On this week’s Sportzone Dave Nixon discusses the impact of the high rates of Covid on the local fresh water fishing scene, his recent experience at Holker St where Barrow AFC entertained Leyton Orient.

Also his thoughts on the festival of rugby league which took place last weekend where St.Helens overcame the Catalan Dragons in the Grand Final and drew controversial comments about the standard of refereering from Bernard Gaush the Catalan Chairman, the promotion of Toulouse to Super League and Workington’s League 1 play off final victory over Doncaster.

Finally Dave expresses his thoughts on Barrow Raiders recent signings for the new Championship season which has been brought forward due to the RL World Cup and is now planned to start Jan 30^th 2022.