Dignity of Walker family shines through after a dark day for rugby league
Features
It has been a traumatic and thought-provoking week for everyone involved in British rugby league but also, thanks largely to the dignity of Leon Walker's family and the Wakefield Trinity club, somehow uplifting.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: March 26, 2009
Doomed Bristol start planning for straitened future
Features
Rugby union Bristol will be relegated from the Guinness Premiership if they lose at home to Worcester on Sunday. It is not an unfamiliar position for the West Country club, who were demoted in 1998 and 2003, but whereas six years ago they lost their entire first-team squad and their backer, Malcolm Pearce, after dropping into the first division, they are adamant they will be in a better position to bounce back.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: March 26, 2009
Leon Walker's father says Celtic player should not blame himself
Features
Steve Walker, whose son Leon died after making a tackle for Wakefield Trinity in a reserve team game last Sunday, has made an emotional plea to the Celtic Crusaders player involved in the incident, urging him not to blame himself and to continue in the game.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: March 26, 2009
Pryce and Reardon appear in court on assault charges
Features
Leon Pryce and his former Bradford team-mate Stuart Reardon went on trial at the city's magistrates court today charged with assault.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: March 26, 2009
St Helens warn of 'dangerous precedent' after brutal clash with Leeds
Features
St Helens have warned that the decision not to punish the Leeds prop Ryan Bailey for the shoulder charge that floored Maurie Fa'asavalu in last Friday's brutal Super League clash "sets a dangerous precedent" for the game.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: March 26, 2009
Two Italian sides to be allowed into Magners League
Features
Italy, whipping boys in the Six Nations and Heineken Cup, finally got some good news yesterday when the Magners League said it would admit two Italian sides, even though it will not be for a couple of seasons.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: March 26, 2009
The ELVs stink and that's the truth
Features
I have a friend who is an economist, whose job it is to study numbers, compile data and analyse figures. He is an expert in statistics and his advice is: never trust them. They can be used to support whatever his clients wish.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: March 25, 2009
