Rugby News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumours
Mike Castle is the current Canada Ravens head coach, and a very experienced coach in North America and over in Europe and the United Kingdom. He will lead the team to the 2021 Rugby League World Cup next year, which will take place in October. Castle will look to replicate the success the Ravens had in […] READ MORE
Louis Jouffret is the first and right now, the only player for the Ottawa Aces XIII. According to The Canadian Press, he started his career with Saint-Esteve XIII Catalan in France’s Elite 1 competition in 2015, on course to joining the Ottawa Aces. He is currently with the Featherstone Rovers, before he earns a cap […] READ MORE
A decision to make the London Broncos part-time from 2022 is a disappointing one for the Betfred Championship rugby league club. It is also indicative of the sport’s current malaise. Coming at the same time as the club wanted to relaunch a fresh future at Wimbledon’s Plough Lane, it underlines the strategic planning (or lack […] READ MORE
On Sunday, the schedules of both the second and third-tier leagues of the Rugby Football League (RFL) were released as seen on the RFL’s Twitter page. Both the Betfred Championship and the Betfred League 1 canceled their 2020 season because of COVID-19. Betfred Championship/League 1 schedules released 🙌 Your @Betfred League 1 fixtures are here […] READ MORE
The Toronto Wolfpack has had numerous road games in its short history. The Wolfpack, which originated in 2016 thanks to Eric Perez and David Argyle has had a successful run on the road from 2017-20. Raheem Bashir, who has long covered Toronto for Last Word on Rugby, picks out some of the best moments in […] 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
The Betfred Super League voted unanimously against cutting next season’s salary cap according to The Canadian Press of TSN. There were talks of reducing the salary cap to £1.8m, which would have been a decrease of 300,000 pounds. Players might be happy with this news though as it means more money in their pockets. However, […] READ MORE
Three players have left, and one player has retired for the Toronto Wolfpack while three others have signed with the Wolfpack. The three players that signed with Toronto include Sonny Bill Williams, James Cunningham, and Brad Singleton. All three players the Toronto Wolfpack have signed are Super League quality players. They will make a big […] READ MORE
Over the road from England Rugby HQ sits the Twickenham Stoop, home of the Harlequins. A staple of the Premiership since the start of the professional era, The Stoop has had the honour of being the home of three Premiership teams at various times. Aside from Harlequins, both London Irish and London Scottish have also […] READ MORE
The battle to for Super League survival is intense as its ever been with four teams all separated by points difference. Sam Harris looks at how the rest of the season could pan out and which teams will survive. Super League Survival The Current Table 9th Leeds Rhinos Played 20 Points 14 10th Huddersfield Giants […] READ MORE
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