Super League News
Israel Folau has signed a contract extension with French Super League club the Catalans Dragons through to the end of the 2021 season. Folau’s signing was controversial and he played well for the Dragons until Covid19 shut down the Super League season. There was a feeling that Folau might have been signed by an NRL…
Manly Sea Eagles back rower Joel Thompson has received an early release from his contract with the Manly Sea Eagles as he looks to join Super League club St Helens from 2021. Thompson will be a good replacement for outgoing St Helens forward Luke Thompson who was released with immediate effect by the club to…
The Greg Inglis signing by the Warrington Wolves for the 2021 season was a bit of a shock to most people within Rugby League. I think Inglis is a great signing. It will be very interesting to see what position they look to play him in. I want to find out what you think of…
The Sydney Daily Telegraph is reporting that Greg Inglis will make a shock return to Rugby League and sign with the Warrington Wolves for the 2021 season. Inglis was forced into retirement with a persistent knee injury that he had carried for years. It seems as though a year or so on the sidelines has…
The worldwide lockdown that has occurred because of Covid19 has been fast, brutal, and unexpectedly stopped the momentum of many things in life we take for granted. One of those things has been our sporting competitions, and among those Super League has found itself shutdown mid season. A government bailout in the form of a…
Due to the global outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, almost all sports events and tournaments came to a shut-down in an attempt to stop the spread. That has put immense pressure on the future of the game, its competitions and clubs. So, how has that affected the competitions? Unlike winter sports such as the rugby…
The Rugby Football League official website has announced a poll in which is lists five players that you can vote for as the greatest player of all time. On of the names on that list is former Leeds Rhinos loose forward Kevin Sinfield. So this is a simple one readers….do you think Kevin Sinfield is…
Who is going to be picked as the top try scorer in the 2020 Super League Season? We’ve taken a closer at the five favorites. Tommy Makinson (St Helens) Over the last year, Tommy Makinson has worked to cement his position as the greatest finisher in the Super League. Last year, Makinson topped the try-scoring…
With less than two months from the start of the 2020 Super League season, things are already getting in shape for the most exciting year yet. Last Season, St Helens walked away with the league after beating the Salford Red Devils during the Grand Final. That allowed them to lift their first crown in the…
Now that Sonny Bill Williams move to play Rugby League for the Toronto Wolfpack is official we are seeing a lot of marketing moves being made by all and sundry. Sonny Bill Williams himself has thanks New Zealand Rugby Union supporters while also telling Toronto Wolfpack supporters how excited he is to be moving to…
With the arrival of Sonny Bill Williams at the Toronto Wolfpack the exciting prospect of other Super League clubs using their marquee signing slots brings some interesting questions to a head. Could we see Super League clubs target other superstars? What effect would that have on the Super League competition? Semi Radradra is the obvious…
Channel 9 in Sydney is reporting that All Blacks superstar Sonny Bill Williams is set to take up a massive offer to join the Toronto Wolfpack in Super League from 2021. The deal will make Sonny Bill Williams the highest paid player in the history of Rugby League or Rugby Union and most likely see…
The official Super League website has released a list of 2020 Super League club signings so far. The list shows the changing face of a number of Super League clubs, most notably Hull KR, the Salford Red Devils and Wakefield Trinity. Here is the list. Castleford Tigers George Griffin Tyla Hepi Derrell Olpherts Sosaia Feki…
The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that the Toronto Wolfpack has offered Sonny Bill Williams and eyewaterinw 2 year, $9 million contract to join the club starting in 2020 as they start their first season in Super League. Under Super League salary cap rules only a small portion of that contract would count towards the…
Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, the mighty Salford Red Devils have defied the odds to make the 2019 Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford today. It is a moment few Salford supporters would have dreamed off not too many years ago. With the club once again on the verge of folding, Salford…
The Toronto Wolfpack are looking at signing Sonny Bill Williams after his commitments to the 2019 Rugby Union World Cup are over. The Wolfpack recently won the right to be promoted into Super League for the 2020 Super League season, and with a few players leaving the club they are looking to bolster their squad…
The Catalan Dragons have asked Super League to consider playing Magic Weekend in France beyond the 2021 according to the BBC. The move would see a complete round of Super League games played in France for the first time ever, and see Super Leagues Magic Round move outside of Great Britain for the first time…
The NRL remains to be the pinnacle for rugby league players around the world, but sometimes Australians fancy a change and move to England to compete in the physical Super League format. While some have failed on their challenge to achieve success in the UK, some have had overwhelming success. But which Australian players have…
It is a system that English sporting supporters hold near and dear to their hearts. Promotion and Relegation. How does it actually work out for the teams it effects the most? With lower league clubs pushing themselves to the limit to reach the top level, and top league teams scrambling to avoid the trap-door, promotion…
The 2018 Super League campaign ended less than two months ago but rugby league fans are already preparing for another exciting season. There will be plenty of changes ahead of the 2019 campaign, none more important than Shaun Wane’s departure as head coach from the Wigan Warriors. The Cherries claimed a third Grand Final triumph…
Melbourne Storm’s domination continued at the start of 2018, with Craig Bellamy’s side breezing their way to the World Club Challenge title and sweeping Leeds Rhinos aside in mid-February. The Rhinos hadn’t had the same success as Melbourne during the 2017 campaign, but still managed to come good at just the right time to defeat…
Many rugby league fans felt that the Castleford Tigers were hard done by in 2017. The club were forced to exclude Zak Hardaker from their Grand Final squad and the Tigers went on to lose to the Leeds Rhinos at Old Trafford. But the 2017 campaign has now been and gone; it is time to…
The biggest game in Super League, the Super League Grand Final, is quickly approaching and it is shaping up to be an exciting final. Castleford have been in sensational form all season, finishing ten points clear of second placed leads, and finishing with a +391 point difference at the end of the season. To an…
A sea of England’s finest players have made the move to Australia in recent years, with the likes of Sam Burgess and his brothers excelling in the NRL along with others including Gareth Widdop, James Graham and Elliot Whitehead – to name a few. Whilst there are numerous traditions of the English game – particularly…
The 2017 Rugby Super League season got underway back in February and, with 14 matches currently played, it is panning out very differently to the previous season. Reigning champions the Wigan Warriors are mired in mid-table, with just seven wins so far, making them seem unlikely to retain their crown. Of course, some fans like…
UPDATE: The Rugby Football League have made the following announcement: The Rugby Football League can confirm that Widnes Vikings and Wigan Warriors have reached an agreement to play their Betfred Super League round two fixture tonight (Friday, February 24) at the Select Security Stadium in Widnes. The clubs have agreed that this will become a…
By now you have no doubt heard the thoughts of Salford Red Devils owner Marwan Koukash who floated the idea that Super League clubs should break away from the RFL. I consider Koukash to be the smartest person in the British game by a very, very long way. He came into Rugby League knowing nothing…
As a rabid Rugby League expansionist I was very interested in news that came out this week that the Chairman of the Canadian Rugby League Eric Perez would lead a bid to have a Toronto based club play in the RFL’s National League One. The team will be called the Toronto Wolfpack. They will be…
“Brawl erupts between players and supporters at Super League game!” That was the headline I woke up to this morning. The first few pictures I saw almost confirmed the headlines the media ran with. However, looking further into what happened after the match between the Salford Red Devils and the Huddersfield Giants, I came to…
Super League returns tonight with what we expect to be a cracking opening game. In its 21st season, the teams will be playing once again for that elusive Grand Final trophy but can Leeds be stopped? Here we preview the opening round fixtures: Leeds vs Warrington (Thursday 4th February, 8pm, Sky Sports 2) The champions…