Category: League Express
Mike Rylance: The formidable challenge ahead for French Rugby League
“It’s a long time since we heard a French Prime Minister talk about Rugby League,” commented a Toulouse newspaper colleague after last Tuesday’s press conference…
Super League season preview: Leeds Rhinos
LEAGUE EXPRESS previews a season which could hold further progress in store for Leeds Rhinos. THE DEPARTURES Leeds have moved on several players following their…
League Express Mailbag : Monday 17th January
COVID VACCINES AND SPORT While well intentioned, Graham Unsworth’s letter (Mailbag, 10 January) contains some inaccuracies. Mainstream media have been reporting an apparent excess of…
Championship Focus: Time for Sheffield Eagles to fly again
When Sheffield Eagles step out against London Broncos at the Olympic Legacy Park on Good Friday, April 15, you’d excuse Mark Aston a moment of…
Talking Rugby League: Who would have imagined the French Prime Minister announcing a World Cup?
What an interesting week it’s been for Rugby League! Who would ever have imagined that we would see the Prime Minister of France leading a…
Talking Grassroots: Challenge Cup gets off to a cracking start
The 2022 campaign got off to a blistering start over the weekend with exhilarating Betfred Challenge Cup action in most corners of the land, from…
The Garry Schofield Column: Is the World Cup in France four years too early?
GARRY SCHOFIELD wonders whether France has the resources to stage the 2025 World Cup Vive la France! At least that’s what some will be saying…
Leeds Rhinos’ Keara Bennett grateful for World Cup chance with England
Leeds Rhinos’ Keara Bennett will be one of the few people relieved that the World Cup was actually postponed for a year. The hooker, who…
Talking Rugby League: What a weekend of Challenge Cup thrills!
These days I always regard the first week of the Rugby League season as being the weekend when the first round of the Rugby League…
UpFront: Challenge Cup delivers thrills and shocks
Army & Navy stores might have disappeared from UK high streets, but the two names will have a prominent place in the second round of…