Throwback Thursday Archives | LoveRugbyLeague

Throwback Thursday: When Sam Tomkins played for the Barbarians

6th May 2021 Drew Darbyshire 1

This week’s throwback takes us back to 2011, when rugby league superstar Sam Tomkins made a cross-code switch for one game. [Read more…]

Throwback Thursday: When Adrian Morley was sent off after 12 seconds

12th December 2019 Drew Darbyshire 0

Everyone remembers THAT red card Adrian Morley copped when Great Britain took on Australia. [Read more…]

Throwback Thursday: Looking back at the Exiles games against England

5th December 2019 Drew Darbyshire 0

There seems to be an appetite for bringing the Exiles back in the near future, so we have decided to take a look back at the concept. [Read more…]

Throwback Thursday: The England-Tonga clash that resulted in four yellow and two red cards!

24th October 2019 Drew Darbyshire 0

England won the inaugural Federation Shield in 2006 – but a free-for-all brawl is how the final will be remembered forever. [Read more…]

Community

RFL fee plans could have “disastrous effect” on the amateur game and cause exodus of players

11th May 2021 4

A growing number of community clubs and leagues are protesting about the RFL’s recently announced plans to introduce an annual registration fee for participants. [Read more…]
French Elite

Perpignan to Perpignan via Hull, Toronto and Sydney: Hakim Miloudi uses Ramadan to reflect

24th April 2021 0

A Frenchman of Algerian heritage, Hakim Miloudi has taken time out during his Muslim religion’s current period of spiritual reflection to look back on a whirlwind year. [Read more…]
Championship

Our League: Viewing figures, success story and future growth

23rd April 2021 4

The pandemic has accelerated the rise and importance of the RFL’s Our League app, which barely four years since its launch, has provided crucial coverage at the start of the 2021 season. [Read more…]
Community

RFL defend controversial plans to introduce membership fee for community rugby league

23rd April 2021 6

Controversial plans to introduce a community game-wide membership fee have been defended as necessary to future proof the sport, by the RFL. [Read more…]
Championship

The Thunder storm that wouldn’t end

22nd April 2021 0

For the first time in 20 years, the Thunder from the north east are just a promotion away from a return to Super League, where they enjoyed a solitary season in 1999. [Read more…]
International

The challenges of driving forward European Rugby League

15th April 2021 1

The recent re-brand of the European Rugby League, previously known as the Rugby League European Federation, signals the latest step in the sport’s organised governance strategy. [Read more…]