WLF Kicks! Episode 49: Departing London Skolars general manager Charlie de Haan

We discuss Ireland's star-studded build-up to the men's World Cup with York City Knights half Brendan O' Hagan.

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We discuss England's 18-4 win over Combined Nations All Stars with the victors' Liam Farrell and the losers' Shaun Kenny-Dowall. How is Shaun Wane's side placed with the tournament just four months away?

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The times they are a'changing in League 1 and for Charlie de Haan, the general manager of London Skolars, his three-and-a-half year tenure in the role is up. We talk to a fella who did not grow up on the game where he thinks the sport is headed, both generally and in London. Does League 1 have a future?

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We talk the upcoming Sydney Roosters premiership reunion, the passing of the great Dave Hadfield and - crucially - the crackdown on foul play in British rugby league. Not to be missed!

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Kirklees Council has reneged on an agreement to house the sport's museum at its birthplace, the George Hotel. Historian and key negotiator Tony Collins updates us on this train crash!

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| Was rugby league born as a social revolution on behalf of the working class or a cynical commercial endeavour by greedy northern rugby clubs? Historians Tom Mather and Tony Collins have diametrically opposed views on the issue |

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