talking Rugby League with League Express editor Martyn Sadler Last week Super League released its fixture schedule from July to September. And my heart sank….
Olympique efforts: What Toulouse are undergoing to keep their promotion dream alive
League Express Championship Focus with Gareth Walker Much was rightly made of the Catalans’ commitment to help finish Super League last season, but now an…
Will anyone be able to beat the Kangaroos?
Garry Schofield reveals how impressed he was by the New South Wales State of Origin team I’ve never been one for sitting on the fence…
Rugby League”s ‘University Challenge’ goes on
Talking Grass Roots with Phil Hodgson Amateur Rugby League has several events on its annual calendar that carry high resonance. The BARLA National Cup Final…
Countdown for the All Stars
Upfront: The League Express opinion – Mon 14th June 2021 The countdown to England’s first match since November 2018 is well and truly underway. Shaun…
Farewell Folau: The sporting redemption that went bad
Rugby League World’s Treiziste Diarist Pierre Carcau reflects on the failed sporting redemption of Israel Folau, following a controversial parting of the ways with Catalans…