Good times never seemed so good at Castleford, the Tigers sitting top of the Betfred Super League more than a third of the way through their regular-season fixtures. The latest scalp claimed by Daryl Powell’s [Read more…]
Late on Sunday the BBC broke the news that according to chief executive David Armstrong Wasps rugby union club – late of London and now of Coventry – were considering bringing Super League to the [Read more…]
The announcements made by the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) after a meeting in Sydney included a four-year international calendar to be unveiled later this year, an England tour Down Under in 2019, a Rugby [Read more…]
Rugby league as a whole has managed to shake off the pre-season blues which plagued the sport, with an interesting and entertaining start to Super League, British wins in the World Club Series, and the [Read more…]
Warrington and Wigan breathed life into the beleaguered World Club Series with their respective wins against Brisbane Broncos and Cronulla Sharks over the weekend. If it seems strange to think of a competition as beleaguered [Read more…]
Defence was at the forefront on Super League’s opening night, when St Helens posted a 6-4 victory over Leeds Rhinos at, what we must now refer to as, the Totally Wicked Stadium. Each half saw [Read more…]
Ever since the unedifying spectacle of the World Club Series people have proposed solutions to the obvious gap that exists between the playing strength of Super League and Australia’s NRL. One such proposal has been to increaseor remove the salary cap.
McNamara turned things around, organising the England set-up in a far superior way to before, including more team events and training, trying to instil a “two team mentality” to overcome the club divisions, and founding the England Knights as a pathway into the first-team squad.
While a high-scoring game is certainly thrilling in its way, it doesn’t show rugby league at its best. We miss out on strong defence and tough tackling that should be part of the game.
At the moment there are too many rugby league fans creating a miserable atmosphere around the sport which can only serve to put anyone off who might otherwise take an interest.