The better the game gets, the lower its national media profile sinks. BBC TV’s Rugby League commentator DAVE WOODS looks for ways to reverse this damaging trend. Rugby League is in need of a few big ideas. The sport that stirs our passions is slowly slipping out of the national conscience and we need someone [...]

By GARETH WALKER THERE was one scoreline in Co-operative Championship One last weekend that turned heads across the sport. Nobody wants to see scores like the 132-0 inflicted on Gateshead Thunder by Blackpool on Sunday, especially in the professional game. And while it illustrated the continuing progress made by the Panthers and their highly-rated coach [...]