As a rabid Rugby League expansionist I was very interested in news that came out this week that the Chairman of the Canadian Rugby League Eric Perez would lead a bid to have a Toronto based club play in the RFL’s National League One. The team will be called the Toronto Wolfpack. They will be…
When Dr Marwan Koukash took over the Salford City Reds, he clearly wanted to do everything possible to make the club a success. It didn’t take him long before he was making changes to the clubs management, including getting rid of the coach to bring in Brian Noble and making changes to the front office,…
If you are rich and you buy a Super League club, try to get people that can run that club for you who know what they are doing. That would be the advice I would give to Salford Reds owner Marwan Koukash after the UK’s Daily Star ran a story suggestion that Salford plan to raid…
The rumours being made up in Rugby League at the moment are beyond ridiculous. Being on Twitter, you see them every day. You have to wonder where they come from becomes 95% of them make no sense at all to anyone involved in the rumour! One of my personal favorites was that Darren Lockyer was…
When I woke up this morning and read the headline “Brian Noble Looks To Swap Super League For The NRL” I felt sick. I didn’t have to read the article to know that such complete and utter stupidity could only be aiming towards one man. I mean, lets think about this for a second. An…
After months of speculation former Great Britain coach Brian Noble has finally been named the new coach of the Celtic Crusaders. The Crusaders first season in Super League was nothing short of a disaster. On the field they were terrible, off the field they had players sent home with Visa problems, they ended up sacking…
Death, Taxes, Super League clubs dying to sign an import… Ah yes, its that time of the year again, silly season in England just throws up so much comedy value. Whether its Sean Long’s utter desperation in his voice as he tries to convince people he wouldn’t be crushed if St Helens didnt re-sign him,…
Wigan and Warrington find themselves in a self made crisis that really worries me. The last time I saw a club in a position that these two find themselves in, it took about 18 months and the very rich and keen owner of them walked away and left them to fend for themselves. That was…
I was going to let this slide but comments today from Wigans moron of a coach, Brian Noble have tipped me over the edge. Six weeks ago Tim Smith came out and say he had bipolar disorder. It was so bad that he needed to walk away from the game and get his life back…
The RFL today released news that it will be appointing a full time coach for the Great Britain team after announcing they will not be renewing Nobles contract. Shamefully Nobles greatest achievement with the GB team was getting one of the most comprehensive systematic thrashings ever seen on home soil by the aussies in the…
Sure they had a few decisions go against them, but Great Britain was well beaten by New Zealand in Wellington on the weekend. Now, down on confidence, the Lions face an Australian side in Brisbane thats looking for revenge. So can they come back and make their way into the final? With Sean Long having…
For Great Britain the 2005 Tri Nations is over. Many people in the UK went into this series full of confidence. They felt that last years thrashing in the Tri Series Final was not an indication of their standing in the game. Thats why 2005 comes as a rude reality check for some. Personally, this…