Ask anyone who’s been to a game at Headingley, the Jungle, or Craven Park, and they’ll tell you the same thing: northern England crowds do rugby league differently. It’s not about giant screens, booming pyrotechnics, or “game-day experiences.” It’s about heart, voice, and a very stubborn refusal to sit down when the game gets tense.…
There’s a certain magic number for sports leagues — and in rugby league’s Super League, that number has long been 12. It’s not perfect, but it works. It keeps the fixture list balanced, the standard high, and the calendar from collapsing under its own weight. And yet, still came the announcement about changing Super League…