Real Class: Rugby League

Rhys and Rob are back with a round-up of a busy few months in Super League and their reaction to the first (and last?) offer of investment from the NRL. Subscribe to the Real Class newsletter at realclass.co.uk and get new rugby league writing and podcasts delivered straight to your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Magic Weekend upon us and Leeds reigniting their rivalry with Bradford, Rhys and Rob look back at the inaugural Magic Weekend of 2007 and the carnage of Gansongate. Subscribe to the Real Class newsletter at realclass.co.uk and get new rugby league writing and podcasts delivered straight to your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rhys and Rob are back in the studio to review every Super League club's 2026 season as we reach the halfway mark. Subscribe to the Real Class newsletter at realclass.co.uk and get new rugby league writing and podcasts delivered straight to your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Rhys and Josh away, Rob makes our resident Cas fan Jonny Hughes revisit one of the darkest days of his life as a rugby league fan: the Battle of Belle Vue, Wakefield vs Castleford, 2006. Subscribe to the Real Class newsletter at realclass.co.uk and get new rugby league writing and podcasts delivered straight to your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After all the talk about Super League's greatest ever XIII, it's time for Rhys, Josh and Rob to pick theirs — only with a twist, and far more mentions of Michael de Vere and Peter Gill than we expected. Subscribe to the Real Class newsletter at realclass.co.uk and get new rugby league writing and podcasts delivered straight to your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The lads are back in the studio discussing the opening month of Super League 2026 before embarking on a play-off series between the five clubs to have won the treble in the modern era. Subscribe to the Real Class newsletter at realclass.co.uk and get new rugby league writing and podcasts delivered straight to your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After training the house down in the off-season, Rhys, Rob and Josh are back to pick out some of the best new signings, most exciting young prospects and intriguing coaches ahead of the Super League 2026 season. Plus, there's chat about who should be the next England coach, our wildcard hot takes for the upcoming campaign and we stick our necks on the line with our predictions. If it's anything like last season, they won't age well. Subscribe to the Real Class newsletter at realclass.co.uk and get new rugby league writing and podcasts delivered straight to your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Ashes belong to Australia. Again. Rob and Josh react to England's defeat in the Second Test at Everton, and discuss what comes next for Shaun Wane. Sponsored by Ravensport . Subscribe to the Real Class newsletter at realclass.co.uk and get new rugby league writing and podcasts delivered straight to your inbox once a week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rhys and Josh react to England''s chastening defeat to Australia in the first test of the 2025 Ashes series. Sponsored by Ravensport . Subscribe to the Real Class newsletter at realclass.co.uk and get new rugby league writing and podcasts delivered straight to your inbox once a week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Writer Anthony Broxton chats with Rob Conlon about rugby league in 2025, the upcoming Ashes series and his excellent book 'Hope & Glory: Rugby League In Thatcher's Britain'. Sponsored by Ravensport . Subscribe to the Real Class newsletter at realclass.co.uk and get new rugby league writing and podcasts delivered straight to your inbox once a week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You wait forty years for a trophy and three come around at once. Super League has a new winner for the first time since 2004, and the boys were in the studio to record their reaction to Hull KR's victory over Wigan straight after the final whistle. Sponsored by Ravensport . Subscribe to the Real Class newsletter at realclass.co.uk and get new rugby league writing and podcasts delivered straight to your inbox once a week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

And then there were two. Wigan Warriors and Hull KR reach the Super League Grand Final, but that's not what most people were talking about. Sponsored by Ravensport . Subscribe to the Real Class newsletter at realclass.co.uk and get new rugby league writing and podcasts delivered straight to your inbox once a week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Saints produce another moment to go down in Super League folklore as 'Left To Wright' forces the boys to eat some humble pie — if only two of them didn't bottle out of it. Sponsored by Ravensport . Subscribe to the Real Class newsletter at realclass.co.uk and get new rugby league writing and podcasts delivered straight to your inbox once a week. 1:48 Leeds Rhinos vs St Helens 24:06 Leigh Leopards vs Wakefield Trinity 36:05 Play-off semi-finals preview Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Now the 2025 Super League regular season is finished, we look back at our predictions ahead of the campaign and cringe at how wrong we got it all. Sponsored by Ravensport . Subscribe to the Real Class newsletter at realclass.co.uk and get new rugby league writing and podcasts delivered straight to your inbox once a week. 3:08 Castleford Tigers 6:05 Catalans Dragons 9:45 Huddersfield Giants 13:05 Hull FC 17:43 Hull KR 21:46 Leeds Rhinos 26:08 Leigh Leopards 29:37 Salford Rde Devils 33:10 St Helens 38:50 Wakefield Trinity 42:38 Warrington Wolves 45:56 Wigan Warriors 48:28 The best and worst of the rest 51:58 2025 Dream Team 59:30 Play-off preview Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sponsored by Ravensport . Subscribe to the Real Class newsletter at realclass.co.uk and get new rugby league writing and podcasts delivered straight to your inbox once a week. 3:20 Leeds Rhinos vs Catalans Dragons 16:25 Leigh Leopards vs St Helens 27:36 Wigan Warriors vs Castleford Tigers 31:50 Wakefield Trinity vs Hull KR 37:42 Hull FC vs Warrington Wolves 43:14 Huddersfield Giants vs Salford Red Devils 49:59 Round 27 Preview Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2:35 Salford Red Devils vs Catalans Dragons 12:03 Leeds Rhinos vs Huddersfield Giants 25:35 Castleford Tigers vs Wakefield Trinity 36:07 St Helens vs Wigan Warriors 46:22 Warrington Wolves vs Leigh Leopards 56:05 Hull KR vs Hull FC 1:02:49 Knee Jerk 1:06:42 Round 26 Tipping Sponsored by Ravensport . Subscribe to the Real Class newsletter at realclass.co.uk and get new rugby league writing and podcasts delivered straight to your inbox once a week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

3:05 Leigh Leopards vs Castleford Tigers 11:32 Hull KR vs St Helens 20:14 Warrington Wolves vs Salford Red Devils 31:26 Leeds Rhinos vs Hull FC 43:59 Wakefield Trinity vs Huddersfield Giants 49:12 Catalans Dragons vs Wigan Warriors 57:20 Round 25 tipping Sponsored by Ravensport . Subscribe to the Real Class newsletter at realclass.co.uk and get new rugby league writing and podcasts delivered straight to your inbox once a week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Leeds are back, Matt Dufty is missing and Joel Tomkins is doing a Joel Tomkins again. Donate to Josh's fundraiser for his daughter Maeve here. 3:30 Leigh Leopards vs Leeds Rhinos 20:05 Wakefield vs St Helens 32:20 Warrington Wolves vs Wigan Warriors 40:32 Hull KR vs Castleford Tigers 48.53 Huddersfield Giants vs Catalans Dragons 57:43 Hull FC vs Salford Red Devils 1:03:56 Knee Jerk 1:08:40 Tipping Sponsored by Ravensport . Subscribe to the Real Class newsletter at realclass.co.uk and get new rugby league writing and podcasts delivered straight to your inbox once a week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We try (and fail) to make sense of rugby league's latest reach for the big red panic button. 1:50 - 10:09 Salford Red Devils vs Hull KR 10:10 - 17:38 Warrington Wolves vs Leigh Leopards 17:39 - 27:49 St Helens vs Castleford Tigers 27:50 - 47:09 Knee Jerk 47:10 - Tipping Sponsored by Ravensport . Subscribe to the Real Class newsletter at realclass.co.uk and get new rugby league writing and podcasts delivered straight to your inbox once a week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.