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Tonight, all eyes will be on the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham where, subject to selection, Wales most capped Rugby Union international Gareth Thomas will make his Rugby League debut. Another solid crowd is expected, as the player affectionately known as ‘Alfie’ takes his first tentative steps to becoming a dual code star for the recently […]
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Tags: Crusaders, Gareth Thomas, Rugby League, Super League, Wales
Yesterday afternoon, I sat down to write a critique of Sunday night’s all-singing, all-dancing Super Bowl, with the provisional title ‘Bowled Over? Hardy’. You can probably tell where I was going with that one. To be honest, I was finding it hard to write. Not because I didn’t have plenty to say on the subject […]
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It could have been Rugby League’s greatest coup. During the 1995 Rugby Union World Cup, there was only one man making the headlines: Jonah Lomu. While that tournament in South Africa may now be best remembered for the host nation’s fairytale victory over the All Blacks in the final, it was the rampaging, blockbusting runs […]
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Tags: Jonah Lomu, Rugby League, Rugby union, Sheffield Eagles
To those of us reared on an intense, quick-fire diet of Rugby League, rugby union has always seemed a tad on the tiresome side. With an over-reliance on tactical kicking, endless set plays and too many games decided by penalty kicks rather than tries, it appears to be a sport which has it’s priorities wrong. […]
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Tags: Graham Henry, Rugby union
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Hitting The Wall 
Eagles initiative shows the tide is turning against homophobia
This Sunday Cooperative Championship Rugby League club Sheffield Eagles will break new ground by becoming the first professional sports club to openly take a stance against homophobia in sport. It’s a far-sighted and enlightened move that shows that, at last, the tide may be turning against sport’s last great taboo.
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Tags: Gareth Thomas, homophobia in sport, Ian Roberts, John Ameachi, LGBT, Rugby League, Sheffield Eagles, Steven Davies