Rugby News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumours
Last Word on Rugby is taking a look at some of the most memorable seasons in the Super League era, picking out one team each time. First up is the inaugural campaign in 1996, focusing on the entertaining St Helens side. St Helens 1996 Season The St Helens side in the 1996 Super League could be […] READ MORE
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
This article will cover two cities in the northern hemisphere that have both rugby league and union teams. One city has both professional rugby league and union, while the other one has a professional rugby league team and until recently a professional rugby union team. Both cities are in the north. One had both a […] READ MORE
As part of a series, Last Word on Rugby is looking at the teams which have achieved the treble – winning the Challenge Cup, League Leaders and the Grand Final – in the same season. Finally, it is the Leeds Rhinos side of 2015. Challenge Cup The Rhinos were the holders after finally ending their […] READ MORE
As part of a series, Last Word on Rugby is looking at the teams which have achieved the treble – winning the Challenge Cup, League Leaders and the Grand Final – in the same season. Next up is the St Helens side of 2006. Challenge Cup St Helens were looking to go one further than […] READ MORE
As part of a series, Last Word on Rugby is looking at the teams which have achieved the treble – winning the Challenge Cup, League Leaders and the Grand Final – in the same season. First up is the Bradford Bulls side of 2003. Challenge Cup Knocked out in the fourth round by rivals Leeds […] READ MORE
Liam Kay was the very first player to sign with the Toronto Wolfpack. He is also one of only six Toronto Wolfpack players still with the team. Kay has been proven instrumental in the Wolfpack’s success in their short existence. This article will look at what he means to the Wolfpack and why he should […] 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
This list has changed a lot over the years. In 2017, Rhys Jacks was my first favourite player but he only lasted with the Wolfpack for about a year. Then, I took a liking for Ryan Brierley and Blake Wallace. For a brief period of time, Brierley was my favourite Wolfpack player. However, there were […] READ MORE
The Toronto Wolfpack will face Leeds Rhinos at Emerald Headingley Stadium on Thursday, March. 5th. There are two main Wolfpack connections to the Rhinos organization. First, Brian McDermott, Wolfpack’s current head coach, was the Rhinos’ head coach for many years. Brian McDermott won many trophies for Leeds as their head coach including four Super League […] READ MORE
Raheem Bashir started blogging on a Gmail site called Blogger and has covered sporting events in rugby union/league and soccer. Since then he has become the Last Word on Sports writer for rugby, soccer, and previously basketball. He is also a member of the North American Soccer Reporters and The Rugby Union Writers’ Club.
Raheem graduated from George Brown College with a Digital Media Marketing Post-Grad Certificate in 2019. From the same college, Raheem also did a post-grad certificate in Sport and Event Marketing in 2017. Lastly, he did an undergrad Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 2016.