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Now that England's hopes of Rugby League World Cup glory have gone in 2022, the focus shifts to 2025. The tournament takes place in France - where Great Britain last won the trophy in 1972 - and it could be a very different team. Here's our prediction. Fullback: Jack Welsby Jack Welsby will likely spent the rest of his career at fullback and become…

Catalans Dragons full-back Sam Tomkins (centre) Free rugby league tips, best bets and analysis for Thursday's Betfred Super League matches. Catalans -8 1pt Evs Betfred Leeds -18 3pts Evs Betfred Betfred Super League leaders Catalans Dragons face their third away trip on the bounce on Thursday but they can consolidate top spot with a victory at…

Shaun Wane's England squad for the Rugby League World Cup is now just days away. There are plenty of decisions for the national coach to finalise before Friday, when he reveals the identity of the 24 players he bellies can win the tournament on home soil. This week, Rugby League Live will look at every position on the field and weigh up the…

Catalans Dragons and Leeds Rhinos have a long history when it comes to play-off rugby. A history filled with dramatic twists and turns, superb stories and rememberable rugby though their battles are not the ones most commonly contemplated by fans and pundits when it comes to reminiscing about the play-offs - the most wonderful time of the year for…

The Super League's two most successful sides go head-to-head in the Grand Final this weekend when Leeds Rhinos take on St Helens in Manchester. St Helens finished top of the pile in the regular season, and they head into this one chasing a fourth straight title. But the Rhinos have pulled off plenty of surprises this season, and they go into this…

Matthew Shaw - Rugby League Live editor I'm really reluctant to write off the Rhinos because I've done it twice already during the play-offs and they've proven me wrong twice. I thought their race was run when they headed to Perpignan and I thought the semi-final would be a game too far. Both times I was, clearly, emphatically wrong. But how do you…

The play-offs start a week early this year as Leeds and Castleford battle in a shoot out for the final play-off spot at Headingley. It's the biggest game at the redeveloped Headingley and is in many ways the biggest game of the season so far with one team set for an early holiday as the other sustains their Old Trafford dreams. Add to this that…

It's semi-final week and the fun starts as Wigan Warriors host Leeds Rhinos at the DW Stadium. In a repeat of the inaugural Grand Final, the Warriors and the Rhinos are meeting in a game where Old Trafford is the reward for the eighth time with four wins a piece so far and seven of the previous eight occasions the winner of this game have gone on…