Amazing piece on Channel 4 News just now with Somali community in Minneapolis. Some inspirational people fighting back

Wakefield Trinity welcomes Princess of Wales - Wakefield Trinity RLFC Wakefield Trinity and the Wakefield Trinity Community Foundation were honoured to welcome the Princess of Wales, Rugby League’s Royal Patron, to the DIY Kitchens Stadium today for a celebration of our...

And St Andrews graduate meets Wakefield royalty - fantastic stuff
wakefieldtrinity.com/wakefield-tr...

As ever, loads of previously unknown nuggets from G Willacy

I miss the Watersheddings

Lancs just gone above yorks at top of garden birdwatch table 🌹 www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

The lawyer looking to strike another rugby league win for the south BY DAY, Jake Tilford ‘stares at a computer’ as a corporate lawyer. Come the weekend, he is helping lead rugby league’s southern push. And a shock verdict on the pitch would go down just nicely – fo…

Bedford v North Wales - an unusual Challenge Cup tie. Great stuff from Gary Carter
www.thesun.co.uk/sport/380076...

Wheelchair rugby league’s James Simpson: ‘I want them to be inspired’ James Simpson and his Leeds teammates take on Argonauts of Kent in Sunday’s Wheelchair Challenge Cup final and he hopes the sport’s next big star will be watching on the BBC

A penny for the thoughts of James Simpson-Hill MBE today. He’s never struck me as the hanging back type www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/a...

Remarkable, and fitting, celebration of Steve Brady today - uniquely Rugby League to celebrate @dragonscatalans.bsky.social in the heart of Lancashire
(It’s not an MCC tie)

Nice surprise to hear Darren Lockyer talking about the Broncos on Radio 4 this morning - sandwiched between the latest Trump nonsense and a back scratching cow

Love this

Some thoughts on Friday night in Salford
www.totalrl.com/salfords-nig...

Winstanley Warriors, a new part of Wigan for me, for a junior football game - foul weather but brilliant officials and fantastic attitude all round. Just wish they’d opened the tea bar

Hunslet boss Kyle Trout opens up on coaching with autism In the unforgiving world of coaching, there appears to be little room for vulnerability.

Refreshingly original season preview angle in @yorkshirepostsport.bsky.social

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

Patrick Rylands obituary Toy designer whose simple, elegant pieces were intended to give children the freedom to play

Beautiful obituary in today’s paper - wonder if he was FC or KR? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

44/0 to Oldham, but rarely has the score felt less relevant - Salford fans seemed understandably chuffed to have their club back, Oldham relieved when a scary medical emergency involving one of their fans took a turn for the better, allowing the match to resume and be completed. Happy new season 🏉

Very healthy crowd building up at Salford - I managed to avoid coming here for most of last season but I’m guessing the mood is much more positive tonight. Decent Oldham travelling support as well

Looking forward to Salford v Oldham tonight as well

“A bit of shameless self-promotion now, at the risk of sounding like Nick Robinson” - Evan Davis a BBC jewel

My new hero, a car recovery guy, born Damascus, based Ardwick. Got car on truck with bewildering genius, and talked positively of progress in Syria on the ride to the garage. Doubtless the currently homeless R Jenrick would disapprove

The joy of watching amateur clubs in first round of the Challenge Cup Community clubs were front and centre this weekend, with games from Bedford to Banbridge and beyond

The usual uplifting read from G Willacy
www.theguardian.com/sport/no-hel...

Just arrived at the new home of football. Bring on Brentford ⚽️

Has anyone seen Eorl Crabtree and Trevor Lawrence in the same room? Sky NFL coverage so good

Macclesfield realise impossible dream in rise from ashes to a day of historic glory Rob Smethurst’s resurrection of a troubled but proud club is timely reminder that football can still be the people’s game

Written with the authenticity of a Kings Macc lad - fantastic
www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Hunting for revenge: How to watch British Army's Challenge Cup clash live The Army were dumped out of the competition by the Warriors in round two last year

Looking forward to this tomorrow - two admirable teams - and Neil Thorman still going strong for Warriors
www.forcesnews.com/sport/rugby-...

Trump’s assault on the Smithsonian: ‘The goal is to reframe the entire culture of the US’ The long read: The president has vowed to kill off ‘woke’ in his second term in office, and the venerable cultural institution a few blocks from the White House is in his sights

I just read this in the paper. Astonishing
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Graham Chapman - EC1 Chapman's difficult career choice presented itself in 1963-4 so that must be when the royal career advice was proffered.

Graham Chapman would have been 85 today. As a young man he appears to have taken career advice from the Queen Mother.

Celebrating 75 years of proud history: Introducing the 2026 Dons home shirt We power into our 75th year driven on by the same grit, determination and undying spirit that has defined our proud club.

Come on Donny. I still think areas like South Yorks should be part of any strategic review for RL - same as Barrow.
www.doncasterrugbyleague.co.uk/article/2318...

Lovely winter day on lower slopes above Macc. First Kingfisher, Goosander of year

‘I wish I’d faced these poor modern teams’: world’s oldest living Test cricketer on decline in standards Neil Harvey, 97, the last surviving Bradman Invincible, blasts England’s Bazball experiment from his La-Z-Boy armchair

The original Neil Harvey, now 97 - a lovely read
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...

Finally made a long overdue trip today to Philip Howard Books in Roundhay, the home of www.scratchingshedpublishing.com - surely the best selection of RL books in the land (and a classic independent bookshop). Good to get an updated history of @hullkr.bsky.social ahead of the World Club Challenge