In this week's episode of the League Express Podcast, Editor Martyn Sadler and Jake Kearnan discuss the Herman Ese'ese being cleared of a Grade F 'verbal abuse' allegation and player movement including Matty Nicholson's move to Canberra, Tom Amone's move to the Bulldogs and Esan Marsters signing with Salford. The also discuss State of Origin team s…

In this week's episode of the League Express podcast, Editor Martyn Sadler and Jake Kearnan discuss whether Brisbane Broncos Assistant Coach John Cartwright is the man to save Hull FC, Adrian Lam re-signing with the Leigh Leopards and Wayne Bennett returning to the South Sydney Rabbitohs. They also discuss last weekend's Challenge Cup action, the N…

In this week's episode of the League Express podcast, Editor Martyn Sadler and Jake Kearnan discuss the re-signing of Hull KR coach Willie Peters, Martyn's conversation with Former South Sydney Coach Jason Demetriou and his possible return to Super League. They discuss Josh Charnley's 300th try, Ireland's bid to secure more International fixtures a…

In this week's episode of the League Express Podcast, Editor Martyn Sadler and Host Jake Kearnan are joined by Rugby League Legend Garry Schofield OBE to discuss how close the competition is, how John Asiata can help Hull FC and who could be there next coach. They also discuss how Lewis Dodd can crack the NRL and preview this weekend's match-ups.…

In this week's episode of the League Express Podcast, Editor Martyn Sadler and Host Jake Kearnan discuss the Jason Demetriou's departure at South Sydney, which Super League coaches could be in the running and whether St Helens scrum-half Lewis Dodd could fix the embattled clubs problems next season and who Saints should target to if Dodd departs. T…

In this week's episode of the League Express Podcast, Editor Martyn Sadler and Host Jake Kearnan discuss the reports around Hull FC trying to sign Salford coach Paul Rowley. They also discuss Ryan Hall's decision to return to Leeds next season, Tex Hoy signing with Castleford and the England v France fixture being confirmed. Martyn also discusses h…

In this week's episode of the League Express Podcast, Editor Martyn Sadler and Host Jake Kearnan discuss Hull FC parting ways with Tony Smith, Tex Hoy and Fa'amanu Brown in a bid to salvage their season. They also discuss FC's appointment of Richie Myler as Director of Rugby, Warrington and Huddersfield's Challenge Cup wins and Joey Manu's defectio…

In this week's episode of the League Express podcast, Editor Martyn Sadler and Host Jake Kearnan discuss the weekend's results, the drama unfolding at South Sydney and whether they will be able to poach Sam Burgess from Warrington. They also preview this weekend's Challenge Cup Quarter Final matches, discuss rumours around Hull FC shopping Tex Hoy …

In this week's episode of the League Express Podcast, Editor Martyn Sadler and Host Jake Kearnan discuss the weekend's results including whether Hull KR are contenders or pretenders, the Saints impressive win over the premiers and the prospect of an NRL Europe competition. They also discuss the International Rugby League meeting taking place in Sin…

In this week's episode of the League Express Podcast, Editor Martyn Sadler and Host Jake Kearnan are joined by Rugby League Great Garry Schofield OBE to discuss whether the Challenge Cup has lost its aura, poor attendances and what needs fixing at Hull FC. They also discuss the proposed Championship broadcasting deal, the injury casualty ward in th…

In this week's episode, Editor Martyn Sadler and Host Jake Kearnan discuss the weekend's results, Scotland and Ireland losing their membership with IRL meaning they will not be eligible for the next World Cup and what is going wrong with Hull FC. They also discuss the financial troubles that are going on at Featherstone Rovers following accusations…

In this week's episode of the League Express Podcast, Editor Martyn Sadler and Host Jake Kearnan discuss all the weekend's results including the history making Salford Red Devils come from behind win at St Helens, the round 6 Challenge Cup fixtures and all the round 1 NRL action from the weekend. They also discuss Spencer Leniu's suspension for a r…

In this week's episode, Editor Martyn Sadler and Host Jake Kearnan discuss the success of the NRL's season launch in Vegas, some questionable suspensions in Super League and which English players will debut for their new NRL clubs this week.By Martyn Sadler and Jake Kearnan

In part 2 of this week's episode, Editor Martyn Sadler and Host Jake Kearnan discuss the World Club Challenge, the backlash surrounding the officiating and the controversy of the use of the red card. They review last weekend's other match ups and preview the round 3 action.By Martyn Sadler and Jake Kearnan

In part one of this week's episode, RL Commercial Managing Director Rhodri Jones joins the show to discuss the launch of the 2024 season, the World Club Challenge and whether the NRL will buy Super League. Mr Jones also details his trip to Vegas this week to discuss future opportunities with the NRL and gives and update on their partnership with IM…

In this week's episode of the League Express Podcast, Editor Martyn Sadler and Host Jake Kearnan discuss all round 1 match-ups, the controversial use of the red card and take a look at this weekend's World Club Challenge. They discuss the record breaking round 1 crowd attendance and reflect on the new coverage of all matches.…

In this week's episode of the League Express Podcast, Editor Martyn Sadler and Host Jake Kearnan preview round 1 of the Super League season, discuss the signing's of Tom Burgess, Harry Newman and Lee Kershaw. They discuss the Rob Burrow award, Penrith Panthers star Jarome Luai being rule out of the World Club Challenge against Wigan and the RFL's n…

In this week's episode of the League Express podcast, Editor Martyn Sadler and Host Jake Kearnan discuss the weekend's pre-season and and 1895 matches, the London Broncos injury woes and a new broadcast deal.By Martyn Sadler and Jake Kearnan

In part 2 of this week's episode, Editor of League Express Martyn Sadler and Host Jake Kearnan are joined by Former Referee Robert Hicks to discuss how referees will police the new tackle height rules and the future of Rugby League and IMG.By Martyn Sadler and Jake Kearnan

In part one of this two part episode, Editor of League Express Martyn Sadler and Host Jake Kearnan are joined by former referee and current Director of Operations & Legal at the RFL Robert Hicks. In part one, Robert reflects on the many highlights of his career, discusses the challenges referees face in today's game and how he dealt with certain pl…

In this week's episode, League Express Editor Martyn Sadler and Co-host Jake Kearnan are joined by the most capped Great Britain player of all time Garry Schofield OBE, to reflect on his decorated career and to discuss some of the prominent issues in our game.By Martyn Sadler and Jake Kearnan

In this week's episode of the League Express Podcast, Editor Martyn Sadler and Co-host Jake Kearnan discuss the NRL's short kick-off/drop-out rule changes, Wigan securing Jai Field for the next four seasons and the results from last week's poll on which coach is under the most pressure in 2024. Martyn and Jake also reflect on the tragic passing of …

In this week's episode of the League Express Podcast, Editor Martyn Sadler and Co-host Jake Kearnan discuss St Helen's World Club Challenge film premiere, the RFL's relaxation of International player's visa requirements and a reported BBC television rights deal to broadcast 12 games this season. They also discuss Jordan Abdull and Joe Burgess' depa…

In this week's episode of the League Express podcast, Editor Martyn Sadler and Co-host Jake Kearnan pay tribute to Carl Webb and Troy Dargan who tragically passed away during the Christmas period. They discuss Jack Welsby's new deal, the departure of the former RFL's Head of Officiating Steve Ganson and England's new International Rugby League rank…

In this week's episode of the League Express podcast, Editor Martyn Sadler and Co-host Jake Kearnan discuss the RFL's crackdown to make the game safer, player movements and the rumours surrounding Jack Welsby and Tristan Sailor. They also discuss this years Golden Boot Winners, their top 3 moments of 2023 and touch on the NRL's latest Vegas promoti…

In this week's episode of the League Express Podcast, Editor MARTYN SADLER and Co-host JAKE KEARNAN discuss the RFL's rule changes for 2024, the Golden Boot nominee shortlist and England and Samoa back in talks about a series next year. They also discuss next year's schedule, Michael Maguires departure as the Kiwi's head coach and some of the inter…

In this week's episode of the League Express podcast, Editor MARTYN SADLER and Co-host JAKE KEARNAN discuss the reported Magic Weekend dates in Leeds, the Salford Red Devils stadium stand-off and the Leigh Leopards signing Matt Moylan. Martyn and Jake also discuss London Broncos decision to scrap their academy side, Golden Boot nominees and James R…

In this week's episode of the League Express Podcast, Editor MARTYN SADLER and Co-host JAKE KEARNAN discuss Samoa's backflip on their 2024 England tour, next year's World Club Challenge Scheduling and what Englands options are for next season.By Martyn Sadler and Jake Kearnan

In this week's episode of the League Express podcast, Editor MARTYN SADLER and Co-host JAKE KEARNAN discuss England's 3-0 series win over Tonga, New Zealand's historic victory over Australia and the future of Wakefield Trinity.By Martyn Sadler and Jake Kearnan

In this week's episode of the League Express podcast, Editor MARTYN SADLER and Co-Host JAKE KEARNAN discuss England's game 2 win over Tonga, how the IMG gradings having divided Rugby League and give their reaction to Tony Sutton's BBC interview.By Martyn Sadler and Jake Kearnan

In this week's episode of the League Express podcast, Editor MARTYN SADLER and Co-host JAKE KEARNAN take a look at England's defeat of Tonga in the first match of the historic three game series. They discuss how impressive Mikey Lewis was on debut and touch on a possible amalgamation of the Championship and League One competitions.…

In episode 13, Editor MARTYN SADLER and Co-host JAKE KEARNAN are joined by Australian Rugby League Commentator Jason Costigan to discuss the weekend's Grand Final between Wigan and Catalans, the Million Pound match between London and Toulouse and all things International Rugby League.By Martyn Sadler and Jake Kearnan

In episode 12 of the League Express Podcast, Leeds Rhinos CEO Gary Hetherington features as a special guest to talk about the Rhino's season and their club going forward. Mr Hetherington also give his thoughts on this weekend's Grand Final showdown at Old Trafford between the Wigan Warriors and the Catalans Dragons and Martyn and Jake also discuss …

In the episode 10 of the League Express Podcast, Editor MARTYN SADLER and Co-host JAKE KEARNAN discuss Penrith Panthers shock comeback Grand Final win. They also review Saints and Hull KR's play-off wins and discuss this weekend's semi final match-ups. They also give their thoughts on rumours surrounding Brodie Croft's potential transfer to a Super…

In episode 10 of the League Express podcast, Editor MARTYN SADLER and Co-host JAKE KEARNAN preview the Super League play-offs, the NRL Grand Final match-up between the Penrith Panthers and the Brisbane Broncos and discuss the obstruction controversy that marred the Wigan Warriors defeat of the Leigh Leopards over the weekend. They also react to the…

In episode nine of the League Express Podcast, Editor MARTYN SADLER AND Co-host JAKE KEARNAN discuss Wakefield's relegation, what is going wrong at Leeds and take a look at the Championship's relegation battle. They also dive into this week's NRL preliminary finals match-ups and discuss Paul Vaughan's visit to the judiciary.…

In the eighth episode of the League Express Podcast, Editor MARTYN SADLER and Co-host JAKE KEARNAN discuss the weekend's results in both the Super League and NRL finals. They discuss Castleford's crucial win, who the favourites are to reach the Grand Final and Canberra Raiders star Jack Wighton's suspension for biting Newcastle Knights stand-off Ty…

In the seventh episode of the League Express podcast, Editor MARTYN SADLER and Co-host JAKE KEARNAN take a look at Warrington's 66-12 thrashing of the Castleford Tigers, Catalan's struggles and give their take on the need to protect referees from abuse. They also discuss player movements with Canberra Raiders halfback Matt Frawley signing with the …

In the sixth episode of the League Express Podcast, Editor MARTYN SADLER and Co-host JAKE KEARNAN discuss the weekends results and share their thoughts on the latest update on the Television rights negotiations. They take a look at the NRL's final round of the season and discuss some controversial remarks made by the son of Rugby League Immortal Cl…

In the fifth episode of the League Express Podcast, Editor Martyn Sadler and co-host Jake Kearnan are joined by writer/author Richard de la Riviere who is about to release his book: '50 Wigan Legends In Their Own Words.' Richard previews his book by recounting his interactions with Wigan Legends including Nicky Kiss, Shaun Wane, Ellery Hanley and S…

In the fourth episode of the League Express Podcast, Editor Martyn Sadler and co-host Jake Kearnan are joined by writer/author Richard de la Riviere who is about to release his book: '50 Wigan Legends In Their Own Words.' The panel discuss Castleford's win over relegation rivals Wakefield Trinity, the underwhelming new Television rights deal and th…

In the third episode of the League Express Podcast, Martyn Sadler and Jake Kearnan review the Challenge Cup Final weekend at Wembley, discuss some huge contract extensions in the NRL with Payne Haas, Tino Fa'asuamaleaui and David Fifita resigning with their respective clubs and a surprising coaching reshuffle at the Featherstone Rovers.…

In the second episode of the League Express podcast, Editor Martyn Sadler and Co-host Jake Kearnan discuss the appointment of Sam Burgess as the Warrington Wolves Head Coach, Andy Last's demise as Castleford Tigers Head Coach and preview this weekends Challenge Cup Final between the Leigh Leopards and Hull Kingston Rovers.…

In the first episode of the League Express podcast, Editor Martyn Sadler and Co-host Jake Kearnan discuss the departure of Warrington Wolves Head Coach Daryl Powell, the controversy surrounding John Asiata's tackling technique and the latest update on the Rugby League World Cup.By Martyn Sadler