ANALYSIS – It is official, the French Rugby League will host the 2025 Rugby League World Cup (including both men and women). They have hosted the Rugby League World Cup in 1954, 1972, 2000, and 2013. However, the last time France hosted a Rugby League World Cup as the lone host was in 1972. French […] READ MORE
Tag: Catalan Dragons
Betfred Super League Play-offs – Week 2 fixtures set to ‘fire up’ fans
Last week saw the start of the Super League play-offs and the knockouts to reach the elite tier. This week, in the first and second divisions, the first- and second-placed sides enter the fray. Players, fans, and staff alike know that they are just 80 minutes away from the big one. Super League Play-offs – […] READ MORE
Ottawa Aces XIII first-ever head coach: Laurent Frayssinous
Laurent Frayssinous will be the Ottawa Aces’ first-ever head coach. The former Catalan Dragons head coach and player has not been involved with the game of rugby league since 2017. Now though, he has the opportunity to grow the game of rugby league in Canada’s capital city Ottawa, and in the province of Quebec. There […] READ MORE
Northern Hemisphere Rugby Cities: Union and League representation
The Northern Hemisphere has a few cities that have both rugby union and league. These cities have one rugby code in the first-tier and a second-tier in another code. Furthermore, all three of these cities could very easily have a tier-one team in both codes of rugby. Two of them had first-tier teams in both […] READ MORE
Super League proposal to return in August
Super League has plans to return at the start of August, with three proposals being put forward to finish the current 2020 season. A group of nominated clubs continues to examine a number of scenarios for the resumption of the season, with supporters still very much at the forefront of those discussions. Teams who had […] READ MORE
Top Six Super League signings
Super League’s biggest signings for 2020 have been confirmed. This includes box office names like Sonny Bill Williams to world-class players like Gareth Widdop. These signings proved that the competition has incredible potential. So the below list of the Top Six Betfred Super League signings. They will be arriving in Super League when the new […] READ MORE
UK Rugby League Season – Week Two: Key Matches and Results
The stand out fixture back in Week Two of UK Rugby League would possibly be a candidate for ‘stand out fixture of the entire season’. The Wigan Warriors v Hull FC fixture was ground breaking as it was the first ever Super League game to be played outside of Europe. Wigan gave up home advantage, with the innovative […] READ MORE