Category: League Express
Grassroots Rugby League news round-up
Fixtures from all four divisions of the National Conference League will be screened live on the Rugby Football League’s OuRLeague app from Easter. The coverage…
French Rugby League round-up
A week after the Super League team’s sensational win over St Helens, the Toulouse reserves caused another upset in the Elite 1 Championship by snatching…
Rugby League Heroes: Tony Fisher
Tony Fisher won eleven Great Britain caps and 16 for Wales, the undoubted highlight being the 1970 Lions Tour of the Southern Hemisphere. One of…
Obituary: David Hadfield – The doyen of Rugby League writers
Back in the early nineties, Dave Hadfield was one of the contributors to the British Coal-sponsored Rugby League Yearbook, edited by Tony Pocock, who, while…
Obituary: David Stephenson – The former Union star who had a great League career
DAVID STEPHENSON (December 3, 1958 – March 14, 2022) David Stephenson was a goal-kicking centre best known for a trophy-laden spell at Wigan and who…
Championship Focus: Can any clubs cause an upset in the Challenge Cup?
This weekend will be a big one for Championship and League One clubs. There are five Championship clubs that will do battle with their Super…
Talking Rugby League: Can we bring some sense into the yellow card controversy?
Castleford Tigers put up a good show against Wigan last Thursday night at the DW Stadium. But unfortunately they suffered a serious blow when Mahe…
Talking Rugby League: A weekend of shocks across Super League and beyond
Every week in League Express we nominate a Team of the Week in the Highlights column. We normally nominate a team that has produced a…
Talking Grassroots: All square in the NCL as draws prove a hit
What a series of results in the National Conference League on Saturday! It didn’t particularly seem to mean much when the NCL announced, recently, that…
The Garry Schofield Column: Leeds Rhinos continue to sink
Before Richard Agar’s sacking as Leeds Rhinos head coach on Monday, GARRY SCHOFIELD looked back on another dire performance. You don’t have to be a…