Magic Weekend needs to stay
The Magic Weekend needs to stay but requires a little forward thinking.
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Unpredictable Championship asks questions
The unpredictability of the Championship season to date poses a few questions that we’ll probably never see the answer to.
Long makes Hull tick
Sean Long proved again that he still makes his team tick, when Hull made it three wins from their last four Super League games at the weekend.
Players have their say on amateur switch
The RFL are to survey more than 1,100 amateur rugby league players to decide when the community game season should be played.
Champions and new boys battle it out
Rarely has a game in the fourth tier of summer rugby league attracted so much interest.
Burgess and Ellis ready for face-off
There is one game in the NRL that will attract an English interest this weekend, as Gareth Ellis and Sam Burgess square up for the first time for ...
Magic Weekend needs a way forward
It remains an innovative idea with potential, but once again it seems the Magic Weekend has fallen short of being a big success.
Salford’s stadium an outlandish promise
Outlandish promises are the norm during a General Election campaign, but none have been quite as outlandish as the promise of Salford’s new stadium.
Union set-up leaves much to ponder
The rival rugby codes have been nabbing players and sharing rules off each other for many a year, but one thing they seemingly won’t be sharing is the ...
Magic Weekend Full Preview
This weekend will see the fourth Magic Weekend, the second time the event will be hosted in the Scottish capital city of Edinburgh.
Creativity the key to Super League
Wrestling, tackling and defences have stolen a lot of the headlines so far this season, but to win games you need to score tries.
RFL to discuss summer switch plan
The RFL will propose at the next Community Board meeting on April 30 that a formal period of consultation is entered into regarding a possible switch of the ...
Amateur summer switch makes sense
Imagine for a moment that you are nine years-old. It is currently the middle of December, and you play for a local junior rugby league club.
Super League sides wary of cup upset
As the 14 Super League teams enter the Challenge Cup this weekend, one Challenge Cup winner believes there are no easy games in the earlier rounds anymore against ...
Barrie McDermott’ss cup predictions
Carnegie Ambassador Barrie McDermott gives his predictions for this weekend’s Challenge Cup fourth round ties.
Seasoned pros show their worth
You only have to watch rugby league for a short time to recognise the value of the experienced player.
RL Conference breaks 100 team barrier
The structure for The Co-operative Rugby League Conference Premier and Regional Divisions for 2010 has been unveiled.
Fixture woe frustrates Championship coaches
This is the time that, traditionally, coaches like to have a moan about congested fixture schedules.
All over by half time
The old cliche “anyone can beat anyone in this league” is probably still true in Super League XV but we are also increasingly seeing the return of the ...
Amateurs consider summer season
The amateur rugby league season could soon make the switch from winter to summer due to such problems as the fixture backlog caused by poor playing conditions.
The self-fulfilling prophecy of franchising
Clubs such as Barrow, Halifax and Widnes are merely fooling themselves … obviously such small fry cannot be compared to the giants of Harlequins, Salford and Wakefield.
Flanagan making his Mark in Australia
New Wests Tigers recruit Mark Flanagan has been flying the flag for young British prospects Down Under with a terrific start to the new NRL season.
Should Leeds be worried
Having lost four of their opening seven games in Super League XV, should Leeds be worried about their chances of getting to the Grand Final again?
Bad timing for licence decision
Well you have to give the RFL credit for one thing with the Super League licence system – it’s a massive talking point.
Don’t mind the credibility gap
Rugby league is trying to bridge that credibility gap from which other sports don’t suffer, but do our efforts sometimes backfire?