Brian Carney

Rugby League Expert & Columnist

Articles by Brian Carney

Brian Carney on Toulouse and York joining the expanded BetFred Super League

Analysis

Carney: London snub 'fair' but new Super League duo face 'financial pain'

Shaun Wane says he believes he is the right man to stay in the top job for the Rugby League World Cup

Opinion

Wane and the burden of his own Ashes benchmark

England will be looking to avoid a series whitewash in the third Test

Another Ashes series loss: Only thing alive in this dead rubber is post-mortem

Promised the earth, delivered an atlas: England reeling from opening Ashes defeat

England will take on Australia in the Rugby League Ashes for the first time since 2003

'Fortune favours the brave' - England must seize golden opportunity at Wembley

Carney and Wilkin call out 'rank' Salford silence after crisis period

Opinion

Super League pundit rewind: Highlights, shocks, and looking forward to 2025

Danny Ward will be guest on Friday's live Super League broadcast

Carney: World Cup, Ward and Rhinos

George Williams has been released early from his contract with the Canberra Raiders. Where in Super League might he end up?

Carney: Where next for George Williams?

Salford and Wigan were among the Super League teams who faced off in pre-season games over the weekend

Carney: Signposts for new Super League season

The 2021 NRL season kicks off on Thursday, with a list of eight new rules or rule alterations to be enforced

Carney: NRL rule tinkering could damage the sport

Steve Price will leave Warrington at the end of the 2021 Super League season

Carney: What next for the Wolves after Price?

Stevie Ward has been forced to retire due to the effects of concussion

Carney: Clamp down on dangerous tackles

Toronto Wolfpack helped grow the sport in Canada

Carney disappointed at Toronto decision

Toronto Wolfpack

Carney: Toronto deserve a fair hearing

Brian Carney ponders whether splitting games into quarters would work in rugby league

Carney: Would quarters work in RL?

Sky Sports presenter Brian Carney examines the big issues ahead of Super League's return

Carney: Super League is up for grabs

Brian Carney cannot wait for the Super League season to restart

Carney: I'm really excited for restart

Australian great Greg Inglis will join Warrington in 2021

Carney: Inglis signing 'uplifting news'

Brian Carney and Phil Clarke debate the injury risk of playing midweek matches

Carney and Clarke: Player welfare debate

The Red Bull Arena could host games for the New York professional rugby league team

Carney questions New York plans

Wayne Bennett has caused controversy with his Great Britain selection policy

Carney: Is Bennett rugby league's Ratner?

'Sonny Bill the biggest signing in SL history'

Toronto Wolfpack coach Brian McDermott is set to return to Headingley for the first time since being sacked as Leeds Rhinos coach in Round 6 of the Betfred Super League

McDermott's return excites Carney

Joe Philbin is an established Ireland international

Carney: Put countries before clubs

Brian Carney assesses the chances of Ian Watson and Justin Holbrook's teams

Carney's case for and against Salford

Brian Carney expects Tony Clubb to be at the heart of the action for Wigan against Salford

Carney: Clubb can make sparks fly

Sky Sports' Brian Carney urged Wigan's players to 'buck-up their ideas' after a number of off-field incidents

Carney: Wigan players a disgrace

Will George Williams leave Wigan at the end of this season?

'Williams' NRL move distracting Wigan'

Wigan's pack is a topic under Carney's spotlight this week

Carney on Wigan's potent pack

Super League giants Wigan and Leeds will square up in front of the Sky Sports cameras on Friday night

Carney's Super League Preview

Former Saints star Ben Barba has been handed a lifetime ban by the NRL

Carney questions timing of Barba ban

Which player has produced the greatest Grand Final individual performance? Vote below!

VOTE: Grand Final greatest performance

Four players who have the opportunity to take their game to the next level in the Super League semi-finals

Carney: Chance to reach new heights

Wolves can't afford to rely solely on the return of Daryl Clark if they are to achieve semi-final success, says Brian Carney

Carney can't wait for semi-finals

Robert Elstone and Ralph Rimmer joined Brian Carney on the final Golden Point episode of the season

LISTEN: Golden Point Fan Special

Hull hit a new low in a 'startlingly poor' display at Warrington, says Brian Carney

Brian Carney's talking points

Catalans fans will hope their team can build on the Wembley success

Carney on Catalans' cup win

Has the awarding of Man of Steel turned into a farce?

Brian Carney's talking points

Brian Carney hopes the Dragons fans make the trip across the Channel for the Challenge Cup final

Brian Carney's talking points

Which other Championship sides will join Toronto in what looks set to be an explosive Qualifiers series?

Carney: Qualifiers will be fascinating

Leeds are in real danger of ending the season in the Qualifiers rather than the Super 8s

Brian Carney's eye-catchers

Recruitment is a vastly tricky process for Super League clubs

Carney on Super League recruitment

Brian McDermott was sacked by Leeds on Monday, something Sky Sports' Brian Carney cannot understand

'McDermott axing an epic mistake'