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.
Episodes
December 4, 2025 • 63 mins
Remember the 2000 Rugby League World Cup? It was rubbish, that's what we were told, but two men who were there in the thick of it (the press box) are here to dispute that.
Authors of Super League: The First Ten Years (still available somewhere) - our own Phil Caplan and Jonathan Doidge - reminisce over a tournament which was wet, expansive and won by Australia...
Jonathan will be hosting a range of events in 2026 with somethi...
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November 17, 2025 • 66 mins
An end of season review of sorts, as teams have started pre-season for 2026, we're ready for hibernation. Back live in January, but still more to come before the end of the year...
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November 10, 2025 • 64 mins
It's over....and it went as expected. Or did it? Australia return with the Ashes again, England score two tries in three games, and Shaun Wane's in charge...
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November 7, 2025 • 29 mins
2020 feels like a long time ago, and that's when Sophie Robinson last joined us on the podcast. Since then, she's taken a break from playing, until returning for her Jamaica debut last week, but it's not the start of a comeback.
The former Leeds Rhino tells us what she's been up to, what's keeping her busy, the international game, how Jamaica fits in that and how, despite playing, she's back involved at her old club.
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November 3, 2025 • 96 mins
The Ashes are going back to Australia, again, so is there anything we can do to change that going forward? Other Rugby League news and stuff as well, of course...
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October 27, 2025 • 99 mins
It's The Ashes...and we're 1-0 down. What went wrong, and can we stop the Aussies? Probably not, but we're still looking forward to Everton on Saturday....and loads of other Rugby League topics.
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October 20, 2025 • 100 mins
The Ashes are here, and so is James back in the studio, so we can talk about those, the changes to Super League, and everything else we can think of...
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October 16, 2025 • 35 mins
"There's Only One Channy Crowl!" is the title of Channy Crowl's autobiography, as you could probably guess, and she joins the podcast to talk about it, representing her birth nation of Canada this autumn, 2025 for St. Helens, future plans and how she ended up on a TV quiz show, but can she get through our tough questions? A fun half hour!
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October 13, 2025 • 91 mins
A Grand Final, coaching changes, and Jake Connor isn't in the England squad, to the surprise of no-one, but hasn't stopped them being upset regardless...
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October 6, 2025 • 86 mins
A proper Super Sunday of Rugby League to look back on, with champions crowned from Greater Manchester, Queensland and the South of France, a repeat Grand Final to look forward to, and concentrating as much as we can on, rather than off the field...
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September 29, 2025 • 117 mins
Ahead of this weekend's Women's Grand Final, Richard de la Riviere from womensrl.com joins us to talk about that, and a very busy weekend on the pitch where there were comebacks galore, Leigh impressing across the park, Halifax winning the Wheelchair Grand Final and the most ridiculous try there's every been...
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September 25, 2025 • 55 mins
We were at the presentation of the 2025 Super League Dream Team this week, and spoke to a load of Rugby League people, so here they are!
00:00 Intro
00:41 Adrian Lam
04:16 Umyla Hanley
06:29 Daryl Powell
11:33 Mike McMeeken
15:58 Paul Wellens
18:50 Morgan Knowles
23:38 Brad Arthur
26:13 Lewis Martin
29:01 Denis Betts
35:05 Caitlin Casey
38:52 Craig Richards
43:04 Matt Peet
46:31 Willie Peters
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September 22, 2025 • 69 mins
Technical issues plagued the broadcast, but not he recording device, and, would you believe it, we're really excited and positive as the men's Super League play-offs begin, and we have the first Grand Final coming up on Sunday.
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September 15, 2025 • 95 mins
Almost as long as Canberra vs. Brisbane, but you can decide if the quality matches that...
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September 8, 2025 • 81 mins
Some weeks loads happens, some less so. Still, always plenty to talk about in the world of Rugby League, as the play-off picture is almost set for the men, is for the women, and heading towards a GF in the wheelchairs. The weather has turned...
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September 3, 2025 • 35 mins
A midweek bonus for you as we're joined by former prop forward and current BBC Radio Cumbria commentator Becca Thompson to talk her transition from pitch to press box, following the Barrow Raiders through this Women's Super League season, how they've gone, the future in the North West, commentating without always having a summariser, and her future hopes...
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September 1, 2025 • 108 mins
James Simpson-Hill joins us to talk Leeds' expulsion from the Wheelchair Super League play-offs , and much more, James Child makes an amazing entrance as we discuss Shaggate, and everything else going on this week...
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A. "A swing dance"
B. "Fine cut tobacco"
C. "A bird"
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August 26, 2025 • 110 mins
James returns to a week of a little bit of drama in the Wheelchair game, new coaches in the running game. League 1 exists, Woman of Steel shouts, gingers, boots as cups and the usual other stuff.
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August 18, 2025 • 70 mins
We may have had internet issues at points, but the programme cannot be stopped!
The latest nonsense from Salford, a key reason why there shouldn't be too many worries about Sport England, and some actual Rugby League to talk about....
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August 11, 2025 • 112 mins
Salford's situation
Arthur's seat remains at Headingley
We love S4C
Other stuff
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