5 live Rugby League

This year is packed with World Cups - cricket, football, netball and Rugby Union. But in 2021 Rugby League will have its own event. So what are the organisers of RLWC2021 learning? And how is planning going for the game's big jamboree? Dave Woods is joined by RLWC2021 CEO Jon Dutton and the RLWC2021 Chairman Chris Brindley.

Matt Newsum goes behind the scenes at the launch of Super League’s Wellbeing Round ‘Tackle the Tough Stuff’ and speaks frankly to a range of guests including Leeds hooker Brad Dwyer, Huddersfield prop Matty English and former Salford forward Paul Highton about how they’ve dealt with their own mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety and grief and how important the campaign is to raising mental health awareness.

Dave Woods is joined by Jon Wilkin and Sam Brady, a former director of his own software consultancy during the dotcom boom who gave away everything to become a Buddhist Monk. Now a stand-up comedian he discusses how mindfulness can help everyone combat mental health issues.

Dave Woods is joined by the former CEO of Melbourne Storm and Harlequins Rugby Union Mark Evans and the former CEO and current General Manager of South Sydney Rabbitohs Shane Richardson to discuss which English players are top of the NRL most-wanted list; whether the Super League should reduce the numbers of clubs to eight English and two French sides; and how two CEO’s would cure the ills of the English game before people ending up loving their club to death.

Rugby league’s newest recruit Luther Burrell and the man tasked with torturing him into peak-physical condition Ade Gardner join Dave Woods to discuss the challenges with switching codes and whether rugby league is the most demanding sport in the world.