By JON NEWCOMBE

SHEFFIELD Tigers DoR Jack Howieson is trying to implement a hybrid brand of rugby that takes the best from Rugby Union and League.
Howieson is six weeks into his role at Dore Moor and wins over Bourneville, Blaydon and Loughborough, followed by a narrow loss at Tynedale last week, suggest the players are taking his ideas on board.
Howieson, from Hemel Hempstead, has a love of all things rugby – whatever the code. He spent 13 years as a pro RL player at Sheffield Eagles and is related to former Scotland RU internationals, Derrick and Oliver Grant.
Once a promising...