TODAY is one of the biggest days in the rugby league calendar as about 65,000 people head to Wembley for the Challenge Cup final. Two of the game’s biggest sides, Hull and Wigan, meet in what could be a classic clash that many are eagerly anticipating. But what is likely to happen and who is […]
YOU WILL not find George Williams huffing and puffing if he is asked for photos with young fans on the street – he was once the young kid doing the asking. The Wigan ace is on the cusp of super-stardom after establishing himself as one of their stars and is likely to be one of […]
HULL will have 14 men on the pitch at Wembley – and Challenge Cup final opponents Wigan will not care one jot. For the extra man is Martin Griffin, father of FC star Josh. He may not be there in person but his spirit certainly lives on and his son will have a picture of […]
MAHE Fonua knows whatever happens at Wembley cannot be as blood curdling as what he went through as a teenager – when his initials were etched in gold on his teeth! And there was no bad reaction from a mad mum when he had them done as it was her idea! The Hull centre is […]
SAM TOMKINS has certainly seen the rugby league world turn full circle since he was last in a Challenge Cup final. Four years ago Tomkins was being hailed as the most precocious young talent – occasionally with an attitude to match – in the game. Yet in the ensuing years he has grown up quickly […]