Wildboars: Big dreams and brutal lessons from rugby league’s frontline

After yet another financial scandal leaves a proud rugby league town humiliated, a mysterious benefactor steps forward with an ambitious plan: keep the old stadium, but build a completely new club from the ashes. Enter Wildboars — a rebranded team starting again in the sport’s unforgiving third tier.

Tasked with running the club day-to-day is Helen Rosenfeld, a talented young executive with strong principles and a determination to restore honesty and professionalism to a game too often scarred by chaos and corruption. But noble intentions are quickly tested. Veteran coach Ray Fairburn demands greater investment in the squad, insisting survival depends on immediate success on the field. As pressure mounts from supporters, players, and investors alike, Helen finds her moral compass increasingly challenged.

The tension intensifies when controversial former Super League star Gav O’Doherty arrives under a cloud of scandal. His signing brings hope, scrutiny, and fresh complications in equal measure.

Blending hard-edged realism with humour, loyalty, ambition, and moral conflict, Wildboars explores what happens when a town desperate for redemption places all its hopes in a brand-new team.