Rugby League 2014: Predictions

As a promising season dawns ever closer upon us, a lot of you fellow league fans may be wondering, who will win the challenge cup and the big one(the grand final)?

Well me and fellow writer Jonny have cast our predictions for this upcoming season and we hope to hear responses from you.

For me, it has got to be a league and cup double for the Leeds Rhinos. The squad has brought in a couple of big name signings in Tom Briscoe from Hull Fc and 2013 World Cup starlet Paul Aiton from Wakefield Trinity. Leeds have always been a physical threat and I believe that this could be their most successful season yet. It is a promising year for Brian McDermott's men.

For Jonny, he believes that the Wigan Warriors will triumph in the Super League this year and the Warrington Wolves will take the cup. Wigan had a huge year last year with a league and cup double and Jonny firmly believes they can perform Grand Final heroics once again. Will the loss of star player Sam Tomkins be a key factor in this or will newly signed full back from the North Queensland Cowboys, Matty Bowen, step up to the plate and perform?

Jonny states that the Warrington Wolves will bounce back from Grand Final heartbreak and clinch the Tetley's Challenge cup for the fourth time. Will the Wolves prevail in this years competition without influential leader, Lee Briers, after he retired at the end of last season. Other key losses are captain Adrian Morley to Salford and Brett Hodgson to the Widnes Vikings. Can the Wolves prove us all wrong and clinch silverware this year, Jonny seems to think so!

Be sure to comment your predictions and look out for our match reports and team, player and try of the round every week.

Josh.

Fixture List and Author Comments

Fixture List:

Right from the off, the 2014 Super League season throws up a mouth-watering fixture with the Challenge cup holders Wigan Warriors hosting the League Leader's Shield winners of last season, Huddersfield Giants on February 7th.

The main action begins a week later, with another tantalising fixture being thrown up in the form of Warrington Wolves vs Saint Helens, sure to be a thrilling clash between the two.

The two authors on this blog are:

Jonny Whitfield (admin)
Josh Newton (author)

In every week of the SL season, one author will be hosting coverage to four of the seven games that week, while the other author will cover the remaining three games for that week. This will alternate each week. In addition, each of an author's games will be a separate post each week entitled with the round number and also signed at the bottom with their name.

 The other games in the first week of the Super League season are:

• Hull FC vs Catalan Dragons
• Widnes Vikings vs London Broncos
• Hull Kingston Rovers vs Leeds Rhinos
• Salford Red Devils vs Wakefield Wildcats
• Bradford Bulls vs Castleford Tigers

For these opening games of the season, Josh will be covering:

• Warrington Wolves vs Saint Helens
• Bradford Bulls vs Castleford Tigers
• Hull FC vs Catalan Dragons
• Hull Kingston Rovers vs Leeds Rhinos

Jonny will be covering:

• Widnes Vikings vs London Broncos
• Wigan Warriors vs Huddersfield Giants
• Salford Red Devils vs Wakefield Wildcats

The full fixture list is available in the link provided below (note: posts will be made each week containing a fixture list for that particular week)



http://www.superleague.co.uk/



We hope you're ready for the upcoming season, we can't wait for the action to begin!!

And remember to post your comments below, we'll make sure to get back to you!!

Jonny Whitfield and Josh Newton

Introduction: Get ready for the new season

Welcome to the joint upper League blog!

From February 7th to the end of the season, coverage of the 2014 Super League season will be right here on this amazing blog!

Remember to post your comments at the end of every post and we'll make sure to get back to you!