#Rycroft’s dad | #RugbyLeague in general | #BradfordBulls in particular | @TheRFL Ref | Co-creator of @the1895Cup | Sole creator of #thisweekinthechamp, #RLGIFs
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12 May 2024
So I’m not running the #RobBurrowLeedsMarathon today, but I’ve got a pretty good excuse.
Seraphina (Seffy for short) arrived this morning. 9lb1oz. Baby and mother both doing well.
If you shared our sorrow over the loss of Rycroft last year, share our joy this morning.
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Jun 13
David Hockney’s mother.
Her first visit to LA : "All this lovely weather and nobody puts their washing out."
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Jun 12
That look you get when you’re in Makerfield, just as Wigan are about to kick off in the rugby, and you ask the barman if he can switch over to Canada v Bosnia-Herzegovina…
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Jun 13
.@Rob7Burrow & Kevin Sinfield showed that rugby league’s values reach beyond the field. The story resonated so deeply because it spoke to something true for all of us, about life and family and hope.
And that’s why the game endures: 80 minutes that crystallise who we are.
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Jun 12
Arise... Sir Kevin Sinfield.
The rugby league legend, who has raised over £11 million for MND causes, inspired by his late friend and team-mate Rob Burrow, has become Sir Kevin in the King’s Birthday Honours list.
He spoke to Sally Nugent for #BBCBreakfast
bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c07…
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Jun 11
@syko_sykes scoring in the corner, 26 years ago!
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Jun 10
Enjoying seeing second generation @SuperLeague players coming through. Familiar names on jerseys coming round again.
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Jun 5
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Superb Sunday listening from @politicshome on where our game sits in the UK - and if Andy Burnham wins the Labour leadership, where it might be going.
Imagine proper RL men in Downing St and The Lodge at the same time!
Feat @labour_history (of course)
open.spotify.com/episode/0cR…
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Jun 5
This week, @patrickkmaguire wrote that Makerfield has been "shaped by... the Labour Party, the Catholic Church, and rugby league”
Our new podcast ep looks at the third of those: rugby league — the politics of the game, and how it fits into Burnham-ism
podfollow.com/politicshome/e…
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There’s only one John Kear! ❤️
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Great podcast, well worth a listen.
#rugbyleague in the national spotlight, and @labour_history a great spokesperson to make our case.
Only one Prime Minister in history has represented a rugby league town - Harold Wilson with Huyton in the 1960s…
With the eyes of the political world on Makerfield - we discuss rugby league, politics, and northern identity on @politicshome this week 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/0cR…
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Tribute in Parliament to John Kear.
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Time for some of the armchair officials to put their skills to the test 🙂
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Jun 2
Hands up if you want some more courses 🙋🏽♂️
Book on now to our new courses added online at Medway, Nottingham and Bristol.
Use the link below and #GIVEITATRY
🔗 rugby-league.com/get-involve…
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Congratulations Ryan Cox. A great supporter of southern-based refs (amongst much else besides I’m sure).
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Ryan Cox has been appointed to make his debut as a @Betfred @SuperLeague referee in Friday night's fixture between @WarringtonRLFC and @hullfcofficial 👏
👉 bit.ly/49vSerj
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RIP John Kear
One of the great tacticians, never more so than in the Challenge Cup with two legendary underdog wins including the biggest of the them all in 1998.
His last game as a commentator, appropriately, was the Final.
He was a great coach and an even better bloke.
The RFL today pays tribute to John Kear, who died suddenly on Sunday afternoon returning north from Wembley, having been part of the BBC’s commentary team for the Challenge Cup Finals
Our thoughts and condolences are with John’s wife Dawn, his family and friends
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John Kear scores under the sticks at Headingley for @CTRLFC.
RIP JK.
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May 31
This can’t have happened often, surely?
@brisbanebroncos have lost their last three meetings with @NRL_Dragons with a 26-30 scoreline each time.
Any other examples of this, @rugbyleagueproj @AndrewRLP?
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Thirty summers ago.
1996. A sensational summer of sport.
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May 30
Great to see Frank Whitcombe, legendary prop, Cardiffian and Bradford Lance Todd winner, if also the world’s worst zoo-keeper, in Wembley programme. Also starting point, through @rugbyauthor, and vivid figure of ‘The Indomitables’ out next month
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