Talking Rugby League: Is addiction to overseas players bad for our game?

RECENTLY the RFL eased the criteria for recruiting players from overseas. At one time, in order to obtain a visa, a player needed to have…

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Talking Rugby League: Sky Sports deliver – but Super League clubs get in the way

SKY SPORTS will broadcast all the Super League matches in the early rounds of this season’s competition on their array of sports channels. No game…

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Talking Rugby League: Former Salford captain Malcolm Alker a fine player taken far too early

I WAS deeply saddened by the news at the weekend that former Salford captain Malcolm Alker had passed away at the age of 45. Malcolm…

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Talking Rugby League: Hull KR’s surprise decision to say goodbye to Jordan Abdull

A YEAR ago I thought that Hull KR had three excellent halfbacks in Rowan Milnes, Mikey Lewis and Jordan Abdull. I rated Milnes and Abdull…

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Talking Rugby League: Our Men of the Year

IN my first column of 2023, I picked out some individuals and organisations who I thought were likely to be under great pressure last year….

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Talking Rugby League: Ralph Rimmer’s greatest achievement as RFL chief executive

A HAPPY New Year to all our readers and to everyone involved in Rugby League at all levels of the game, whether players, match officials,…

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Final Whistle: Rugby league’s history of rule changes – for entertainment and for safety

RUGBY LEAGUE has a history of rule changes. Some of them are major ones right from the earliest years, such as abolishing lineouts in 1897,…

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Talking Rugby League: Let’s change card rules to keep more games 13-a-side

ARE we going to see a spate of red and yellow cards early in the new season that will cut offending teams down to twelve…

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Talking Rugby League: Let’s take World Club Challenge to Vegas in future

LIKE many people, I’m looking forward to seeing Wigan host Penrith in the World Club Challenge at the DW Stadium on Saturday, February 24. I’m…

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Talking Rugby League: Super League Rookie of the Year revealed

WHEN you watched him play in Super League this year, you might not have believed that Leigh Leopards’ hooker Edwin Ipape was a rookie, who…

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