A Cat in hell’s chance

CATALANS Dragons are proving very difficult to finish off. Tonight, they will continue their bid to win Super League via a play-off system so convoluted that even HM Revenue and Customs might dismiss it as overly-complicated.

Not this year. Nor next year, nor the year after

WIDNES Vikings are entitled to feel a little miffed tonight, after being denied a Super League franchise. And their fans are more than a little miffed.

Dwain Chambers to Dictionary Corner

MAYBE this is just a sign of how gullible I was as a youngster, but one of the most convincing April Fool jokes I ever came across was back in the 1980s, when Shoot! magazine ran a two-page article – and interview – claiming that Ian Rush had moved from Liverpool to Everton.