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Wigan woe as magnifique Catalans create Rugby League history

Catalans Dragons wrote their name into the Rugby League record books when they became the first Fren....

Rugby  |  July 30, 2007  |  324 Views  |  (8) Comments
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Rugby World Cup 2007: Will the All Blacks away demons return to haunt them?

There are only 44 days to go before the start of the Rugby Union World Cup in France and, with over ....

Rugby  |  July 26, 2007  |  844 Views  |  (9) Comments
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Saints strengthen Super League title charge - and it's a Red-letter day for McRae's Salford

Round 21 of the Super League season provided a few shocks, and with only five more rounds to be comp....

Rugby  |  July 23, 2007  |  168 Views  |  (3) Comments
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Super League XII: With St Helens on a downer, could this be Wigan's year?

As Super League XII enters the final quarter of the season, it is proving one of the closest yet - w....

Rugby  |  July 22, 2007  |  131 Views  |  (1) Comments
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Rugby League's dynamic new policies have the beating of Rugby Union

It was supposed to be the year when it all changed. Johnny Wilkinson’s extra time drop goal in 2003 ....

Rugby  |  July 17, 2007  |  1267 Views  |  (34) Comments
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Why Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Spurs won't wear a salary cap

Picture the scene: Roman Abramovich, Peter Hill-Wood, Malcolm Glazer, Daniel Levy, Tom Hicks and Geo....

Football  |  July 10, 2007  |  4846 Views  |  (28) Comments
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Rugby League heads for chaos as Warriors, Bulls and Saints face salary-cap rap

The Super League has announced that Wigan Warriors, Bradford Bulls and St Helens have all been charg....

Rugby  |  July 06, 2007  |  510 Views  |  (4) Comments
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Foreign investment will hot it up at the top of the Premiership

As Manchester City prepare to become the latest club to move into the control of foreign investors (....

Football  |  July 02, 2007  |  3902 Views  |  (15) Comments
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Young Rugby League Lions get coach Tony Smith off to a flying start

New Great Britain boss Tony Smith, got his reign off to a flying start as his young guns defeated Fr....

Rugby  |  June 24, 2007  |  180 Views  |  (2) Comments
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Spurs dream of the Big Four, but they may need to wake up

If an award was ever handed to supporters for optimism, then Spurs fans would win it, hands down, ev....

Football  |  June 17, 2007  |  4913 Views  |  (56) Comments
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1970: The year it all went wrong for England

For the more senior football supporter, the World Cup tournament of 1970 was just as memorable as th....

June 14, 2007  |  793 Views  |  (2) Comments
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A-team mission: Can Mike Ashley and Sam Allardyce finally wake the Newcastle giant?

Newcastle United have for many years been regarded as the sleeping giant of English football. With t....

Football  |  June 12, 2007  |  880 Views  |  (2) Comments
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Foreign players: Good for the Premiership, bad for England?

Former England manager Graham Taylor claims that the large number of foreign players competing in th....

Football  |  June 08, 2007  |  1467 Views  |  (7) Comments
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How the Premiership big boys can learn from Blackburn, Everton and Bolton

Until recently, English football has always been regarded as the domain of the working classes. But ....

Football  |  June 05, 2007  |  2886 Views  |  (16) Comments
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on July 23, 2007


After this weekends games your top six predictions were spot on though I think Hull may sneak into t....




on August 01, 2007


Good article. The Pie-eaters have always sailed close to the wind and like you I have no sympathy fo....



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About Dave Doran 

Have lived and breathed sport for the past thirty five years as a player,coach,educator and now living the dream by writing about it.

 

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I am a Rugby League fan and prefer it to Union because it is faster, played harder and has fewer stoppages. Union is far stronger at international level however.
martin copelin
Rugby League's dynamic new policies have the beating of Rugby Union
 
Since the article was published (around a year ago), it is incredibly evident how far League has come in as little as 12 months. The matter is not that League 'will' overtake Union, it is more that it....
Upthe Trin
Rugby League's dynamic new policies have the beating of Rugby Union
 
The best thing the Nazi did was ban the sad excuse for a sport…. rugby league. And how can anyone argue that league will overtake union when most of the top league players end up playing union. Hell I....
True Rugby Fan
Rugby League's dynamic new policies have the beating of Rugby Union
 
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andrew noyes
Rugby League's dynamic new policies have the beating of Rugby Union
 
If we compare Union to League it is so easy to spot which code is more popular. You League fans don't know how popular the Super 14 is, in South Africa we get full attendances for 90% of our teams hom....
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Rugby League's dynamic new policies have the beating of Rugby Union

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