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 Hello and welcome back to my blog. It has been a while but I have another big interview today to return with- Huddersfield Giants prop forward Matty English. English, who is aptly nicknamed the "polar bear", made his debut for the England Knights in 2019. Matty also represented England at academy level, when they toured Australia. He is one of the best products ever of Huddersfield's youth system playing over 70 games for Huddersfield since his debut in 2017. The 24 year old Englishman has also played 5 games on loan for the Dewsbury Rams. In September of last year, he signed a new deal with his hometown club, extending his stay at the club until the end of the 2023 season. I recently sat down with him to ask him a few questions. I think it's fair to say Huddersfield are exceeding expectations this year. What do you put that down to and is there more pressure as a result? I think we would put it down to how hard we worked in the preseason as a group. There really wer...

 Hello and welcome back to my blog. Today, we have a big one. We have an interview with ex-Leeds Rhinos player and current York City Knights assistant coach, Brett Delaney. This legend of the game started his career at the Parramatta Eels. He won silverware in his first season, as Parramatta were crowned winners of the Minor Premiership. He then had a 3 year spell at Gold Coast Titans, in which he played 63 games. In 2010, he made the move to England, signing for the Leeds Rhinos. He stayed at the West Yorkshire club for 9 years, tying down his a regular position throughout that time. He raked in the silverware, winning Super League 4 times, the Challenge Cup 2 times, the World Club Challenge and League Leaders Shield once and the Challenge Cup twice. After being part of the 2015 treble winning side, he gained legendary status among Leeds fans and the sport alike. However, now he has moved on from his Leeds days and is assistant coach of up and coming Championship side York City Kn...