Never seen this before. Whatever happened to Canadian rugby league? USA v Canada 1996

Well, what a Super League season this is shaping up to be, eh? I know it’s early doors but you would have to say that the truly unpredictable league we have been chasing all these years finally looks to be upon us. Although they would deny it, champions Leeds have clearly got one eye on [...]

For anyone who hasn’t stumbled across it yet, I have a rugby league archive of my writings for various league publications going back to the start of the summer era. It can be found here: RL Archive In a nutshell, the site is just a random mish-mash, in no chronological order, of old interviews and [...]

Hot on the heels of David Cameron, Boris Becker and, er, Jedward, come these latest celebrity endorsements all the way from the US of A. Who says the World Club Challenge is not an event of global significance?

Yesterday’s blog about ingrained attitudes towards particular sports on account of upbringing reminded me of the late, great Peter Cook. Now, as far as I am concerned, a funnier human being never walked this earth. So imagine my surprise, upon reading the equally late Harry Thompson’s magnificent biography of the man — imaginatively entitled Peter [...]

In the immortal words of millionaire Australian league tragic John Singleton: “Anyone who doesn’t watch rugby league is not a real person. He’s a cow’s hoof, an ethnic or comes from Melbourne.” Charming, eh? And for anyone blessed with an ounce of objectivity, quite obviously stark staring bonkers. What is it about sport that brings [...]

I need to vent. Didn’t get to see a game live last night, or on TV, because her-to-whom-I-have-just-taken-a-pot-of-green-tea-upstairs (note to self: come up with better comedy nickname) and I went to the theeeat-or. Harrogate was the venue, the magnificent Count Arthur Strong – The Man behind the Slime (sic) the show. Most entertaining it was [...]

Somebody at Red Hall must read Rugby League World! Either that or I is a visionary or summat. Press release just landed from RFL (bravo): Gillette World Club Challenge ad campaign to hit TV screens Watch out Emmerdale and Coronation Street – the greatest Rugby League players in the world are coming! Viewers of two of [...]

You have got to admire David Niu. Not only is he a man who somehow manages to have a surname that’s difficult to spell despite it consisting of only three letters, he has battled on for years to establish rugby league in the United States. There is an excellent feature in this month’s Rugby League [...]

Hello, good morning and welcome to this here new blog, interweb fans, exclusively crafted and gilded at enormous expense for the all-singing, all-dancing brand new Rugby League World magazine what goes on sale today (Friday). It is a privilege to have grabbed your attention for a moment before you once again head off down the [...]