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“You don’t play to come in the middle of the table, you play to win. It’s been my philosophy since I walked through the doors at Headingley in 2006 – you play to win.”
Before returning to Leeds for a final hurrah, Ryan Hall talks to us about the job he wants to finish with high-flying Hull KR.
The Challenge Cup will have a new structure in 2025 – but what difference will it make? We examine the evidence.
Three new clubs are in the running to join League One. Which of them has what it takes to make a success of life in the semi-professional ranks of rugby league? We take a look at the contenders.
“Being from where we’re from and not having things gifted to us in any way, we’ve taken a very long route around to getting to where we are now in our lives and in rugby.” – Leicestershire is hardly rugby league territory but Matt Davis and his brother Sam are putting it on the 13-a-side map.
Having secured Swinton Lions’ position in the Championship before heading off to a new challenge with Widnes, can Allan Coleman unlock the Vikings’ potential and steer them to a Super League return? He tells us how he plans to achieve it.
Can Toulouse bounce back into Super League and stay there for the long term? That is the aim of head coach Sylvain Houles and director of sport Cedric Garcia, who talk to us about the club’s goals.
Chris Thorman has seen dreams of Super League turn into a fight for mere survival in his time at Newcastle Thunder, but he is ready and willing to put in the work to secure the club’s future once more and he talks to us about the challenge.
It isn’t easy juggling her responsibilities as a Spanish teacher in Sunderland with playing rugby league for Leeds, but Izzy Northrop tells us she is up for the challenge as her first international opportunity also looms into view.
Canada, Las Vegas, Australia and now North Yorkshire, rugby league has certainly taken Megan Pakulis to all corners of the earth. She talks to us about her journey.
Plus, USA parasports champion Lisa Maddox is a relative newcomer to Wheelchair Rugby League but she is keen to learn as much as possible to take back home and give the sport a boost across the Atlantic.
Tahi Reihana admits he knew nothing about Bradford before agreeing to join the Bulls from Perth Western Reds in 1997, but it was a decision that paid off as he went on to play at Wembley and win a Super League title in his debut season at the club. He shares his memories with us, and Dane O’Hara who became a folk hero at Hull FC as part of a black and whites side that achieved great success in the early 1980s, looks back on his time at the club with great pride.
All this and much more in another packed issue!
