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By STEVE MASCORD IT’S customary, even compulsory, when a leader departs an organisation to assess his or her legacy. If I was a tech roundsman and...

By STEVE MASCORD AND so this is … a month into the French elite one championship … and what have you done, rugby league? Christmas 2018...

By STEVE MASCORD 10. Series launch, Brisbane, November 22. (function(t,e,i,d){var o=t.getElementById(i),n=t.createElement(e);o.style.height=250;o.style.width=300;o.style.display='inline-block';n.id='ibb-widget',n.setAttribute('src',('https:'===t.location.protocol?'https://':'http://')+d),n.setAttribute('width','300'),n.setAttribute('height','250'),n.setAttribute('frameborder','0'),n.setAttribute('scrolling','no'),o.appendChild(n)})(document,'iframe','ibb-widget-root-728401771',"banners.itunes.apple.com/banner.html?partnerId=&aId=1000lqwZ&bt=catalog&t=catalog_black&id=728401771&c=gb&l=en-GB&w=300&h=250&store=apps"); THE day after England warm up with a big win against Affiliated States in Perth, it’s...

By STEVE MASCORD ROCK SOME of the hits during the World Cup final didn’t just rock Suncorp Stadium – they rocked the respective craniums of England...

By STEVE MASCORD WELCOME to rugby league, the sport that doesn’t let players go overseas for internationals. I was once asked, publicly, by colleague Martin Sadler...

By STEVE MASCORD THE day after the final match of the international season always feels like the circus has left town. (function(t,e,i,d){var o=t.getElementById(i),n=t.createElement(e);o.style.height=250;o.style.width=300;o.style.display='inline-block';n.id='ibb-widget',n.setAttribute('src',('https:'===t.location.protocol?'https://':'http://')+d),n.setAttribute('width','300'),n.setAttribute('height','250'),n.setAttribute('frameborder','0'),n.setAttribute('scrolling','no'),o.appendChild(n)})(document,'iframe','ibb-widget-root-728401771',"banners.itunes.apple.com/banner.html?partnerId=&aId=1000lqwZ&bt=catalog&t=catalog_black&id=728401771&c=gb&l=en-GB&w=300&h=250&store=apps"); Adding to that sensation,...

By STEVE MASCORD ROCK MORE than 24 hours after that amazing World Cup semi-final, I caught a cab across Auckland, from Mt Wellington to Half Moon...

By STEVE MASCORD THERE’S a flipside to all this, I am assured; a glass half-empty perspective on the emergence of Fiji and Tonga as rugby...

By STEVE MASCORD THE other day, sitting in a backyard in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, I found myself using the expression “bury the lead”. It’s something journalists,...

By STEVE MASCORD I’D be willing to wager that most readers are aware there are two Rugby League World Cup finals this weekend. Australia’s game against...