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The Richard Marshall begins at Salford as they open their Super League 2021 campaign with a trip to St Helens. The question is can they continue the strides they made under Ian Watson? For the first time since the 2014 season, the Red Devils will play a game without Watson on their coaching staff. Ian […] READ MORE
St Helens head into the Super League 2021 season with heavy expectations and will hope to meet those expectations as they look to claim their third successive title in a row – the three-peat. Jack Welsby’s late try wrapped up a second successive Grand Final win, but the Saints will look to do one better […] READ MORE
Leigh Centurions will be kicking off their Super League 2021 campaign this weekend when they host Wigan at Leigh Sports Village. Expectations are low for the Centurions with their sole focus on survival. Last year, Leigh were selected ahead of Toulouse and London Broncos as the team to replace Toronto Wolfpack in Super League, and […] READ MORE
After a thrilling weekend of 2021 Six Nations Round Two action, Christian Evans selects a 6 Nations team of the week of the best performing stars in the competition. Wales, France and England emerged victorious this weekend, and all three nations have at least three players in this week’s team. Yet, despite losing, Scotland features […] READ MORE
Jordan Mailata became an NFL starter in just three years after leaving the South Sydney Rabbitoh juniors, a story which is already a remarkable tale. Mailata’s success could see more converts between rugby and the NFL. Mailata, who briefly starred with the South Sydney Rabbitohs under 20’s team made the switch to American football in […] READ MORE
After half a dozen games in the 2020/21 Guinness PRO14 season, Leinster rugby is again flying high. Leo Cullen’s men are yet again the pacesetters in the Celtic league. Leinster; who have lost just five of their last 47 games in the Pro14 are again the frontrunners this season. That is despite being without a […] READ MORE
Saracens have finally left rugby union limbo after the RFU confirmed a January 16th restart date for the Championship. After being delayed for three months the Championship is set for a January start per The Times. The news will undoubtedly be a relief to Saracens, who feared that they would be stuck in the second […] READ MORE
After voting Toronto Wolfpack out of Super League, Europe’s premier rugby league competition has another failed expansion on its hands. If Super League is serious about expansion they need to promote Toulouse Olympique. As a matter of fact, the only way for the competition to save face is to promote Toulouse Olympique after the Wolfpack […] READ MORE
Wayne Pivac’s tenure as Wales rugby teams’ head coach has got off to a ‘far from smooth start’ as problems continue to mount for the New Zealander. Pivac; who has won just two competitive games since replacing Warren Gatland as head coach of Wales, is already under increasing pressure. Although it was expected that the transition […] READ MORE
With the Toronto adventure seemingly on life support, rugby league is looking another failed attempt at expansion. The 13 man code could learn a lot from rugby union. Unlike their league cohorts, rugby union has had little trouble expanding with Major League Rugby growing rapidly in the United States. The Top League in Japan doing […] READ MORE