Forty20 Rugby League Podcasts

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 levels in Super League. "Why?" is a big question we can't answer. All that and much more, as the friendlies are in full swing, and the Challenge Cup is underway, and, with am ultra competitive Championship around the corner, Batley Bulldogs coach Craig Lingard takes time away from his preparations to join us to talk about a myriad of issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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, winning, and losing, dealing with those who wanted to pull her down, and fighting back. A great story, told by the woman herself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 always nice. Plus, a little bit of Cornwall, as they join the fun next year, and Ireland, with the World Cup approaching. https://midlandshurricanes.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 sport from 1895 to 2000, Hull KR fan Dan Crowther's chronicle of the 2021 season, The Robin Sings Again, and finally, with very little to do with RL, lapsed Cougars supporter Ben Baker talks about Christmas telly, the subject of his latest tome, Ben Baker's Christmas Box. Find our guests on Twitter @DanBarkerGray, @shenmuestan and @BenBakerBooks Timestamps: 26:45 - Broken Time with Daniel Barker Gray 52:52 - The Robin Sings Again with Dan Crowther 1:23:51 - Ben Baker and his Christmas Box Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Director of Operations and Legal at the RFL Danika Priim - Former Leeds, Bradford and England forward, winning every domestic honour in the game. Neil Ormston - Organiser of the Rugby League Record Keepers Club John Davidson - Journalist and podcaster. Australian. It was supposed to be a show of two halves, but our time keeping isn't the best... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 give back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 think at first. Plenty to think about as ever... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 debut, Izaac Farrell! Back Tuesday LIVE at 6pm... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.com/adchoices

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 scoring in the Challenge Cup Final as, after lifting the League Leaders Shield, their looking to complete the treble, and we take a trip from Hemel to York via Sheffield and Wembley with Jack Howieson. from the sharp end of the Championship season just gone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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/adchoices