Category: News
RLEF plan women’s and wheelchair competitions but delay MEA Championship
Following its first meeting of the year, which welcomed new director Luc Lacoste – recently elected president of the French Federation – and general manager…
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…
Paul Green appointed Queensland coach
Former North Queensland Cowboys coach Paul Green has been appointed as the new Queensland coach for this year’s State of Origin series. Green, who won…
Scrums not set to return with new season
The RFL Board today ratified a series of recommendations from the RFL Laws Committee for the 2021 season. The Laws Committee held a virtual meeting…
The significance of a difficult year
Talking Rugby League with League Express editor Martyn Sadler In this week’s issue of League Express, we have decided that the Coronavirus was the single…
Abdull suffers fresh injury blow
Hull Kingston Rovers halfback Jordan Abdull has suffered an injury blow after tearing a quadriceps muscle in training. It’s the latest in a series of…
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…
First Americas’ Rugby League Steering Committee meets
The first America’s Rugby League steering committee meeting has taken place, with the group tasked to establish an agreed road map for the region to…
Norway set a season start date and welcome a new club
Rugby League Norge has set 29th May as the `return to play’ date for their domestic men’s competition. “We are optimistically hoping that vaccinations will…
España RL become co-owners of the Bath club
In a move believed to be a first for the sport, the governing body of Spain – the Asociación Española de Rugby League – has…