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RUGBY legend and renowned broadcaster John Kear left behind a six-figure fortune after his death aged 71. The former England boss died suddenly after suffering a heart attack on his way back from a BBC broadcast on May 31. He had been commentating on the Challenge Cup final ju…
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Rugby League star Joe Westerman has married his friend's wife after he was caught performing a sex act on a woman behind a Greggs. A video of the England International surfaced on the eve of the Super League season in 2023 – and saw him axed from Castleford Tigers’ line-up. We…
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CUNNINGHAM is looking to inspire England to the World Cup semi-finals – after having had her EAR re-attached. And you can be sure there will be no more art homework for staff after being forced to write her number on her spare shirt in marker pen following the intervention of …
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BELOVED broadcaster Steve Roberts has passed away at the age of 75. For more than three decades Steve presented and commentated sport over BBC radio - including The Rugby League Club programme. He presented the legendary programme Try Time alongside Ray French and Allan Rooney…
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Brown got out of one hairy situation to become an internet sensation – but she faces another. For the England ace, whose 107.8-METRE try against Wales has been viewed more than one million times, will be back to grooming dogs after the World Cup. Amelia Brown's long range effo…
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MAY sound like he is straight out of Halifax and he may not be able to speak the language – but try telling Amir Bourouh he is not French. The former Wigan, Salford and Hull FC hooker – who has just signed for Catalans – will face his homeland in Saturday morning’s World Cup...
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Dainton knows there is no problem with Wales’ new faces not feeling national pride – Welsh cakes, a society and a male voice choir saw to that. Aussie born Tayla Preston and ex-England international Paige Travis will pull on a red shirt for the principality’s first ever World …
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NSEMBA may be responsible for creating all kinds of reels, posts and content for social media as he takes on the world. But you will not find him viewing his work over and over again – that was one of the things holding him back. The Wigan back rower has returned to the Englan…
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KING hopes to make those who dished out the childhood taunts eat their words by inspiring England to World Cup glory. The Canterbury Bulldogs prop may now sound as Aussie as they come but when he moved there as a seven-year-old, he was Huddersfield through and through. And kid…
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MEET the Aussie rugby league star who is transcending the game. Jaime Chapman, 24, has already turned heads as a centre for the Gold Coast Titans in the NRL Women's Premiership and Australia women's team. But now, she has become a firm favourite online - thanks to her social m…
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SINFIELD followed in his father’s footsteps by shining on the biggest stage — then shared the moment with him at full-time. Sinfield Jr got on the scoresheet with a drop goal as Wakefield beat Warrington 23-10 at Old Trafford to lift a first league title since 1968. And when t…
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BBC staffers are expecting to lose rugby league rights ahead of next season. Saturday's Super League Grand Final, played in front of more than 70,000 fans at Old Trafford, was shown on Sky Sports and the Beeb. During the past three years, the BBC has shown around 10 live Super…
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JOHNSTONE hopes to put Wakefield on a throne at their dream Grand Final. A bit different from the dreaded 'mushroom chair.' Trinity’s journey to Old Trafford is as unlikely as they come, especially when you consider where they were. A dilapidated, ramshackled Belle Vue has bee…
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WARRINGTON winning the league for the first time in 71 years may sound unlikely enough – but compared to the "mad s***" George Williams went through, it seems relatively sane. When you and six team-mates, plus coaching staff and board members, are almost passing out while half…
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SINFIELD has a simple message for his old man - bring me MY match ball. The Wakefield star already had a big week on his hands as Sir Kevin goes through his 7 in 7: The Grand Finale fundraising physical challenge. Now it is huge as he will be on the Old Trafford pitch...
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RODWELL does not have to look far to know the odds can be conquered and history can be made despite the obstacles. Seeing ‘the biggest man I have ever met’ in former team-mate Jordan Mailata win the Super Bowl taught him that. The Wakefield ace is part of a side looking to pul…
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Billy Boston left a six-figure fortune when he died aged 92 - but the rugby league legend did not have a will. The former Wigan winger sadly died on August 24, just weeks after his wife Lady Joan passed away following 70 years of marriage. Legal papers released on September 10…
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RUGBY league’s World Cup may still be shown on free-to-air TV – if England reaches the final. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy slammed the decision to award the broadcasting rights to Premier Sports, who require a further subscription to watch. The channel has still not responded …
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Williams, the prospect of giving up the chance to captain England at a World Cup was the least of his worries. When scans showed how serious his neck problem was, life concerns – not just rugby league ones – hit him hard. Put simply, one blow in the wrong place may have left...
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Demetriou insists London are ready for Super League – and Super League should be ready for London. No matter what northern naysayers say. But he wants the Broncos to earn their place in the top flight, rather than be awarded a spot either by the NRL coming in. So far, the Cham…
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BOSTON blazed trails hundreds of times down the wing as he became a rugby league icon. But it is the path he trod at a time when social attitudes were very different that made the biggest impact - and still can now. The Welsh wonder - the 13-a-side code’s first knight - died y…
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BOSTON has died aged 92. The Wales rugby legend passed away just weeks after the death of his wife Lady Joan. Such was Boston's legend, that he was knighted by King Charles last year. The rugby league icon had been living with dementia in his latter years. Confirming the forme…
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RALPH RIMMER admits Huddersfield had to leave the town to avoid "death by a thousand cuts". And playing out of Dewsbury can boost the IMG grading score that decides their Super League status. Giants owner Ken Davy has bought the Championship Rams’ Flair Stadium and will add a …
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FIJIAN rugby player Saimoni Vunilagi has tragically died aged 26 after suffering suspected heatstroke following a training session in Japan. The Kyushu KV player was hospitalised earlier this week after developing severe heatstroke symptoms following training. The second-divis…
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RALPH Rimmer believes change is coming to Huddersfield – after going through ‘madness.’ In fact, the Giants’ new chairman believes it has already come in things you cannot see. Marooned at the bottom of Super League for months, row upon row of empty seats at home matches, spen…
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A RUGBY league player has been shown the door by his club – for not showing the coach driver respect. The unnamed Salford star failed to shake the hand of the man behind the wheel when they arrived at a Championship clash. And chief executive Ryan Brierley – who last year play…
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JACK HUGHES hopes to give the leader of the country more reason to smile – then Andy Burnham may repay the favour. For the Leigh star hopes his elevation to being Prime Minister can be good for rugby league. The man at Number 10 is a devoted Leopards supporter after serving as…
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TOM BRISCOE may have an idea why Hull FC fans feel so ill at how their season is going – after all, he is a doctor. And the winger may have a lasting impact on rugby league after studying the women’s and girls’ game for his thesis. Briscoe recently gained his doctorate in spor…
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ZACH ECKERSLEY will go from the classroom to the heat of the derby as he looks to give pal Jacob Douglas another lesson. The pair were in the same year at Saddleworth School in Oldham, Greater Manchester and found themselves in the same set for several subjects. Now Wigan’s Ec…
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HUDDERSFIELD are thought to have found a site for their much-needed new stadium in the town. But SunSport understands it is likely to be outside of its centre. The Giants have conceded it is time to head out of the 24,500-seater Accu Stadium for a smaller home of their own. Th…
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PAUL Rowley insists he was ready for the ‘short tolerance and pile-ons’ – but sits it all out. Listen to many after the calamitous 46-0 loss to Toulouse on Sunday and the coach should be out after less than a year. An astonishing 16 injuries to first team players, the latest b…
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ERIBE Doro is literally going up in the world, by learning from the best – even when they defeat him. The Bradford star grew up in the Derker area of Oldham, an area more associated with turf wars between rival gangs and crime. But even long before making Super League, he was …
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CODY Hunter is motoring after getting back to being a full-time rugby league player. It beats selling things often responsible for slowing traffic - caravans. York’s Aussie half-back found himself playing part-time in the Queensland Cup after not making the grade at NRL clubs …
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HARRY Smith hopes to live the dream by winning at his football favourites, after fearing he may be in the middle of something more unsavoury. The Wigan ace is a dyed in the wool Everton fan – his father and grandfather are too - with Leighton Baines his hero. Ahead of Magic We…
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PAUL Rowley believes working together could be the key to rugby league cracking Liverpool. Super League’s Magic Weekend heads to Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium tomorrow and Sunday. But the fact the city is considered virgin territory for the 13-a-side code is arguably even m…
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HARVEY Wilson hopes not being part of a ‘normal’ Magic Weekend could actually be a good thing. For it could be the start of something that could see the event move to France. All 12 English Super League sides battle it out on Saturday and Sunday at Everton’s Hill Dickinson Sta…
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NATHAN Cayless will take charge of Hull KR from next season - with the blessing of the man he is replacing. The former New Zealand captain, currently an assistant at NRL side Parramatta Eels, will fill the shoes of Willie Peters, who is heading to take charge of new boys Down …
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FORMER British rugby league player Ricky Bibey was found dead in Italy after allegedly beating up his girlfriend while high. The 40-year-old athlete was found dead in the £350-a-night Hotel Continentale on July 16, 2022. He had arrived in Tuscany with a woman - later revealed …
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JAMES Harrison hopes to silence his mates, even though Warrington would still be under the radar. The Wolves face Leeds in a summit meeting, with the winners going two points clear at the top of Super League. It means Harrison’s messages to his pals in his home city, where he …
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EMBRACING life as a Super League club has led Bradford to dream of starring in Las Vegas. And Jason Hirst believes the Bulls can break even. The next home league fixture with Leigh will be at a slightly different location than Odsal, Allegiant Stadium in Sin City. Many may sne…
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