Rugby Leaguer & League Express

Rugby Leaguer & League Express is a weekly newspaper published every Monday in the United Kingdom. Other rugby league titles published by League Publications Ltd include the monthly magazine 'Rugby League World' and the annual 'Gillette Rugby League Yearbook'.

It features match reports and pictures from every game played in the engage Super League, Co-operative National Leagues One and Two, and the Australian National Rugby League (NRL). Coverage of the amateur game is also included, along with local and international rugby league related news.

History

The current incarnation of this publication is a merger of two previously existing titles, 'Rugby Leaguer' which can trace its origins back to the 1940s, and 'League Express', which first appeared on Monday 10th September 1990, edited by Mike Rylance. The two were merged into one publication in May 2002 when the publishers of League Express, League Publications Ltd, also acquired the Rugby Leaguer title.

At the start of the 1993/4 season Martyn Sadler became the editor of League Express, and continues as editor of the merged title to the present day.

In 2008, the Albert Goldthorpe Medal, named after Albert Goldthorpe, was created by the newspaper to honour the leading players in Super League.

ee also

* Rugby League World

External links

* [http://www.totalrl.com/online/index.htm Rugby League Express]