Rugby league legend Rob Burrow will be honoured by Hull FC at Leeds Rhinos’ first Super League match following his tragic death from motor neurone disease. Burrow passed away aged just 41 recently after being diagnosed with the degenerative condition in 2019, just two years after retiring from the sport. In a glittering 17-season career…
Sky Sports have made their selections for exclusive coverage in rounds 20 and 21 of the Super League, with round 21 accessible via Sky Sports+, starting with the exclusive coverage of St Helens vs Salford Red Devils. Wigan were unable to play round two due to their World Club Challenge match against Penrith Panthers but…
There was a time when the concept of ‘All Four Cups’ was considered the holy grail of rugby league, with only three clubs ever achieving the feat of capturing the league championship, county championship, Challenge Cup and county cup in one season. The abolition of the county leagues and cups in 1970 and 1993 respectively…
Shona Hoyle was a Betfred Women’s Challenge Cup winner with St Helens and a try-scorer in their victory over Leeds Rhinos at Wembley last year. On Saturday, however, she will be part of the Rhinos team trying to stop Saints making it four in a row. The England forward moved across the Pennines to Leeds…
Saturday’s men’s Challenge Cup final between Wigan Warriors and Warrington Wolves will kick-off at 3.07pm in honour of former Leeds Rhinos scrum-half Rob Burrow CBE. Burrow died aged 41 on Sunday after a four-and-a-half-year battle with motor neurone disease and the Rugby League will pay homage at Wembley to one of its all-time greats. A…
Even Josh Thewlis struggles to believe how long he has been a Betfred Super League player for. Still only 22, the Warrington Wolves winger is in his sixth season and now has his first major final to look forward to this weekend. A product of renowned community side Waterhead, a club which has produced Super…
Rob Burrow urged people not to waste a moment and expressed his hope for a world one day free of motor neurone disease in his final message recorded prior to his death. The Leeds Rhinos great died at the age of 41 on Sunday, having dedicated the last four-and-a-half years of his life to raising…
Warrington Wolves legend Paul Wood opened up about the “really dark times” of battling OCD and how he overcame the problem as he guested on Sky Sports podcast, The Bench. Wood played 339 times for Warrington, winning the Challenge Cup in 2010 and 2012 and League Leaders’ Shield in 2011, and is now a club…
Could an IPL final get any more hipster than this? Well maybe, if everyone’s favourite men in pink, the Rajasthan Royals, got to the main event but Sunrisers Hyderabad are a pretty fashionable team these days. Kolkata Knight Riders have always been a trendy choice for the discerning cricket fan. Everything from the iconic purple…
