
Martyn Sadler
League Express Editor at Rugby League World
editor of the weekly newspaper Rugby League Express
Articles
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1 week ago |
totalrl.com | Martyn Sadler
IT WAS good to see the Magic Weekend back in Newcastle, which in my view should become its permanent home. And it was good to see the record Sunday afternoon crowd of 32,862, although that didn’t lead to a record crowd for both days overall. The crowd that the Magic Weekend seems able to attract at Newcastle seems stubbornly stuck in the low 60 thousands and there is little sign that the attendance will climb much beyond that figure.
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2 weeks ago |
totalrl.com | Martyn Sadler
NOW that the NRL appears to have reached agreement with the government of Western Australia to bring back the North Sydney Bears, but in the guise of a club named the Bears playing out of Perth, it looks nailed on that Leeds Rhinos coach Brad Arthur will be contracted as the inaugural coach of the club at its new home in 2027.
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3 weeks ago |
totalrl.com | Martyn Sadler
Jordan BurnsAfter the Easter round of matches there are several players I think deserve a mention. First of all is Jordan Burns, the Whitehaven captain who suffered a horrible injury in the second minute of Friday’s Cumbrian derby, shattering his eye socket in several places. Two photos sent to me by photographer Ben Challis show Jordan entering the field with his two children (above) and then leaving the field and on his way to hospital with a shocking injury.
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1 month ago |
totalrl.com | Martyn Sadler
“THE NRL has agreed to consider a proposal to buy a 33 per cent stake in the Super League on the proviso it gets complete administrative control of the struggling competition from 2028 as part of a bid to grow the sport internationally.”That was the opening paragraph of a news story that appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald last week. But what does it mean? How could the NRL buy a 33 per cent stake in the Super League?
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1 month ago |
totalrl.com | Martyn Sadler
IN last week’s League Express Podcast I made a point of congratulating two clubs outside Super League who are both having outstanding seasons. One look at the Championship and League One league tables will reveal that the leaders are Halifax Panthers and Midlands Hurricanes, both clubs having played five games and currently undefeated.
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