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Contents

August 2011 Volume 1 Issue 2

Crus’ control

20 Humber new ownership

28 Blackpool rocks

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Inside your next generation rugby league monthly

Front Row 4 Editorial Forty-20 asks who - if anyone - will be held accountable for the SL licence fiasco

5 Personality of the month Andy Wilson of The Guardian profiles Justin Morgan 6 Wembley survival guide Forty-20 ensures you get the most from the Challenge Cup final 7 Five Drives and a Kick This month’s stories are by Steve Mascord, Phil Caplan,

Julie Stott, Dave Parkinson, Mike Rylance and BBC TV commentator Dave Woods

Prizes

21 Win! Engage Super League match tickets and a junior club trip to the Alton Towers Resort

Columns 17 League on the box Martin Kelner takes a firm grip on the television remote control

18 Louie the Lip Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook on missing England’s elite training squad 20 The Reality Is... Brian Noble shares a thought for Wrexham’s dumped Crusaders 26 Married to League Penelope Davidson spreads the domestic pain of losing games 27 Radio Waves Ian Ramsdale reports from the studios of BBC Radio London 29 View from the Back Richard Mathers champions player health and safety welfare 42 Irvine’s Indigestion Christopher Irvine of the Times fondly remembers the old Wembley

Articles 12 Parish signs in Dave Hadfield considers the likely impact of Salford’s new Aussie coach

14 League’s Terrible Tuesday There have been few more shocking events in rugby league history than the 2011 licence announcement at Old Trafford. Paul Burland was on the spot, while Richard Stead, Peter Smith and Rob Guest report from Wakefield, Cas and Halifax 28 Hull takeover Wayne Gardiner of PA Sport reports on the implications in East Yorkshire 30 Match of the month Phil Caplan was in Perpignan for the Catalan Dragons’ big night 36 Aussies thumped Andy Jordan shares his diary of an historic GB series win down under 38 Building Brixton Aidan McCartney has news of uplifting progress in South London 40 Greek salad Liam Duffy was with the GB Student Pioneers for two games on Rhodes

Postcard 37 Keighley Tony Hannan saw cultural harmony - and enjoyed a curry - at Cougar Park

Interviews 22 Decade of influence Phil Caplan has an audience with RFL Chief Executive Nigel Wood

24 Little big man Angela Powers gets to grips with this month’s cover star, Rob Burrow 32 Double trouble? Neil Barraclough gets the thoughts of Warrington coach Tony Smith

Heritage 34 Unlocked treasure Tony Collins unearths the personal images of 1946 tourist Dai Jenkins

43 The right stuff Christopher Irvine recounts the life of the amazing Cec Thompson 46 Parting shot Tony Hannan remembers rugby league’s forgotten television sitcom

The Culture 42 In Touch Your right of reply on 9s, the video ref and the Lions’ controversial 1958 tour

44 Going online A new Bradford Bulls site and RL Wikipedia reviewed and decoded 45 Early Bath Dave Hadfield takes his rugby league Good Pub Guide to Castleford

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