Super League News
The 2013 Super League season was a worrying one for fans of the sport in Great Britain. It felt like a tipping point had been reached as more clubs than ever faced financial oblivion while National Rugby League clubs officially began to cherry pick players they wanted from Super League clubs. Pretty much the only…
Leigh Centurions have offered their support to the Political Animals and a World XIII team ahead of their encounter before the Rugby League World Cup Final on Saturday 30 November. The Championship club is making players available to coach both sides as they do battle at Leigh Sports Village. The Political Animals RLFC is a…
They have few players, hardly any staff, no ground to play at, and now the London Broncos intend to enter administration. Welcome to Super League! The London Broncos demise comes as no surprise to me at all. I wrote about it back in July. I knew this was coming! That a bloke on the other…
A motion has been tabled in Parliament celebrating the life of Steve Prescott MBE, calling him “a hero in sport and in life”. Tabled by the Chairman of the Parliamentary Rugby League Group, Leeds North West MP Greg Mulholland, the motion recognises Steve’s playing career and his astounding feats since he was diagnosed with pseudomyxoma…
NRL Chief Executive Dave Smith will address British Members of Parliament at a meeting of the UK’s Parliamentary Rugby League Group, just days before the RLWC2013 final. Smith’s visit is the second successive meeting of the Group to have an international focus and take place during the World Cup; on October 29 Scott Carter, Rugby…
Danny Brough has been named the 2013 Man Of Steel. Brough had an outstanding season for the Huddersfield Giants and was easily the standout player in Super League this season. The award winners on the night were: Top metre maker: Jamie Peacock Top try-scorer: Josh Charnley Hit man: Danny Houghton Rhino Top Gun: Kevin Sinfield…
The 2013 Super League Dream team has been announced with the minor premiership winning Huddersfield Giants featuring heavily in the lineup. Its hard to argue with the lineup they have announced. They have got it about spot on. The 2013 Super League Dream Team is as follows: Fullback: Sam Tomkins – Wigan Warriors Dream Team…
Wigan Rugby league fullback Sam Tomkins has revealed that he would like to switch codes and play Rugby Union in time to play in the 2015 Rugby Union World Cup. Tomkins told TheTelegraph.co.uk that it would be “amazing” to play in the 2015 Rugby Union World Cup and that he wants to be a part…
The Bradford Bulls have been issued with a winding up order that the club says is the result of a misunderstanding. The Bulls failed to pay players wages a couple of months ago and are rumoured to have not paid last months wages as well. Now the club have been issued with a winding up…
The Bradford Bulls may be in financial strife once again with rumours swirling that players and staff have not been paid their wages for the last month. This is basically the same thing that occurred last month when players found that their wages had not been deposited into their bank accounts only to have the…
With a national audience and playing on one of the biggest stages of them all, Rugby League in Great Britain once again failed to deliver the goods. Rugby League in Great Britain rarely gets a chance to press it’s claims to a national audience. With Super League games being shown on Sky Sports the wider…
In what is easily the worst game of Rugby League I have ever seen, Wigan has beaten Hull FC 16-0 to win the 2013 Challenge Cup Final. You could blame the wet conditions if you like, but the football on display by Hull FC in particular was below the standard of even an amateur side….
You know who doesn’t get belted by ground security at Super League games? People that are behaving themselves. There is a rapidly growing problem within British Rugby League. Crowd behaviour issues are becoming more and more common. Almost every club has had to deal with some sort of off field issue caused by their own…
Sydney Morning Herald writer Adrian Proszenko is reporting that the Salford Reds have made a huge offer for Sonny Bill Williams. The deal is said to be worth over $1 million per season, a figure that would simply be unworkable under the current Super League salary cap. While it seems extremely far fetched, I think…
There are reports that North Queensland Cowboys fullback Matthew Bowen is on the verge of signing a contract with Wigan for the 2014 season. Bowen has been unable to get one last contract extension out of the North Queensland Cowboys who are worried about a degenerative knee injury that has been a constant concern over…
Aussie forward, Brett Delaney, has ruled out a return Down Under in order to commit his long-term future to Super League champions, Leeds Rhinos, after signing a new five-year contract, effectively committing himself to the club for the remainder of his career. The former Gold Coast Titan had two years left on his existing deal,…
Hull FC owner Adam Pearson has said he and the clubs he owns will stand by winger Jason Crookes after the winger was convicted of slapping one woman and punching another in the face. Pearson said “We feel the player has been harshly dealt with and we stand by him.” Every single woman that supports…
Hull FC will part ways with coach Peter Gentle at the end of the season according to The Daily Star. This comes despite the fact that Gentle has coached Hull FC into the Challenge Cup Final. Hull FC have been terrible this season. Their fluke win to make the Challenge Cup Final can not gloss…
Canterbury Bulldogs reserve grade halfback Kris Keating will sign for Hull KR according to the Sydney Morning Herald. Keating has been playing in reserve grade after losing his starting place in the Bulldogs lineup to Trent Hodkinson. The SMH also mentions that Cory Paterson will be released by Hull KR and could be heading back…
Bradford Bulls owner Omar Khan has put £900,000 of his own money into the Bradford Bulls to cover a recent cash shortage according to the Telegraph and Argus. Bradford Bulls players had not been payed last months wages. At first the club said it was a very short term issue caused by an administrative error,…
James Roby has told the St Helens Star that while he is enjoying himself at St Helens, he is open to offers that would see him move to the NRL in the future. Roby was offered that opportunity earlier this year by the Parramatta Eels but Roby claims he turned the deal down as it…
Write this one down as case number 3,254,478 as to why the Rugby Football League are so utterly stupid! There is talk that the RFL may look to get rid of the name “Super League” and go with another name when it changes from the current licencing system and switches back to the competition killing…
Danny Brough has signed a five-year contract with Huddersfield Giants, allaying supporter concern the club’s recent success was about to come to an abrupt end. There have been rumblings amongst fans who bet on rugby that Huddersfield, a relatively small club in the northern belt, cannot sustain their current good form amid the likes of…
Update: Bradford Bulls owner Omar Khan has come out and admitted the club is having financial issues. He has said will now not be making any payments to players until the 8th of August. He has also said that the club is not going into administration. Of course, we have heard all of this before….
Jamie Soward has rubbished claims that he will leave the London Broncos after the club were hammered in their Challenge Cup semi final clash against Wigan. Soward was brought in to try and help the Broncos to the Challenge Cup final but a 70-0 thrashing put an embarrassing end to that. Soward is contracted to…
Let me start this piece off by using some language that the flat cappers of northern England to relate to, like gob-smacking rib tickling… Now that we have that awkward moment out of the way I need to address the ridiculous statement put out by RFL Chairman Brian Barwick in which he stood up for…
First of all let me say this. We need a decent Super League team playing out of London. Super League needs it. Every team in Super League needs London to have a Super League presence. This article is not about the health of Rugby League in London. Rugby League is doing quite well in London,…
The Salford Reds are chasing Canterbury Bulldogs forward Frank Pritchard according to the Manchester Evening News. The Salford Reds, who will change their name to the Salford Red Devils next season, are on a spending spree as their new owner looks to turn around what is currently one of the worst clubs in Super League….
Bit of a rumour doing the rounds that Wests Tigers utility Tim Moltzen may be on his way to St Helens. The Saints have already captured the signatures of Luke Walsh and Mose Masoe, both of whom are playing fairly well for the Penrith Panthers right now. So, who is Tim Moltzen? Moltzen is a…
Let’s not mince words here, the London Broncos are are terrible Rugby League club. They are easily the worst run professional Rugby League club in the world. They are coached by Tony Rea, who I believe to be the worst coach in all of professional sport. The players at the Broncos do not respond to…