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JAMES CHILD IS BACK, and not just because it's Pride Month, honest. Loads more to talk about than we thought pre-show, including Oldham, Greater Manchester in general, whatever happened this week on the field, and the Challenge Cup upcoming... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Monday was not a day to be travelling on the railways on routes that go through Huddersfield, but we did, and ended up in Liverpool! You can hear our interviews with a host of names from St. Helens, but first, for those who don't, we have a chat while waiting for a delayed train home to talk through whatever went on last weekend... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After guiding York Valkyrie to back-to-back Grand Finals wins in 2023 and 2024, Lindsay Anfield announced her departure from the club at the end of 2025. She's now taken up a new role at the Catalans Dragons, with the club making their Betfred Women's Challenge Cup debut this year against St. Helens and Huddersfield Giants. We spoke to her about that move, where's the women's game is in France, why it's attractive to players from Australia, and much more besides... ------ Buy the magazine: http://www.scratchingshedpublishing.com/ Grab the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/forty20-rugby-league-podcasts/id1434352450 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0JPKZd2GZ9uK8XAbZmUVBP Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/Forty20TV Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Forty20LIVE And Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/forty20live.bsky.social Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forty20magazine/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Championship is here, Shaun Wane steps aside and there's Challenge Cup action to enjoy this weekend... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While we were in Wakefield for the Championship Season Launch, Phil dragged Serious About Rugby League and the Yorkshire Evening Post's Peter Smith for a chat about some Rugby League, with Featherstone Rovers and more on the agenda...plus, interviews from Salford, Oldham, Sheffield Eagles, Midlands Hurricanes and London Broncos! ------ Buy the magazine: http://www.scratchingshedpublishing.com/ Grab the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/forty20-rugby-league-podcasts/id1434352450 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0JPKZd2GZ9uK8XAbZmUVBP Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/Forty20TV Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Forty20LIVE And Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/forty20live.bsky.social Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forty20magazine/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rugby League is back this weekend (weather permitting) and we are as well. An hour of chat about stuff, as we try to work out what is happening. And a new feature.... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2025. Quite a good year for Hull Kingston Rovers, Wigan Warriors and Halifax Panthers, and, having been at Wembley, and all three Super League Grand Finals, we've got the words of the winners here in celebration, and a few others as well! ------ Buy the magazine: http://www.scratchingshedpublishing.com/ Grab the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/forty20-rugby-league-podcasts/id1434352450 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0JPKZd2GZ9uK8XAbZmUVBP Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/Forty20TV Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Forty20LIVE And Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/forty20live.bsky.social Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forty20magazine/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A quiz, a load of biscuits, special guests, and as little Rugby League as possible. Merry Christmas from us to you! ------ Buy the magazine: http://www.scratchingshedpublishing.com/ Grab the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/forty20-rugby-league-podcasts/id1434352450 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0JPKZd2GZ9uK8XAbZmUVBP Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/Forty20TV Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Forty20LIVE And Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/forty20live.bsky.social Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forty20magazine/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A double guest special in this episode, as first we welcome back Rob Hawkins, who, after winning the treble with Halifax Panthers, helped England to Ashes success in Australia to secure back-to-back Golden Boots. Then, another returning guest, as author J.R. Rickwood talks about his book Year of the Cougars, Keighley's 1995 season, and more... You can get the book here: https://amzn.eu/d/ak5oj3X Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're joined by the RFL's Head of Match Officials Phil Bentham to talk about the recent documentary - "Beyond the Whistle" - taking a look behind the scenes at the world of professional match officials. Plenty to discuss, including how it came about, refereeing in the modern world, how the Premier League sees our video systems and how we're looking to improve in 2026, and plenty more besides. If you haven't seen it, follow the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtXyTvaAHrc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Remember the 2000 Rugby League World Cup? It was rubbish, that's what we were told, but two men who were there in the thick of it (the press box) are here to dispute that. Authors of Super League: The First Ten Years (still available somewhere) - our own Phil Caplan and Jonathan Doidge - reminisce over a tournament which was wet, expansive and won by Australia... Jonathan will be hosting a range of events in 2026 with something for RL, Leeds United and cricket fans... https://x.com/jdzevents/status/1994851574842364284 And, as a bonus, a dip into the Radio Yorkshire archives, as Mark Wilson speaks to Hull KR owner Neil Hudgell in an interview from 2015... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An end of season review of sorts, as teams have started pre-season for 2026, we're ready for hibernation. Back live in January, but still more to come before the end of the year... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's over....and it went as expected. Or did it? Australia return with the Ashes again, England score two tries in three games, and Shaun Wane's in charge... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2020 feels like a long time ago, and that's when Sophie Robinson last joined us on the podcast. Since then, she's taken a break from playing, until returning for her Jamaica debut last week, but it's not the start of a comeback. The former Leeds Rhino tells us what she's been up to, what's keeping her busy, the international game, how Jamaica fits in that and how, despite playing, she's back involved at her old club. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Ashes are going back to Australia, again, so is there anything we can do to change that going forward? Other Rugby League news and stuff as well, of course... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices