Super League Pod

We're back with another Testimonial Year player special. This time it's Warrington Wolves' prop forward Mike Cooper.Sarah had a chance to chat to Mike, then Mark will give you the lowdown on his top flight career to date. Please listen, share & support Mike's testimonial year!

This episode, it's the turn of Castleford Tigers captain Michael Shenton to get the SLP Testimonial treatment. Although we couldn't get a player interview this time, instead we got an SLP legend to talk about a Castleford legend, as we talk to Fatboy Rob about the Cas captain.Please listen & share!

Our next Super League Testimonial Year chat is with Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook. Hear what LMS has to say about his career so far, what's coming up in his Testimonial Year and which St Helens teammate he likes annoying the most!

We're back with our second 2020 Testimonial Year player interview. This time we get to hear about the highlights of Liam Farrell's career as thw Wigan Warriors 2nd rower joined us for a chat.Find out details on his testimonial season and those all important SLP stats!Finally, on this show, we give a quick mention to Leeds Rhinos legends Rob Burrow and Jamie-Jones Buchanan as we put this out the day after their very emotional Headingley farewell.

We had the chance to interview Jermaine McGillavry ahead of his Testimonial v Halifax.Hear what he has to say about his career so far and what's coming up in his Testimonial Year. We'll also give you the lowdown on his career and all important SLP stats.

Tim talked to Dave Musson, co-host of the world's greatest podcast about the Coventry Bears, about the world's greatest book about the Coventry Bears, "Forward! Inside the Coventry Bears’ Twentieth Anniversary Season". Find out what you can expect from this book chronicling the 20th season of the Bears. Also, crucially, find out how you can get your hands on a copy of the book and support a great rugby league charity in the process.Buy the book here: https://covbearspodcast.com/book

Friend of the show Anna Cale talks to director Joanna Lester about her film Power Meri, which follows the journey of the PNG Orchids to the 2017 Rugby League World Cup. Hear about how the project got going, what important themes the film covers and how you can see the film for yourself.Find out more about the film here: https://powermerifilm.com/

This week Sarah has had the opportunity to speak to the national social care charity Community Integrated Care. They've partnered with Super League and The RFL to create the Learning Disability Super League, which will give people with learning disabilities the opportunity to play an adapted version of Rugby League, in a series of high-profile festivals and events. Listen along with Sarah to learn all about it.

In this special SLP Short, Sarah talks to Rugby League fan and voice of BBC RL coverage, Dave Woods. They cover Dave's introduction to the sport, his early takes on 2019 and his views on expansion. Thanks go to Dave for giving up his time to talk to us. We hope you enjoy what he had to say. If you did, please share the show with your friends.

Former Great Britain athlete and World Championship medal winner Jenny Meadows joined us to chat Rugby League, Celebrity Mastermind and Wigan Youth Zone. Find out how Rugby League stars helped inspire her athletics training and how she might have got on if she had taken up the game herself.

In our latest SLP Short we looked at the community game, speaking to Josh from newly formed South Ribble Rabbitohs. Josh tells us how the team came about, how things are going for this new side, and what plans they have for Rugby League in Preston.

Mark is joined by Karsten Brumme (aka @swiss_cowboy_78) for this special episode of SLP. We learn about Karsten's journey to Rugby League fandom, what he loves about the greatest game and what he thinks we can improve to make our sport even greater.