Rugby League Top 10s

On this week's episode, correspondent Dave Woods is joined by Brad Walter, Senior Journalist for nrl.com; Bradford Bulls and Wales head coach John Kear; and St Helens and Ireland prop forward Kyle Amor to discuss whether the 2021 Rugby League World Cup will go ahead as planned or whether it will be postponed. We also ask how Super League can stem the tide of Covid postponements.

After 18 months with Canberra Raiders in the Australian National Rugby League, England half-back George Williams has returned to England to be closer to his family, particularly as he and partner Charlotte are expecting a baby later this year. In this bonus episode, Williams talks about the factors behind the return and what the future holds for him in rugby league and life in general.

On this week's episode, correspondent Dave Woods is joined by the England head coach Shaun Wane, as he prepares to take charge of England for the first time against the Combined Nations All Stars. He tells why he hasn't selected star half back George Williams and what it means to coach his country for the first time. England Women star Jodie Cunningham joins the pod to look ahead to Friday's women...

On this week's episode, correspondent Dave Woods is joined by the St Helens and Ireland prop Kyle Amor and the former Super League head coach Steve McCormack, current Head of Welfare at rugby league charity Rugby League Cares, to take a deep dive into the brutality of rugby league following this week's news that Australia's 2017 World Cup-winning captain Boyd Cordner has been forced to retire aged...

On this week's episode, correspondent Dave Woods is joined by the England captain and St Helens forward Emily Rudge and the Castleford Tigers three-quarter Jordan Turner to discuss their player-of-the-match performances in the Challenge Cup on Saturday, as Emily's St Helens won the Women's Challenge Cup for the first time, and Jordan reached his first Challenge Cup Final with Castleford. Leeds Rhi...

Matt Newsum is joined by Bradford Bulls’ head coach John Kear and the RFL’s chief on-field officer, Dave Rotheram who explains their controversial elite academy licencing decisions.

In mental health awareness week, Dave Woods is joined by former Super League star Shaun Lunt to talk about the illness that left him battling for his mental health. And ex Leeds and GB ace Keith Senior on how rugby league’s ground breaking Off Load programme is now being used by the NHS.

The only Polish player in Super League tells Matt Newsum about swapping Gdańsk for Leeds, and Gymnastics for Rugby League.

The documentary makers behind the new GB Lions film talk about life with Wayne Bennett's players in New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.

Executive chairman Robert Elstone discusses the future of Super League after Toronto are denied a place in 2021 in a chat with rugby league correspondent Dave Woods. Catalans Dragons half-back Jimmy Maloney, one of the game’s great characters, also shares stories from his richly varied career.

How well has Rugby League reacted to COVID-19 and what can we expect in 2021? We're joined by Professor Ben Jones from Leeds Beckett University and the RFL's Head of Performance and Dr Gemma Phillips, the RFL's COVID-19 Medical Officer.

This week we're joined by Wigan Warriors Executive Director Kris Radlinski on Wigan's rebrand and why he is passionately optimistic for the future of the game.

One of Rugby League's newest board members, Rimla Akhtar, joins us to talk about her own fascinating story as a Muslim woman in sport, falling in love with Rugby League and tells us more about Rugby League's own blueprint for tackling racism together.

Sandy Shipley, is a Toronto Wolfpack superfan and she reveals some myth-busting facts about Toronto, plus Julia Lee, a pioneer for the women’s game back in the 1980’s when she became the first woman to officiate a men's rugby league game in the UK. Julia took up refereeing aged 17 after seeing an advert in a matchday programme while watching her beloved Hull KR.

St Helens great Paul Wellens and Jon Wilkin join Dave Woods to discuss the privilege of pressure within a top team and why flat pack furniture offers a key life-lesson.

Dave Woods is joined by Scott Taylor, England & Hull FC prop forward and John Kear, Wales and Bradford Bulls Head Coach to discuss Shaun Edwards, Wales rugby union defence coach who is due to take up the head coach's role at Wigan in 2020... or is he, and if so for how long? We hear from Edwards who says he definitely wants to coach in the Six Nations again. The interview is from the Today pro...

Dave Woods, Matt Newsum, Robbie Hunter-Paul and Brian Noble discuss a video in which Wigan players Joel and Sam Tomkins are seen abusing bar staff which led to Joel being suspended for four weeks and fined £10,000 and Sam being fined £5,000; plus two of this season's most successful coaches St Helens’ Justin Holbrook and Warrington’s Steve Price talk to 5 live’s Will Perry about a wide range of ru...

The RFL’s Ralph Rimmer suggests New York as a possible venue for Magic Weekend next year and discusses his meetings with Barry and Eddie Hearn and his royal appointment in Windsor on Saturday. Plus Dave Woods is joined by Bradford Bulls Head Coach John Kear, Toronto Wolfpack Head Coach Paul Rowley and BBC commentator Matt Newsum to discuss the latest edition of rugby league’s Magic Weekend in Newc...

Disabled Australian comedian, TV presenter and South Sydney Rabbitohs fanatic Adam Hills tells Dave Woods about the formation of the Physical Disability Rugby League competition in England and how he takes a four-hour return journey every week to play for his adopted side Warrington Wolves; the Wakefield player Chris Hall reveals how he ‘died’ twice in hospital after being punched and elbowed on t...

What affect would withdrawing central funding have on clubs? Dave Woods explores the potential impacts with the Doncaster CEO Carl Hall, the business manager at Warrington Wolves Richie Mathers and the Yorkshire Evening Post’s Peter Smith; plus Salford owner Andy Rosler talks about the club's finances, their New York ambitions and a Magic Weekend yellow shirt.

Following the Challenge Cup 5th round weekend Dave Woods and Leeds Rhinos’ Jamie Jones-Buchanan focus on League One side York City Knights who narrowly lost to Super League’s Catalans Dragons and hear from the owner and chairman John Flatman about their philosophy, their ambitions for the club and plans for a new stadium plus the Head Coach James Ford reflects on how far the club has come both on...

Dave Woods examines the future of rugby league’s TV rights and what the game needs to do to ensure it gets the best deal in 2021; he finds out why Masters Rugby is the sport’s fastest growing sector as it celebrates it's 10th anniversary and hears from Neil Kelly who talks about his experiences as head coach of Romania and Namibia.

As the 20th anniversary nears former Sheffield Eagles coach John Kear relives his memories of his sides’ 1998 Challenge Cup final victory over Wigan Warriors; Jon Wilkin reviews the candidates for Wayne Bennet’s assistant coach and compares it to the situation in New Zealand plus Salford owner Andrew Rosler talks about the club’s future and their plans to take the game to New York.

Dave Woods speaks to the England and St Helens Women's Super League star Jodie Cunningham about why we should all be taking the women's game seriously; John Burke, the would be 70s superstar cut down by devastating injury tells his inspiring story and Andrew Henderson says London could be the future for rugby league.

Dave Woods convenes a panel of three PR and marketing professionals to discuss how rugby league can improve its image, attract new fans and what the sport can learn from Eddie Hearn.