As we were once told, if there were no mistakes by anyone in any game, they would all end 0-0. Isn't sport supposed to be about controversy, emotion, storytelling, passion and drama?

In shops Friday – the September issue of Forty20 is on its way, bringing you bang up to date with an action-packed point in the season on and off-field! Or to have us delivered, subscribe here scratchingshedpublishing.com/wp-admin/pos... – three, six and 12 month subs available. It's a champion read

The sun is out, the sky is blue, and so is the cover of July's Forty20 – out now in all good retailers or ask them to order a copy if not on display. Alternatively, subscribe here for door to door delivery. Packed as ever with great RL reading! scratchingshedpublishing.com/magazine/

Winners are grinners and snoozers are losers. June's Forty20 is on its way – in shops Friday or subscribe here scratchingshedpublishing.com/magazine/ to have your mag delivered. Packed as ever with colourful and informative rugby league reading, it's another belter!

Published today! 'Roy Francis: Rugby’s Forgotten Black Leader' from @BloomsburySport Join me next Wednesday, 11 June at 7pm at @WiganMuseum for a talk and Q&A about Roy - free tickets here: shorturl.at/gKVFf . #RugbyLeague #BlackHistory

Heading to Wembley are Paul Cooke's Featherstone Rovers for the #1895Cup Final, and the @forty20magazine.bsky.social columnist told us what the stadium means to him...and a warning for Hull KR! youtu.be/1wWtmy-nXkc

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Garde-à-vous! The merry month of May's Forty20 is in shops today – and it's another colourful one, full of facts, fun and opinion at a revolutionary time for the sport. Or to take out a 3, 6 or 12 month subscription and have your magazine delivered, click: scratchingshedpublishing.com/magazine/

Summer is on its way and so is the May edition of Forty20 – avec le value of French sides up front and central. RL's brightest read is in shops Friday or click the link below to subscribe and have us delivered - ooh, la la! #rugbyatreize scratchingshedpublishing.com/magazine/

♿️ England wheelchair head coach Tom Coyd outlines the new pathways the world champions are putting in place for new players. 🗞 @forty20magazine.bsky.social 👇👇👇 rugbyleaguehub.com/tom-coyd-out...

Newyddion🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 The International Rugby League has today recognised Wales as a priority nation for the growth and development of the sport. We're one of three (and another to come) to be recognised in this way. wrl.wales/irl-identifi...

April's Forty20 is in shops today, the ideal accompaniment to these fascinating and maybe even revolutionary times – on and off the field. Insight, info, the best columnists and more... there is life in ink, paper and rugby league yet! Or subscribe here: scratchingshedpublishing.com/magazine/

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The sun is shining, the game on the field is on the up and off it... civil war! Make sense of it all with April's Forty20, in shops Friday or subscribe here. It's one not to be missed: scratchingshedpublishing.com/magazine/

As a rugby league boy, it was a pleasure to run this piece by Labour MP Jade Botterill on what government can learn from this wonderful sport and how it fosters communities If rumours are true, then the British game could be on the cusp of monumental change — and it could become a political issue

England Vs Australia: the Rugby League ash series returns in 2025 The Tonga and Samoa series was well welcomed and a success for England, but all the games were staged in stadiums with capacity of up to 25,000 in the traditional heart of the Rugby League. However, the appetite scheduled for the…

RUGBY LEAGUE 🏉 Australian coach Mal Meninga has declared that the Kangaroos will use the first Ashes series in England for more than two decades to make a statement ahead of the IRL World Cup 2026. Kahttps://www.nrl.com/news/2025/03/25/what-our-game-is-built-mal-hails-ashes-tour-revival/

🌐 Australia and England revive rugby🏉 league Ashes series after 22 years #League #Rugby #Series https://7news.com.au/sport/rugby-league/australia-and-england-revive-rugby-league-ashes-series-after-22-years-c-18167799

Chatted with a bloke wearing a Perth Reds jersey in our local Woolworth's today. The West Australia Rugby League revolution grows stronger every day!

Ravers, Rastas and rugby league stars: why the story of Black British culture is about more than just London. #BlackSky www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

PARLIAMENT: The Rugby League APPG met this week and had an update from the RFL on the National Facilities Strategy and governance. I also raised about the situation at Salford. Whilst there are clearly still questions to be answered, it was great to see them get their first win!

MP calls for knighthood for rugby league ‘hero’ Billy Boston #LocalToGuernsey #GuernseyLocal #GuernseyNews

#LegendsOfLeague Legend of the Week is Puig Aubert. BOTD in 1925, the diminutive fullback is often described as the greatest French player of all time. He was also fond of a chuff on a mid-match cigarette... Legendsofleague.picturehouse77.com

Our #swfc members were invited by @cougarmania.bsky.social to attend our 1st rugby league match yesterday! 🏉 We had a fab time, especially as it's key for LGBTQ+ football & LGBTQ+ rugby to unite & bridge perceptions. Thanks to the club's LGBTQ+ lead @johnathan-a-zemlik.bsky.social for the invite!

In January 1 1950 #WayneBennett, Australian rugby league player and coach was born.

I have been critical of Sky Sports Rugby League coverage over the last few years for having commentators who witter on like taxi drivers. But the current commentators are superb and actually describe the action. Really good

Cracking game between St Helens and Warrington. For all the off field garbage in rugby league, the product on the field rarely disappoints

Nice day for rugby league in our heartlands

Watched rugby league live in Auckland tonight! I'm feeling extremely grateful 🍀 Up the Wahs ✊🏻🇳🇿

Warrington fans: "Associated Rediffusion Television Trophy Winners....you'll never sing that!" #RugbyLeague #SLStHWar

#NRL Once again, folks, if there are any female rugby league fans out there keen to appear on our podcast and talk about their team for our #NRLW season previews, please reach out. If you know someone, tag them & feel free to message us. We'd love for every team to be repped.

Auckland braces for epic weekend of rugby, league, cricket and football

WIN For your chance to win a copy of ‘Immortal: The Legend of Rugby League’s First Champion’ – a children’s picture book about Herbert ‘Dally Messenger – simply contact us via [email protected] and tell us which rugby league club Messenger played for during his career.

🇪🇺🏆 3-Tier Men's European Championships Return European Rugby League has announced a new competition framework beginning in October 2025! Euro B: 🇲🇹 🇳🇱 🇷🇸 Euro C: 🇬🇷 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 Euro D: 🇨🇿 🇩🇪 🇳🇴 📰https://bit.ly/41EHF0i #EuroRugbyLeague

🌍🏆 Canada To Host IRL Women's World Series 2025 🇨🇦Canada will meet 🇫🇯Fiji and ☘️Ireland will take on 🇳🇬Nigeria in the semi-finals before the winners meet in the final to determine the final Rugby League World Cup berth! 📰bit.ly/4hl1MGJ #EuroRugbyLeague

Appeal to government made over rugby league governance rugbyleaguehub.com/appeal-to-go...

One of the great rugby league clips. This weekend's header in #WALvENG got me thinking of it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1cg...

A couple of new additions to the rugby league shirt collection...

An MP has backed a rugby league club's funding application to help improve its facilities.

Eleni Zis Realizes Rugby League Dreams therugbybreakdown.com/eleni-zis-re...

Salford rugby league with @loorlas.bsky.social. Great start to my trip

Are you a woman in the greater Manchester area who plays rugby (either code) to a good standard or another sport (football, netball etc) to a high standard, or know someone who is? Interested in playing for Rochdale Hornets? One of the fastest growing elite women's sport teams in the country

Game Day! @saints1890.bsky.social vs @leedsrhinos.bsky.social Venue: Totally Wicked Stadium KO: 20:00 Live on The Sportsman (Rugby League) YouTube channel from 19:45. #challengecup #rugbyleague

Are we having fun yet? The 2025 season is up and running – on and off the field – and March's Forty20 is out now to get to grips with both. If your local newsagent doesn't stock it ask them to order a copy wherever you are in the country. Or subscribe here scratchingshedpublishing.com/magazine/

Alternately amused and bemused by how so many people in rugby league – including many of our beloved media colleagues – either can't or won't address what's really going on in the British game right now. Let Forty20 – out Friday or available now via digital version @exacteditions – clue you in

Listen Up! For a Super Deluxe Edition of 'Rugby Reloaded' I've uploaded my 2009 in-depth interview with Harry Jepson of Hunslet RLFC Leeds Rhinos and the RFL From life in the back streets of Hunslet in the 1920s to the birth of Super League, listen here: on.soundcloud.com/AJKPEGGz4XhT...

It's kicking off! The March edition of Forty20 is on its way – in shops Friday or subscribe here to have us delivered: scratchingshedpublishing.com/magazine/ Consistently the place to hear about what's going on in the game first, this month is no exception, from Vegas to London. Don't miss out!

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... From the brilliant @collinstony.bsky.social a must listen 🎧 Take 30 minutes out of your day and listen in.

Tuesday. 6pm. Vegas hangover edition... youtube.com/live/MTQYxEx...

National Rugby League steps it up with beefed-up Las Vegas spectacle