St Helens 2017 Season Preview Stephen Orford 12th January 2017 2017 Season Previews, Stephen Orford When Manchester City and Liverpool battled for the 2013-14 Premier League title Sky Sports pundit, Manchester United fan and occasional golden quote dispenser Gary Neville said it was like ‘having a choice of t...
Leigh Centurions 2017 Season Preview Stephen Orford 11th January 2017 2017 Season Previews, Stephen Orford When the status quo was maintained after the first season of the Super 8s concept in 2015 there were those who were ready to shelve the idea. They claimed, not without some justification, that the disparity in ...
Leeds Rhinos 2017 Season Preview Stephen Orford 11th January 2017 2017 Season Previews, Stephen Orford If the rise of Hull FC was as surprise in 2016 it had nothing on the alarming decline of Leeds Rhinos. Treble winners in 2015 the Rhinos had conquered all before them with a refreshingly open brand of rugby whi...
Hull FC 2017 Season Preview Stephen Orford 9th January 2017 2017 Season Previews, Stephen Orford Of all the absurdly unlikely things that took place in 2016 (think Leicester City’s Premier League title success, Brexit, the election of Donald Trump and the deaths of Prince and David Bowie) Hull’s first piec...
Huddersfield Giants 2017 Season Preview Stephen Orford 8th January 2017 2017 Season Previews, Stephen Orford After reaching the Super League semi-finals in 2015 much was expected of Huddersfield Giants going into 2016. What transpired was a massive disappointment which, had it not been for the even greater meltdown su...
Catalans Dragons 2017 Season Preview Stephen Orford 6th January 2017 2017 Season Previews, Stephen Orford After a strong start to the campaign in 2016 Catalans Dragons began limping along woefully in the second half of the season. They lost each of their last five regular season games after beating Saints 33-16 in ...
