Super League has a chance to go hell for leather from the off with firmer pitches and fitter players after a longer pre-season
There is a long-running joke in rugby league that the only thing you can really predict with any certainty is sheer unpredictability. Never was that more evident than in 2020, as Super League finished a season many felt would be impossible to restart because of Covid-19 in the most spectacular way possible, with St Helens’ last-gasp Grand Final victory against Wigan. Oh, and throw in the ignominious expulsion of Toronto Wolfpack, and £28m in game-saving government loans, too.
So just another typical year, then: followed by a typical off-season. Hours before the new season starts on Friday, there were boardroom developments hogging the headlines again, when the Huddersfield owner, Ken Davy, was confirmed as the interim chairman of Super League while a permanent successor to Robert Elstone is found.
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