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The RFL delivered a swift and none too diplomatic “don’t call us we’ll call you” message to the ambitious Toulouse Olympique club Monday.

This type of country hopping has to be eradicated., it is a blight on the international game. Whilst it may be an expedient short-term measure to accelerate the development of fledgling rugby league nations, it is detrimental in the longer term even to that seemingly laudable aim.

St Helens half back, Matty Smith, has signed for the Salford City Reds for next season.

The 2009 Carnegie Challenge Cup final showcased all that is good about modern day rugby; and rugby league in particular. It had fast flowing action, big hits, errors and tries aplenty … it also contained a more than healthy dose of controversy.

Warrington Wolves erased three-decades of Challenge Cup heartache with this devastating domination of the Huddersfield Giants.

Twenty-year old, Tyrone McCarthy, was a delighted spectator at Widnes’s Stobart Stadium as the Warrington Wolves secured their first Challenge Cup Final appearance since losing to Wigan in 1990.