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johnnyddavidson.bsky.social
Sports journalist at The i-Paper, The Guardian, Everything Rugby League, Patreon, League Express, By the Balls podcast. Rugby league, football, rugby union more. Exiled Novocastrian. Email at: [email protected]
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LISTEN: @johnnyddavidson.bsky.social is out in Las Vegas, and, ahead of their game with Warrington, has been speaking to Wigan's Patrick Mago. #RugbyLeague youtu.be/PSKqxUjbSj0

Viva Las Vegas!

Warrington CEO Karl Fitzpatrick says the push into America will be a success if two different Super League clubs continue the ambition and play in Las Vegas next year. www.totalrl.com/warrington-w...

Live... www.youtube.com/live/e8CR46M...

New content kings: the independent creators changing the NRL’s media dynamic My latest piece for The Guardian www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/f...

What does success in Las Vegas look like for Super League? www.patreon.com/posts/122798...

Close defeat to Hull KR in their first home game back in Super League couldn’t dampen the buoyant mood of the Wakefield Trinity faithful. (free read) www.patreon.com/posts/122726...

Catalans Dragons coach Steve McNamara insists star signing Luke Keary has plenty left to give in his career and is in Super League to perform. www.patreon.com/posts/122699...

Exclusive: The RFL’s safeguarding manager, Kerry Simmons, has left the organisation. www.patreon.com/posts/122657...

By the Balls podcast caught up with Warrington boss CEO Karl Fitzpatrick ahead of Las Vegas! We talk about the massive game in America, rugby league trying to crack the States, Super League’s opening round, Luke Littler and more. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/7AUG...

St Helens coach Paul Wellens says his club would love to be considered to play in Las Vegas next year if Super League returns to the Nevada city in 2026. www.patreon.com/posts/122548...

Exclusive: The Super League clubs are targeting DAZN as a broadcaster for the competition when the current television rights deal expires at the end of 2026. www.patreon.com/posts/122531...

An opening weekend full of talking points, which is useful for those doing a podcast. @johnnyddavidson.bsky.social is back with @philcaplan.bsky.social and @thersw.bsky.social to talk some #RugbyLeague. Follow the link below, find us on Spotify or your podcast provider. pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffi...

Tendentious, tenacious and titillating - The Chicken Wing is back. www.patreon.com/posts/122179...

It's the dishonesty and the lack of ethics that is most galling.

Super League enters its 30th season today. A look back at 1996, what the first year was like, and where the competition sits in 2025: inews.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

🚨 Super League clubs are plotting to overthrow RFL chairman Simon Johnson 🏉 Exclusive by @johnnyddavidson.bsky.social #SuperLeague inews.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

It's Groundhog Day, again. No it's not the iconic 1993 Bill Murray film, it's just UK rugby league. www.patreon.com/posts/122043...

Blimey!

The majority of Super League clubs are seeking to wrest back control of the Rugby Football League by installing Bradford Bulls part-owner Nigel Wood to replace Simon Johnson as the governing body’s chairman as part of a major coup. inews.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

COACH Paul Rowley says Salford’s new owners have “bigger plans” for the club but stressed the Red Devils would not be throwing around “big bucks” on the player market. www.patreon.com/posts/121909...

Sympathy for the devil: Inside Salford's takeover bid A new long-read on the Salford Red Devils www.patreon.com/posts/121862...

Sky Sports is flying Michael Buffer to the UK to shoot a special promo for the historic Super League game in Las Vegas between Warrington and Wigan. patreon.com/posts/121860800

Jordan Rapana keep to keep playing for NZ: “You’ve seen Peta Hiku play over here last year and he represented Kiwis. I’d say I’m probably in the same position." Story by @stevemascord.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/121720...

Catalans coach Steve McNamara has slammed the RFL and the other Super League clubs for making the Dragons foot their £850,000 travel bill to France this season, and says some clubs want them out of the competition. (free read) www.patreon.com/posts/121586...

Salford head coach Paul Rowley has praised the support his club has received from some quarters in the past few months but also slammed those who have tried to "take advantage of a vulnerable situation" at the Red Devils. (Free read) www.patreon.com/posts/rowley...

Konrad Hurrell is smiling as he says it: “They will fly out there to kill everyone they can”. www.patreon.com/posts/121328...

England captain George Williams has joined his Warrington coach Sam Burgess and other prominent figures in questioning the wisdom of putting Super League teams against virtual pub sides in the Challenge Cup next weekend. www.patreon.com/posts/i-dont...

England's women have an enormous task to topple the awesome Aussies next month. It's perhaps the most fascinating part of the big Las Vegas round. www.patreon.com/posts/they-w...

NEW Castleford coach Danny McGuire believes the advent of an NRL team in Papua New Guinea could hurt Super League by cutting off a valuable source of talent. www.patreon.com/posts/png-nr...

The Chicken Wing is back. Dig in: www.patreon.com/posts/121096...

Hull KR are looking for a broadcaster to showcase a documentary that will be made about the club's turnaround and the 2025 season. www.patreon.com/posts/hull-k...

Everyone's talking about the Challenge Cup. As we did on Monday's show.... #RugbyLeague youtu.be/_22kDBbJaas

Apart from the record crowd for rugby league in the Netherlands, Saturday's Hull KR game in Amsterdam got: - 50%+ of ticket buyers from the local area, and attending their first-ever Rugby League game. - 1,000+ children coached for the first time. Great to see.

Kruise Leeming has set his sights on breaking back into the England squad this year and says earning more caps for his country is a "massive goal" of his. www.patreon.com/posts/120968...

Crigglestone All Blacks women’s team has been kicked out of their competition by the RFL after two incidents. www.patreon.com/posts/amateu...

New chief executive Richie Myler has directly addressed critics of his appointments at Hull FC - where he was previously rugby director - claiming: "we could have been Salford". www.patreon.com/posts/120876...