The Rugby League Blogger

Hello and welcome back or welcome to my blog. Today, we have my 3rd interview and it is with Batley Bulldogs icon Craig Lingard. We spoke about hsi career both as a player and a coach and looked ahead to Batley's cup tie with the Royal Navy on Sunday 27th February at the Fox's Biscuits Stadium at 1pm. He spent 1998 to 2008 at the West Yorkshire club. In that time he played 205 goals and scored 142 tries, amassing to a huge 568 career points scored. The Wakefield-born Fullback became one of the greatest players to ever play for Batley. He became their top try scorer, taking that title away from Glen Tomlinson. As a tribute to this incredible record, a terrace at the Fox's Biscuits Stadium was consequently renamed the Craig Lingard Terrace. Since his retirement, the 44 year old has been coaching in the lower divisions and became head coach of Batley in 2020. He previously held the head coach role at Bramley Buffaloes and Keighley Cougars before returning to the Bulldogs. With...

 Hello and welcome to my next blog post. Today, I have a very interesting interview with Stephen Wild to bring you. The ex-England international has played over 300 super league games, most notably for Wigan Warriors and Huddersfield. He scored 73 tries and 292 points over the course of his brilliant career. He ended his career with a successful spell at the North Wales Crusaders, where he played 64 games, scoring 12 tries. At Huddersfield, he was used to playing in the loose-forward position but the versatile Englishmen could also play in the wing, centre and second-row positions. Wild retired in 2016, following 15 successful years in the sport. Without further ado, let's get into the interview. You represented Lancashire in the War of the Roses. What was that like and do you think it should be brought back? "At the time, I think it was 2002, it was a massive honour for me. I didn't expect anything, to get selected for anything, I was just focusing on getting in that Wiga...