Doug Thomson

Scotland

Journalist at Rugby League World

Journalist League Express.

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Articles

Batley Bulldogs coach’s vow after slow start to season

1 week ago | totalrl.com | Doug Thomson

BATLEY BULLDOGS coach Mark Moxon says morale is high as his team fight to overcome a slow start to the season and escape the Championship danger zone. The Fox’s Biscuits Stadium side fought out an exciting 24-24 home draw with Barrow to take their points tally to six from eight games. It was their second draw of the season after the 18-18 outcome at Oldham in February.
Frustration for Bradford Bulls as ex-Hull FC prop leaves

1 week ago | totalrl.com | Doug Thomson

POWERFUL Kiwi prop Franklin Pele appears to have played his last game for Bradford Bulls, who are now seeking a replacement. The frustrated Championship club say the 24-year-old former Hull FC man is joining a third-tier French rugby union side, having negotiated the move without their knowledge. And given Pele’s contract ran to the end of this year, Bradford are looking into the legality of the switch.
Former Super League Man of Steel Danny Brough is eyeing Twickenham date

1 week ago | totalrl.com | Doug Thomson

FORMER Rugby League ace Danny Brough is targeting a trip to rugby union stronghold Twickenham. He was a Challenge Cup winner with Hull FC at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, the home of the Wales national team, in 2005. Now the former Huddersfield Giants captain is coach of that town’s 15-a-side club, who are one win off a Papa Johns Community Cup final appearance at the England union headquarters in south-west London.
Final anniversary sparks memories of Wigan winger Trevor Lake

1 week ago | totalrl.com | Doug Thomson

WIGAN winger Trevor Lake was a prolific try-scorer for the Central Park side in the sixties who later became a key figure in the formation of a governing body for Rugby League in South Africa. The former union player from Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), whose death was reported by the Warriors earlier this year, had four years in cherry and white, returning a remarkable record of 132 tries in 140 appearances.
York Knights centre out for season with injury

1 week ago | totalrl.com | Doug Thomson

YORK KNIGHTS have hooker Jacques O’Neill chomping at the bit – but have lost centre and fellow close-season signing Jude Ferreira for the rest of the campaign. Ferreira, the 23-year-old Hull Academy product who represented London Broncos on loan before joining Hunslet and helping them win promotion to the Championship last season, has a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
Player turned actor Adam Fogerty lends hand to Batley Bulldogs appeal

2 weeks ago | totalrl.com | Doug Thomson

BATLEY BULLDOGS hope an appearance by former Rugby League player turned actor Adam Fogerty will help fire their floodlight appeal to new heights. The West Yorkshire club are trying to generate more than £30,000 to go towards the ambitious project to upgrade the 30-year-old system at their Fox’s Biscuits Stadium home. So far various efforts have raised more than £20,000 to bolster grant money and sponsorships.
Paul Cooke’s simple message as Featherstone Rovers take stock

2 weeks ago | totalrl.com | Doug Thomson

FEATHERSTONE ROVERS coach Paul Cooke hammered out a simple message as he gave his players some time away from the club: “Recharge, refocus and return and make sure the back two-thirds of the season are better than the first third.”A Rovers bye round will be followed by next Sunday’s trip to Widnes, then an 1895 Cup semi-final at Oldham.
Brian Noble hails ‘class’ Jordan Lilley as versatility value shown to Bradford Bulls

2 weeks ago | totalrl.com | Doug Thomson

BRADFORD BULLS coach Brian Noble talked up Jordan Lilley as another player with Super League experience, Luke Hooley, said he’s open to a longer stay at Bartercard Odsal. Lilley has proved a valuable performer since joining from Leeds in 2019 after two loan spells with the Bulls, playing stand-off and scrum-half as well as hooker, his primary position under Noble.
London Broncos forced to move another match away from home ground

2 weeks ago | totalrl.com | Doug Thomson

LONDON BRONCOS have taken a third match of the season away from the Cherry Red Records Stadium at Wimbledon in the south-west of the capital. Sunday’s Championship clash with Sheffield will be staged at Rosslyn Park Rugby Union Club’s Priory Lane base near Putney, two-and-a-half miles away, with a 3.00 kick-off.
Mark Applegarth plots York Knights bounce-back spell

2 weeks ago | totalrl.com | Doug Thomson

YORK KNIGHTS coach Mark Applegarth wants his side to use their defeat at Featherstone as a wake-up call as they approach a key block of fixtures. Having hosted Widnes, the LNER Stadium side make the trip to London Broncos on Saturday before a visit from Hunslet, then Bradford in a big 1895 Cup semi-final showdown.