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The rugby union convert leading South Africa’s national rugby league team
Coming from a rugby union background, Tjaart Van Der Walt was a late starter to rugby league in South Africa, but once converted, there was…
Clinton Toopi on Leeds Rhinos spell, playing in an NRL Grand Final and his new passion
Clinton Toopi overcame a disadvantaged background to rise to the very top of his chosen sport of rugby league, starring for Auckland Warriors, Leeds Rhinos…
Treiziste Diary: Inside Catalans Dragons’ unique fan culture
BY integrating French clubs and particularly Catalans Dragons to their competition, there’s something the stakeholders of Super League probably never predicted. The arrival of the…
RLW 500: Some of the greats to make 500 career appearances through the decades
OVER the years many players in rugby league have hit the significant landmark of 500 professional appearances. That many games in the toughest of sports…
RLW 500: The two legends to reach 500 rugby league tries – and what made them so different
Who is the greatest rugby league try scorer of them all? Only two players have topped the 500 mark, and despite sharing initials, they couldn’t…
RLW 500: The 500th Super League game – and another ‘500’ milestone reached during it
Super League, and one of its best players, hit very different 500 landmarks at Knowsley Road on June 6th, 1999 WHILE it has taken Rugby…
RLW 500: Collector turned columnist Ian Golden’s personal history with Rugby League World
Starting out as a casual reader, then a collector of back copies, and ending up as a columnist and regular contributor, IAN GOLDEN recounts his…
RLW 500: The best and worst front covers in Rugby League World history
Former editor John Drake takes a nostalgic journey back through rugby league history as portrayed on the covers of Open Rugby and Rugby League World…
RLW 500: Inside issue 400 including golf, the Commonwealth Games and the mind of Jamie Jones-Buchanan
BRADFORD triumphs may have featured in both issues 200 and 300, but they were facing relegation from Super League by the time number 400 came…
RLW 500: Inside issue 300 including Wags, Sugababes and a Full Monty photoshoot
BY THE time issue 300 came around in 2006, it was definitely a magazine of the times, and one trying to keep up with the…