We’re lucky enough to be able to call on some of the best writers in the world of Rugby League, and here’s a guide to just a few of our regular contributors, in no particular order we hasten to add, as they’re all terrific!
Dave Hadfield – one of the game’s best known journalists, Dave writes for The Independent newspaper and has also written several best-selling books about Rugby League including ‘Up & Over’ and ‘Down & Under’.
Tony Hannan – an acclaimed author whose work includes the authoritative biography of Rugby League legend Eddie Waring, Tony has been writing about Rugby League since before pens were invented, and now contributes a regular ‘Random League’ column for Rugby League World as well as the blog on this very website. It’s online, so no pens required!
Gareth Walker – our resident expert on all matters Championship related, there aren’t many people who know more about what’s occuring outside Super League or the right people to speak to in order to get to the heart of a story.
Steve Mascord – Aussie globetrotter extraordinaire, that man Mascord has been around the world and back watching and covering Rugby League, and as one of the best writers in the business he can spin a great yarn too.
Phil Larder – the former England Rugby League (and union) coach brings a wealth of experience to the mag, analysing the big games to explain how they are won and lost.
Tony Collins – a bona fide professor (of the Social History of Sport), Tony is a highly respected expert on matters historical who just happens to be mad keen (as opposed to just mad, like most professors) on Rugby League.
Dave Woods – Dave is the new voice of Rugby League on the BBC, following in the footsteps of Eddie Waring and Ray French as their main match commentator.
Dave Woods – no, we’re not repeating ourselves, we really do have two Dave Woods’ on board these days! This particular Dave is the well-known former Castleford Tigers and Gateshead Thunder coach.
Jamie Jones-Buchanan – one of two current Super League stars writing for the mag, Jamie tracks down his fellow professionals on our behalf and asks the questions that no mere journalist would get away with.
Jon Wells – our second Super League star, Jon writes a regular ‘postcard from London’ for the mag on the trials and tribulations of living a Rugby League life in the shadow of Twickenham.
Michael O’Hare – originally from Huddersfield, now living and working in London for ‘New Scientist’, Michael has written a range of best-selling non-RL books including Does Anything Eat Wasps?, Why Don’t Penguins’ Feet Freeze? and Do Polar Bears Get Lonely?. With this kind of background, he claims not to be a Rugby League gnome, but we know different.
Garry Schofield – a Great Britain Rugby League legend, Garry has scored more tries against the Aussies than we’ve had hot dinners and is acknowledged as one of the best players ever to pull on a pair of boots. Tells it as he sees it, whether you like it or not!
Phil Caplan – as well as a noted and prolific author and journalist, Phil lives and breathes Rugby League, it’s in his very soul and a more knowledgable or hardworking exponent of the international and grassroots game you would be hard pressed to find.
Richard de la Riviere – a former RLW editor and the mag’s chief inquisitor, Richard tracks down the great and the good in Rugby League to find out what makes them tick.
Cliff Spracklen – our Treiziste diarist, Cliff has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the French game and so many contacts we don’t know where he manages to keep them all.
John Drake – the man at the top (though not in this list) John is the editor of Rugby League World aiming to cajole all the above talent into delivering the very best reading experience in Rugby League every month.
We’ve got more new writers lined up to join the mag in the months ahead, and we’ll be adding their details here once we’ve finished subbing their work and correcting their spelling mistakes!
Think you could cut it with this lot? If you’re interested in writing for Rugby League World, we’d love to hear from you. Tell us about yourself, your experience and preferably an example of your work in an email to the editor – john.drake@rugbyleagueworld.net
