All news by author: David Craven

Morgan Knowles had copped five separate bans in an eight-month period before a frank conversation with Saints boss Paul Wellens and hasn't since felt the force of the disciplinary board

St Helens have won four consecutive Super League Grand Finals and are still in the hunt to extend their remarkable run after beating Warrington 16-8 on Saturday

Champions Saints secure gritty 16-8 elimination play-offs win over Warrington to send retiring hooker Roby off in style in final home outing and set up Super League semi-final date at Catalans

Aussie hooker shrugs off illness to inspire Robins to a 20-6 play-offs win that ends the season of their Challenge Cup final conquerors and leaves them just 80 minutes away from Old Trafford

England full-back, 22, knows it's win-or-bust when champions take on Warrington in Saturday's play-off eliminator but confident they can win the title from third for the first time

While Super League play-offs rivals Leigh laud it in sports cars, East Yorkshire club are ready to keep it gritty as they bid for Old Trafford

Australian stand-off, 22, admits he still can't shake Challenge Cup final heartache against Leigh Leopards but it's made him and his side stronger ahead of Friday's rematch in the Super League play-offs as he looks to head to Penrith Panthers as a Grand Final winner

Aussie prop, 27, was once deemed too small to make it in the professional game but - spurred on by his dad - has now won the Challenge Cup and Dream Team recognition ahead of crunch play-off tie at Hull KR and also hopes to represent Tonga against England

The legendary hooker, 37, makes his last-ever home appearance for the club in their play-off eliminator against Warrington and - if it goes wrong - it will also be the end of his glorious career, something he hopes to ensure doesn't happen just yet

The former England stand-off, who starred with the likes of Wigan, Warrington and Huddersfield, has assessed all of the six Betfred Super League play-off contenders on the road to Old Trafford

Melbourne Storm forward Tariq Sims, 33, will link up with French club next season, following in footsteps of brothers Ashton and Korbin who both played in Super League

Ex-England winger, 32, has enjoyed a brilliant season, winning the Challenge Cup, scoring 29 tries and earning a Dream Team jersey just 18 months after almost quitting rugby league completely but he's not done yet with Super League play-offs to come

The match-winning touchdown in the League Leaders' Shield, a try-scoring England debut and named in the Super League Dream Team, Jake Wardle's move from Huddersfield Giants couldn't have gone any better

England captain George Williams misses out as Challenge Cup winners Leigh dominate Dream Team and Wigan's Bevan French gets nod at No.6

Matt Ellis has agreed his takeover of Wakefield Trinity and promised to bring the good times back to the club after their relegation from Super League was confirmed

Wigan have finished top of the Super League table by virtue of points difference having hung on to claim a 10-6 victory at local rivals Leigh on the final night of the regular season

Ex-Great Britain scrum-half, who has worked as an assistant at Leeds, St Helens, Wakefield and Harlequins RU, could be set to take over at League 1 outfit Oldham

Winger, 19, has been shortlisted for Women's Super League Young Player of the Year and has been working in a reptile shop but it's success in Saturday's semi-final against Wigan Warriors that's uppermost in her mind

England second-row, 22, heads off to Australia at the end of the season but aims to bow out with his first piece of silevrware before doing so

Popular Aussie second-row, 36, is calling time on his career against Warrington and will be in good company as he explains highs and lows and reasons for heading home

Ex-England captain, 34, "stumbled" across old vineyard and is now prepping it for life after rugby league

Reigning Man of Steel Croft knows only a win in Salford's final league game of the season against joint-leaders Catalans gives them a chance of making the play-offs

England stand-off, 27, is back from injury but can't get past Aussie Brad Schneider in battle for starting spot and is now striving to make his mark as a ball-playing forward off the bench as Rovers bid for Old Trafford

With so much at stake on Friday night, we look at all the six remaining fixtures, who might win the battle for the League Leaders' Shield, who could claim the last play-off spot and which team might have to plot their way to Old Trafford the hard way

Warrington star Williams will skipper his country against Tonga after the conclusion of the Super League season - with the Wolves' playoff fate still in the balance