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Loving the fact that the great Tom Jenkins got this picture for @theguardian.com

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Good blokes tend to win the 1895 Cup - applegarth, mcshane and Harris fit that category. And exciting to see how York could kick on from a Wembley win (like Hull KR, in a smaller way). And a peregrine which apparently breeds in the stadium flying over as they celebrated

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Lots of good wembley reading from messrs bower and willacy www.theguardian.com/sport/rugbyl...

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League at its best today, from Cenotaph to captains runs - the appearance of Peter Sterling with Lee Crooks a surprise highlight www.rugby-league.com/article/6387...

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Wembley Way two days out

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Spotted on the Marylebone Road outside Euston Square station - an omen?

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Poignant for Wire fans ahead of Wembley - classy full-back, and I always found him a lovely bloke www.dragons.com.au/news/2025/06...

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In at the deep end! Cas being the venue brings back memories of Dwayne Chambers playing a trial for their reserves way back when. He was admirably brave, but Wade will presumably be a more serious player - should be fascinating. www.loverugbyleague.com/post/christi...

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Terry Mullaney was always such a helpful bloke to talk to at Fev way back when, and I had no idea what he’d been through. This is such a lovely touch from Paddy Handley www.rugby-league.com/article/6383...

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Wembley week presser - hosted by a Wembley winner (and try-scorer), Kyle Amor, which may be a first?

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👏 @leedsrhinos.bsky.social (and Wakefield - and Guardian) www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

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And this observer.co.uk/news/columni...

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Wembley week - good to see this in The Observer observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

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Brookvale and Headingley - the best two RL grounds in the world?

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Sad yet uplifting www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Hkr v saints tonight, hunslet v oldham sunday but Leeds v Wakey tomorrow will be best occasion in RL this weekend - and I wouldn’t swap it for any other in sport. Set up beautifully by Sir Kev, whose masochistic runs have become a pre Christmas tradition 👏 🎅 www.therhinos.co.uk/article/2183...

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My late Grandad also used to get great pleasure from the swifts screaming in the skies above Prestwich - good luck to Councillor Quinn www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Among the many good reasons for reading this piece, classic use of its and it’s in last paragraph - Grauniad no more www.theguardian.com/sport/no-hel...

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Is Max King the first Yorkshireman to play Origin? He’d look good in an England shirt against the Aussies this autumn!

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Sensational start to the day, at least six swifts and a couple of house martins wheeling above Morrisons - best Chorlton gathering of the year so far

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Sounds lovely www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Black Guillemots for a Bank Holiday. (And Chough, Fulmar, Razorbill, Peregrine and plenty more - lovely Llandudno)

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Sikander Raza in the PSL Final 24 hours after losing at Trent Bridge? And Alastair Cook commentating? Fantastic 😄

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“There’s something about Moffat’s cooking, however fine and highfalutin it may seem to be, that lends itself to the sheepish dry-cleaning of blouses.” Classic Grace Dent. www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ma...

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Wheelchair RL strikes again - good to see Ireland fulfilling the potential they showed in France last autumn www.totalrl.com/ireland-reta...

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I find it hard to argue with this (the second editorial in paper on importance of bbc and world service similar) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Wonderful. As you’d expect for a piece which namechecks Greg Florimo and Doug Walters. And a quick nod to HKR tonight - the hiku and mourgue passes for the May try were Magic www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

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All this talk of Herman Ese’ese and prolific props - reminds me of Tommy David at Cardiff, and the great Mick Morgan, whose 25 tries for Carlisle in 81-82 season earned his dream move to Oldham…can’t spayke www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3kt...

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Sezer’s revival good news for headline writers as well as Hull www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...

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For reasons that aren’t wholly professional, the London RL reboot today has been the most enjoyable event of the year so far for me. And isn’t that part of the point? Pints in covent garden and pimlico with the cream of the fourth estate www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

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Every day brings surprises. Dean Andrew always good value (and a fascinating life, as detailed here), but he dropped into conversation on the tram back from office to Piccadilly that he’d once come very close to Steve Ovett on a 4x400 relay handover in Sussex europeanrugbyleague.com/articles/245...

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🌻🐝 It's #WorldBeeDay 🐝 🏏 Could your cricket club make some space for pollinators? 🐝💚 Find some top tips in this blog from Guardian Country Diary's Mark Cocker 👇👇👇 www.thenexttest.org/blog/six-of-...

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Brilliant www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Just listened to a great finish at Glos; Emerson and bracegirdle in great form at Durham - and now fletcher and read on the live stream from lancs. County cricket so good this year, seems such a shame if they cut the championship again

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And if you judge a policy by the identity and tone of those who oppose it, this has to be rated outstanding. Johnson revoltingly abusive and self-serving even by his standards, and joined by the likes of Dan Wootton (and presumably Farage). Thank goodness they are now irrelevant.

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This must be the best day for Rugby League’s rhubarb triangle for a while. Fev were terrific at Oldham (boohoo), Wakey thrashed Wire (again), and Cas looking good in the sun - cas v Leeds next Saturday should be good

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I suspect Joe Royle is otherwise engaged this afternoon. But a big occasion for Oldham (and Featherstone) here at Boundary Park - a Wembley place at stake

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One of Manchester’s hidden gems

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A good old-fashioned match report (with quotes) - Yorkshire people lucky to have the Yorkshire Post - a shame Lancs never managed an equivalent (the manc/ liverpool thing I guess) www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

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Haseeb Hameed carrying his bat for a double century has to be one of the best sporting stories after the dark moments he’s come through. Great to see Pete Moores and others at Notts vindicated for showing faith in him - hope they win the Championship. Also great to see non sloggers can still prosper

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Meanwhile Wheelchair RL continues to deliver great stories - good luck to James and Josie this weekend www.rugby-league.com/article/6379...

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I've taken a break from the county cricket coverage on BBC having discovered live 2GB on Bulldogs v Roosters courtesy rugbyleague.com - entertaining stuff, Mark Riddell involved. player.broadcast.radio/rugbyleague?

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I was lucky enough to be in Nantes when Adam Rigby captained England in what turned out to be his last international appearance - a player of whom Wigan should be proud www.rugby-league.com/article/6378...

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Maybe it’s a Billy Bragg thing, but I love the fact there’s a Rugby League semi final in Barking www.rugby-league.com/article/6378...

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I didn’t know any of this - fascinating background ahead of June 7 (and this weekend’s 1895 semi finals!) www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

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I guess now the men’s final is Wire v HKR, there’s a tricky decision for Coldplay. Wire bankrolled by their tour promoter; but they’re playing at Craven Park in August. Wire are playing in (primrose) yellow.

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So we finally have a Wigan v St Helens Challenge Cup Final at the new Wembley. Who’d have thought when it opened 18 years ago that it would be a women’s rl match?

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