Category: League Express
Betfred League 1 news round-up
KEIGHLEY COUGARS coach Rhys Lovegrove has said he has the perfect working relationship with Andrew Henderson, who joined the club in October as head of…
Grassroots news round-up
Twenty-eight amateur teams will be involved in the 2022 Betfred Challenge Cup, which will include amateur sides once again after grassroots outfits were excluded this…
What’s inside this week’s League Express – Mon 13th Dec 21
Inside this week’s issue: News from across every club in the Super League, Championship and League 1. Your chance to vote in our annual League…
Rugby League Heroes: Ian Brooke
When Rugby League united a mother and son Wakefield centre Ian Brooke toured the Southern Hemisphere twice, firstly with the 1966 Lions and then with…
French renaissance inspires Rugby League Yearbook’s Personalities of the Year
There was a distinctive French flavour to some of Rugby League’s best stories in 2021, and that is reflected in the five personalities of the…
Can we have a progress report?
League Express editor MARTYN SADLER wonders about the progress towards a realignment of Super League and the Rugby Football League. This Wednesday (8th December) the…
Championship Focus: Young pretenders to watch in 2022
Every season we see a healthy number of promising young players move out of Super League and into the Championship or League 1. There can…
Talking Grassroots: Two new additions to the NCL
Two sets of folk are likely to enjoy Christmas more than most. The stalwarts of Bentley and Seaton Rangers are walking on air right now…
The Garry Schofield Column: Show us evidence of Rugby League’s ‘great future’!
I’m glad Gary Hetherington is confident that Rugby League in this country has a “great future”. But I’m not sure too many of the rest…
UpFront: Promising signs ahead in Rugby League
As Garry Schofield points out in his Pulling No Punches column, when it comes to the bigger picture of where Rugby League is heading in…