Category: League Express
Tawera Nikau: The Tiger who overcame tragedy
A brilliant loose forward from the late 1980s to the early 2000s, Tawera Nikau made a huge impact at Castleford, Cronulla, Melbourne and Warrington after…
League Express Mailbag – some letters from December and January
STILL A PLACE FOR MAGIC Your ‘Up Front’ column last week suggested there is no room for the Magic Weekend in 2021. This ignores the…
Schoey’s players to watch in 2021
I got in nice and early with my predictions of where the twelve Super League clubs will finish in 2021. Now I’m picking a key…
Championship Focus: Code and Channel hopper Guy Armitage
Since Guy Armitage switched codes in August 2019, he has featured in Super League for London, signed for Canadian club Ottawa and joined French side…
Talking Grass Roots: United We Stand
Sport England’s ‘Uniting the Movement’ initiative, which was announced last week, is undoubtedly to be welcomed. The ten-year ‘vision’, it seems to me, is pretty…
RFL and Super League should be given a Covid pass mark
Upfront: The League Express opinion – Mon 1st Feb 2021 We all have a tendency at times to be overly critical of our sport. Everybody…
Briscoe anticipating a notable first
Leeds Rhinos winger Tom Briscoe believes Super League will reap the benefits of an extended pre-season once the new campaign kicks off. An already later…
Walker targets game time
He may have made his name at Widnes, but Danny Walker is Warrington through-and-through. That being said, the tenacious hooker joined the Vikings from Warrington…
Smith reserves his position on squad numbers
Tony Smith says fans should not read into the club’s squad numbers for the 2021 season as an indicator of their status in the squad….
Women’s Super League set to return
The RFL is hoping to gain elite sports status for the Women’s Super League in time for the season to kick off in mid-April as…