Category: League Express
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…
Super League Round 6: Albert Goldthorpe Medal points
Here’s who got the Albert Goldthorpe Medal points this week as the best performers in each Super League match… Wigan Warriors 32-22 Castleford Tigers Jai…