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Super League 2018 team-by-team guide: glory for resurgent St Helens?

Can Castleford challenge again? How will Leeds fare without McGuire and Burrow? And can Widnes survive? Our guide to what to expectLast season 1st (lost Grand Final) Coach Daryl Powell Captain Michael Shenton Related: Super League 2018 kicks off with some clubs unsure what they’re playing for Related: Mikolaj Oledzki: 'A rugby league player from Poland? This isn't really heard of' Related: Wigan coach Shaun Wane is feeling upbeat before a make or break season Continue reading...

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Super League 2018 kicks off with some clubs unsure what they are playing for

The season begins on Thursday but a decision is still to be made on how many clubs will be in Super League 2019While only 61 days will have passed since England’s World Cup final defeat by Australia when Warrington and Leeds get the 2018 Super League season under way on Thursday there is a familiar feeling that it cannot come soon enough after another frustrating winter in rugby league.Not for the first time the sport’s domestic calendar begins with more questions than answers but this year it should have been different. England’s first appearance in the World Cup final for 22 years left many optimistic about the future, even if the nature of that defeat by the all-conquering Kangaroos had...

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