Forty20 Rugby League Podcasts

This week: Championship returns, Premier gains, Cup drama and and old book... PLUS: Oldham coach Stuart Littler joins us to praise Lock Lane, after the side from Cas knocked his new one out of the Challenge Cup, but there's still lots of positivity as they build up to the new League One season, rebuilding relationships in the town, and moving back home, as well as leading Ireland into the World Cu...

"Younger, Sexier and More Vibrant" Welcome to another episode of Forty20 NOT LIVE, where we've defrosted from Featherstone, watched the Channel 4 advert on a loop, on looking forward to Bashing Headingley this Summer. Mainly though, we're hear to talk Swinton Lions, with their Director of Development Damian Ridpath, who may well be the most positive guest we've ever had, and that goes back to the...

Another year begins, and we're still here.   It's a fairly positive start to 2022 for us as we get ready for the new season with new broadcasters, players, coaches and drama to enjoy.   You were out in force in the comments as we looked ahead to a World Cup in France, how our colleagues across the Channel might not let every player in to play on their soil, and the wider issue of vaccination level...

The abridged story of Rugby League in 2021, told through output of Forty20 and our guests.   Featuring interviews, post match reaction, stories, opinion and more... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2021. A year of Saints, some sinners, a potential French renascence, glory for Featherstone, and the Rhinos (but only when sat down.)   As well as the past, Phil and Richard try make some sense of what may happen in 2022, and decide they don't really have a clue... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For our final LIVE show of 2021, we've invited a friend of ours along to talk about her career.   The freshly retired Danika Priim is with us to talk about a short, but eventful career in Rugby League. How she started in the sport at school, her dancing life, and getting back involved in RL and her growing media profile.   Playing in a World Cup, and the journey to getting there, life at Leeds, wi...

Midlands Hurricanes CEO Alan Robinson joins us to talk about the rebrand of the Coventry Bears ahead of the 2022 season in League One, but also how the Bears will continue outside the professional game to grow the sport in the area.   Not just that, but there's new investment, a new home on the horizon for 2023, and a general feeling of positivity over the sport and where it's heading, which is al...

A packed show, with three guests on talking about their books as we head towards Christmas, and you need to get someone something... We open with a look at the news as we try to #BeMoreKev, get excited about Channel 4 and what they can bring to Super League coverage, and upgrade our scores on the state of Rugby League. Then, we speak to Daniel Barker Gray on his book Broken Time, a history of the...

With a year to go until the delayed Rugby League World Cup 2021, we were LIVE at the Featherstone Community Centre to talk about the event, and the general state of the game with an all star panel: Nathan Collins - Leeds and England Wheelchair international, on the longlist for the 2022 Golden Boot Professor Tony Collins - Author, historian and podcaster Rob Hicks - A long time match official now...

We've been invaded by Canadians!    The Canada Grizzlies are on tour, culminating in a Masters Festival at Leigh East this Sunday, and members of the squad, Nicholas Mew, Greg Furyk, Michael Steer, and Doon Muldoon, have joined us to talk about their trip, which wasn't easy as you'd imagine, plus RL in Canada, their journey into the game, and what they have got from the sport and what they want to...

The RFL's new Director of Operations and Legal, Robert Hicks, was our special guest this week as we talked about him swapping his whistle for a desk, and what that new role actually entails.   we talk about memories of his days as a match official and what he wants to achieve in his new role, including tackling abuse from the sidelines, and how that's an issue that goes much deeper than you may th...

It's a bit of a bonus as we've been away after the Grand Final weekend, but, as the "Running Game" season comes to an end this week, we think, we wrap up those games at Old Trafford and Headingley, Toulouse's elevation and some transfer news.   Plus, it's international time, so we talk those, and speak to Craig Richards, coach of England's women as they face France, and hoping to make his Jamaica...

It's Grand Final week and John Davidson is back in the studio to talk some Rugby League as we look back on Penrith Panthers NRL success, the reaction to the Super League Awards, an increase of abuse at matches and ahead to a busy weekend with promotion and titles to be decided... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plenty for Phil and Richard to discuss this week, including, but not exclusive to:    Was Wigan vs. Leeds really that bad? Warrington woes? Robins STILL bob bob bobbing, Championship crackers, Women's Super League Narratives and a TV deal which needs more scrutiny...   PLUS, a bonus for podcast listeners as we talk PDRL with Dr. Emma Kirke! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.co...

It's play-off time, as we try, and fail, to avoid using the term "business end" of the season, though it's an early closure for Hull FC while their neighbours are bob, bob, bobbing along... We look back on the weekend, including Phil's trip to the Wheelchair Grand Final, and ahead to some tasty fixtures this week. Two guests for you as well, as first St. Helens winger Danielle Bush reflects on sco...

We were able to spend an hour with Chair of the RFL Simon Johnson who joined us to talk about the present state of the sport of Rugby League, plans for the future on and off the field, the realignment with Super League, relationships with the Government, finding external investment, exploiting growth areas for the sport and much more... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad...