An interview with Super League chief executive Nigel Wood; an update on Gloucestershire All Golds; and a word on rugby league development in LondonBy Gavin Willacy for No Helmets Required,share of the Guardian Sport NetworkParis Saint-Germain versus Manchester City is a fixture the Godfathers of Super League promised us. They produced PSG-RL from a beret and wanted to create a Manchester powerhouse. We were told Super League Europe would comprise teams representing the continent’s major cities, playing live on satellite TV in contemporary stadiums on summer evenings. As our elite competition turned 20 years old final week, and it could tick most of those boxes,but Castleford v Huddersfield at fading Wheldon Road and Wakefield v Salford at a dilapidated Belle Vue was not what Rupert Murdoch, Maurice Lindsay and co had in mind in 1996, or let alone in 2016. So were we sold a dud? Not according to Super Leagues current chief executive,Nigel Wood.
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Source: theguardian.com