Forty20 Rugby League Podcasts
A podcast about Rugby League from the people who bring you Forty20 Magazine. Hosted by Richard Shaw-Wright, Forty20 magazine's Phil Caplan and former Super League match official James Child, a weekly look at the world of Rugby League and the occasional special guest as well!
Shortlisted for Best Rugby Podcast at the 2024 and 2025 Sports Podcast Awards.
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International Women’s Day with the 2022 Woman o...
York Valkyrie and England fullback (well, centre during the World Cup) Tara Jane Stanley joins us on this special programme as she's the Woman of Steel and it's International Women's Day.
Over 30 minutes, we discuss:
Preparations for 2023 and how thi...
32 min
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Forty20 LIVE: 6th March 2023
Looking back on the winners and losers of the weekend gone, praising Saints for their achievements, the departure of Lee Radford from Castleford, and the many and various other things from the world of Rugby League...
70 min
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Forty20 NOT LIVE: 28th February 2023
A look back on the weekend, catching up on the winners of the Wheelchair Rugby League Awards, and Aimee Staveley on her move from Leeds to York...
48 min
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Forty20 LIVE - 22nd February 2023
Coming to you LIVE before the draws for the European Championships at the Holiday Inn in Brighouse, we're back to talk some Rugby League...
St. Helens are World Champions, Super League is a week old, and publicity is, well, it could be worse...
55 min
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Forty20 NOT LIVE at the 2023 Super League Launc...
Welcome back from your old friends at the Forty20 Rugby League Podcast as we've navigated the M62 and made it to Manchester in time for the launch of the brand new Super League season.
John Davidson joins us to talk about the launch and a bit of news...
86 min
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Women’s Rugby League - The Story of 2022 on For...
A year in which the Challenge Cup, League Leaders Shield and Grand Final went to three different clubs, a Championship club caused upsets, and Australia won the World Cup, but, wasn't the journey a fun one? Rounding up a big year for Women's Rugby Le...
106 min
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Forty20’s Rugby League Selection Box Podcast
Time to catch up with some bits and pieces we've had on YouTube, but hadn't made it to the podcast until now, just in time for Christmas.
So, enjoy author J.R. Rickwood on his book "Cougarmania" followed by Wakefield Trinity Chairman John Minards on ...
74 min
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Forty20 LIVE at Hull Central Library - 3rd Dece...
The final stop of our RLWC2021 Cultural Festival Tour takes us to Hull Central Library, as we reflect on the tournament, it's potential legacy and new eras for Hull FC and Hull Kingston Rovers as we're joined by two men who played for both in Paul Co...
93 min
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Forty20 LIVE in Doncaster - 24th November 2022
Phil is flying solo in Doncaster for Team Forty20, but has two guests from the heart of the action at RLWC2021, as we look back on the tournaments.
Returning to the show is David Butler, a man with many hats, one of which was getting as close to Wh...
62 min
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Forty20 LIVE at Stockport Central Library - 15t...
LIVE in Stockport at their fantastic Central Library, we're joined by Chair of Rugby League World Cup 2021 Chris Brindley, Salford Red Devils Head Coach Paul Rowley and Aussie-based journalist George Clark to talk about the tournament so far, on and ...
87 min
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Forty20 LIVE in York - 10th November 2022
Well, this was a packed one! In one of the suites at the LNER Community Stadium, we celebrated the Power of Together by bringing together a cast of thousands to talk Rugby League and the World Cup.
We've got PDRL World Cup winning captain Scott Gob...
91 min
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Forty20 LIVE at Dewsbury Library - 8th November...
The RLWC2021 Cultural Festival continues as we're live at Dewsbury Library with Batley coach Craig Lingard, former GB, England and Ireland international Francis Cummins, and journalists Ian Laybourn and John Davidson to talk about World Cup and more ...
82 min
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Forty20 LIVE’S Almost Daily World Cup Podcast -...
Hear from all eight nations taking part in the Women's Rugby League World Cup plus Michael Shires joins us to talk about the tournament so far from a fans perspective...
74 min
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Forty20 LIVE at Ashton Library - 25th October 2022
Loads to talk about with Andrew Voss, Phil Roberts, Nigel Wiskar, Nada Farhoud, Gavin Willacy and us!
96 min
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Forty20 LIVE @ Chester Lane Library, St. Helens
Our #RLWC2021 Cultural Festival tour of libraries made it's way to St. Helens on Thursday. Enthralling the audience with talk of Rugby League:
Former Saints and Ireland prop Kyle Amor
St. Helens and England halfback Faye Gaskin
Mike Critchley from th...
100 min
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Forty20 LIVE’S Almost Daily World Cup Podcast -...
Looking back on the first round of matches in the men's Rugby League World Cup with Ireland, Jamaica, Tonga and Papua New Guinea in focus...
30 min
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Forty20 LIVE at Eccles Library - 18th October 2022
Our next stop of tour took us to Eccles. but no time for cakes, as we're here to talk about the first few matches of Rugby League World Cup 2021 in the company of:
Former GB coach Brian Noble
Former England prop Danika Priim
BBC Radio Manchester's Tr...
85 min
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Forty20 LIVE at Newcastle Central Library - 14t...
On the eve of the Rugby League World Cup kicking off in Newcastle, we were joined at the Central Library on stage by the returning Tony Hannan, Editor of Rugby League Live Matt Shaw and Gemma Carter with The Sun's Gary Carter to talk a load of Rugby ...
73 min
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Forty20 LIVE’S Almost Daily World Cup Podcast- ...
More from Monday's launch now as we are joined by:
Wales head coach John Kear
Scotland's Nathan Graham
Ged Corcoran and George King of Ireland
Tonga's Kristian Woolf
Michael Maguire from the Kiwis
Cook Islands coach Tony Iro
Lebanon's Michael Cheika
...
45 min
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Forty20 LIVE’S Almost Daily World Cup Podcast -...
We spoke to so many people at the Rugby League World Cup launch in Manchester on Monday, we've had to split it over two podcasts.
So, in part one, we quiz the following (not necessarily in this order)
Tonga co-captain Sio Siua Taukeiaho
PNG coach Sta...
40 min
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Forty20 LIVE’S Almost Daily World Cup Podcast -...
A week ahead of the Rugby League World Cup kicking-off, Ireland's men have set up camp in South Leeds ahead of their group matches with Lebanon, Jamaica and New Zealand. We caught up with Jaimin Jolliffe, Joe Keyes, Brendan O'Hagan and Ronan Michael ...
12 min
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Forty20 LIVE in Catterick: 4th October 2022
Stop two on our tour as part of the Rugby League World Cup Cultural Festival, we were live in front of an audience at Catterick Library to talk all the current RL news in the first half, as well as quizzing our guests, and the World Cup in the second...
97 min
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Forty20 Minisode: Post Grand Final & Women’s Su...
Wandering from the tunnel at Old Trafford to the car park, John Davidson joins us to reflect on a fourth Grand Final win in a row for St. Helens, who were the better team and, as expected, were too good for a Leeds Rhinos side who weren't disgraced i...
16 min
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Forty20 LIVE in Leeds: 13th September 2022
Kicking off our tour as part of the Rugby League World Cup Cultural Festival, we were live in front of an audience at Leeds Central Library to talk RL in the first half, and the World Cup in the second.
Joining us on the panel:
Former England inter...
80 min
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Forty20 NOT LIVE BUT ON LOCATION: 22nd August 2022
We've been out to speak to four players hopeful of making England's Women's World Cup Squad this autumn: Wigan's Vicky Molyneux, Tara Jones of St. Helens and Leeds pair Georgia Roche and Fran Goldthorp, and talk a bit about what happened in the match...
30 min