Category: League Express
RFL plans for uncertainty due to pandemic restrictions
With the UK the government likely to take action early this week to ban public events that attract significant attendances, RFL chief executive Ralph Rimmer…
Nikau junior joins the Crusaders
North Wales Crusaders’ new signing Tyme Nikau has arrived in the UK – and hopes to help the club in their push for the play-offs…
France’s Rugby League blackout
All Rugby League matches in France have been called off until further notice as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. Following the government’s announcement last…
New York reveal identity of first financial backer
THE NEW YORK club that was launched in Liverpool last Tuesday has revealed the name of its first major financial investor. Steve Scanlan, a Harvard…
Betfred Championship news round up
Sheffield Eagles backrower Joel Farrell last week successfully overturned a one-match ban for dissent. Farrell contested the grade B charge that had resulted in a…
Batley boss returns from French adventure
Batley Bulldogs coach Craig Lingard had an extended spell in France following his side’s trip to Toulouse after leaving his passport on the plane. Lingard…
Skolars dispute RFL Disciplinary finding
London Skolars coach Jermaine Coleman has confirmed that his club is unhappy about the RFL Disciplinary Panel’s decision to find Barrow’s Carl Forster not guilty…
Betfred League 1 news round up
Rochdale Hornets hooker Sean Penkywicz is looking forward to facing some old friends on Sunday, when he travels back to Cumbria to face Workington Town….
Closing the doors but playing the game?
MARTYN SADLER, the editor of League Express, makes some suggestions about how Super League and the RFL should respond if the worst comes to the worst,…
Betfred Championship news round up
Halifax have signed vastly experienced hooker Tommy Lee as a replacement for the retired Keal Carlile. Lee, 32, had been attracting attention from Championship rivals…