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By JOHN DAVIDSON HALIFAX Panthers are out to sign a halfback and a prop from another Championship club. READ ON PATREON READ ON SUBSTACK

By JOHN DAVIDSON BRAD Arthur insists Leeds ‘defensive effort was not up to scratch after the Rhinos defeated Huddersfield 56-22. READ ON PATREON READ ON SUBSTACK

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North Wales Crusaders 'will fold this week', according to one source, while there are more than 50 creditors pursuing owners Egg Chaser Ltd for refunds and unpaid debts

By JOHN DAVIDSON SUPER League Plus has issued refunds to some customers who paid for the telecast of the two Challenge Cup quarter-finals, after technical issues affected the broadcast. READ ON PATREO...

By JOHN DAVIDSON NORTH Wales’ players have refused to train after not being paid this month, with their next game against Keighley in serious doubt and the club’s long-term future undetermined. Crusaders players and staff have not been paid this month, as first reported by rugbyleaguehub.com Long Reads yesterday. This platform has spoken to players at the […]

By JOHN DAVIDSON MARTIN Vickers, the CEO in charge of Featherstone Rovers who went bust last year, has joined Bradford Bulls. READ ON PATREON READ ON SUBSTACK

By JOHN DAVIDSON FORMER Huddersfield coach and player Phil Veivers says whoever takes over at the Giants has a “tough ask”, with serious questions to be answered by the club. READ ON PATREON READ ON S...

FORMER Sky Sports commentator Eddie Hemmings will be part of the broadcaster’s coverage of Super League’s 30th birthday celebrations on Sunday. Hemmings, who retired in 2019, is set to make an appeara...

Exclusives about Thomas Tuchel and Sarina Wiegman among eight stories shortlisted in Scoop category at SJA British Sports Journalism Awards; 19 more categories revealed in Writing and Open Media secti...

By JOHN DAVIDSON Exclusive: Five clubs voted against the appointment of Nigel Wood as chair of the RFL at the Council meeting today. READ ON PATREON READ ON SUBSTACK

By JOHN DAVIDSON Exclusive: York hooker Paul McShane has been cleared of a suspected broken hand and is set to feature against Wakefield on Friday night. READ ON SUBSTACK READ ON PATREON

By JOHN DAVIDSON OLDHAM faced a travel nightmare on their return from France yesterday, after being stuck in Spain for more than 10 hours. The Roughyeds flew in and out of Barcelona, travelling to Per...

By JOHN DAVIDSON THE NRL has been linked with a five-year, £250 million offer to invest in Super League. READ ON PATREON READ ON SUBSTACK

By JOHN DAVIDSON RUGBY league in Las Vegas is a tremendous experience for both players and fans. READ ON PATREON READ ON SUBSTACK

By JOHN DAVIDSON HUDDERSFIELD coach Luke Robinson revealed Hull KR coach Willie Peters and Robins players apologised for the cannonball tackle from Karl Lawton on Matty English. READ ON PATREON READ O...

By JOHN DAVIDSON Exclusive: Leigh Leopards chairman Mike Latham has been linked with an exit from the Super League club. READ ON PATREON READ ON SUBSTACK

By JOHN DAVIDSON ENGLISH rugby league great James Graham believes a partnership between the NRL and Super League could be mutually beneficial for both competitions and says Super League “needs somethi...

By JOHN DAVIDSON Exclusive: Castleford Tigers have been hit with another major injury, with Fletcher Rooney suffering a serious hamstring complaint. READ ON SUBSTACK READ ON PATREON

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Brisbane’s defeat to Hull KR posed more questions than answers in the aftermath of Payne Haas’s decision to switch to Souths

RUGBY League Commercial managing director Rhodri Jones has praised Bradford for its work on Odsal, stating that the stadium is not “perfect” but has significantly improved for the Bulls’ 11-year retur...

Great tries, big hits, drama, controversy - rugby league needs more of this to break free of its echo chamber

By JOHN DAVIDSON LEEDS Rhinos coach Brad Arthur says the Perth Bears’ attempts to sign up a number of his key players may be “a touch annoying” but admits “it’s part of the game”. Perth enters the NRL...

By JOHN DAVIDSON THE heavens opened. And then they opened some more. As the meteorologists will tell you, it’s rained every day of this month so far in England. But a constant downpour of H2O was not ...

By JOHN DAVIDSON RUGBY League Commercial managing director Rhodri Jones says he can’t see any reason Super League won’t return to Las Vegas in 2027. READ ON PATREON READ ON SUBSTACK

BRADFORD coach Kurt Haggerty admits he still doesn’t know what his best team is as the start of the Super League season approaches – but he’s confident the Bulls will be ready for the new campaign. Ha...

By JOHN DAVIDSON KALLUM Watkins has reflected on England’s Ashes whitewash, saying execution was the key difference between the two teams before insisting the series must stay part of the internationa...

Exclusive: Prop Ramon Silva has been released by Castleford Tigers and linked to a move to a new Championship club. Silva was signed by Castleford in March last year from Barrow Raiders but did not ma...

“BRAIN DRAIN is a slang term indicating substantial emigration or migration of individuals. A brain drain can result from turmoil within a nation, the existence of favourable professional opportunitie...

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BY JOHN DAVIDSON Exclusive: Sky Sports will broadcast every Super League game in each round next year, with talks continuing over who will cover production costs for the seventh game. Super League is ...

BY JOHN DAVIDSON Mason Caton-Brown says his consortium bidding to relaunch Salford Rugby League club wants a clean break from the previous club’s administration and wants to build “something that’s su...

BY JOHN DAVIDSON Exclusive: Former Salford Red Devils CEO Paul King has opened up about the events that led to the financial decline and liquidation of the Super League club. Salford are being liquida...

Millions of pounds in debt, Paul King put his family home up as a guarantee to keep Salford Red Devils afloat - and he is not the only one out of pocket

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BY JOHN DAVIDSON BREAKING: Salford Red Devils are set to be wound up today because of their financial issues, ending the history of the 152-year-old club in its current guise. Salford are due in the H...

BY JOHN DAVIDSON Hull KR will not be signing Melbourne Storm front-rower Josh King. It has been rumoured that the Robins were keen to lure King across to Super League for next season. However, Hull KR...

BY JOHN DAVIDSON Exclusive: International Rugby League (IRL) has reported its issue with the Rugby Football League (RFL) over an alleged unpaid £400,000 World Cup debt to Sport England. The IRL is cha...