Category: Rugby League Heroes
Rugby League Heroes: Alan Hunte
Having played briefly for his hometown club Wakefield Trinity, Alan Hunte signed for St Helens in 1989, and went on to score 189 tries in…
Rugby League Heroes: John Gray (Part two)
The Englishman who shone in Oz This is the second in a two-part feature. In the first part, John Gray told us about the early…
League Express Zoomcast – Rugby League Heroes
This week I sat down with Richard de la Riviere, the author of the League Express ‘Rugby League Heroes’ series of articles with former Rugby…
Rugby League Heroes: Robin Whitfield
The poacher turned gamekeeper Robin Whitfield was a prolific goalkicker for Widnes, Barrow and Huyton, but when the latter refused to pick him any more…
Rugby League Heroes: Graham Steadman
One of the Melbourne Lions Graham Steadman made a name for himself as a brilliant young stand-off with York and Featherstone in the mid- to…
Rugby League Heroes: Mike Nicholas
Welsh icon and a Rugby League evangelist One of the great characters of the 1970s, Mike Nicholas was a hugely talented cross-coder who performed with…
Rugby League Heroes: Tommy Bishop
Little big man! Tommy Bishop was such a good scrum-half that when St Helens strolled out at Wembley in 1966, he wore the no 7…
Rugby League Heroes: Charlie Renilson
The Scot who switched codes and played in Oz Charlie Renilson was a flanker with the Jed Forest club in Scottish rugby union when he…
Rugby League Heroes: Gene Miles
An All-Time Great One of the great attacking centres of the last half-century, Gene Miles was a major force in some of the best teams…
Rugby League Heroes: Peter Roe
Keighley’s promotion specialist At Keighley and Bradford, Peter Roe was one of Rugby League’s best centres in the late 1970s, before shoulder and knee injuries…
