Forty20 features thought-provoking articles by the game’s most respected writers and fascinating face-to-face interviews with rugby league’s most engaging personalities.

The trial issue is the first of rugby league's biggest year in decades: January 2013. Inside, Brian Noble takes a club-by-club look ahead to the Super League season ahead, while Gareth Walker does likewise with an equally historic Championships campaign.

Elsewhere, Angela Powers of Sky Sports grills Leeds skipper Kevin Sinfield on his surge in popularity; Andy Wilson profiles New Zealand's 'Mad Butcher'; St Helens prop Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook prepares for action; and Mike Rylance profiles a France side preparing for the World Cup.

Publishing wide-ranging and open-minded stories that are bright and witty, punchy and intelligent, Forty20 is unafraid to grapple with the big issues of rugby league.

June's Forty20 is here amid a mixture of sadness and delight.
Inside this month:
We pay tribute to the late great John Kear, friend of the magazine, who has sadly passed away
We hail a couple of Challenge Cup final wins for Wigan – in the men's and women's competitions
Trevor Baxter profiles this year's Lance Todd Trophy winner Jack Farrimond
Phil Caplan brings us up to speed on latest developments in forging a new NRL 'partnership'
Mike Rylance reports from the Super XIII final in Paris – and we report on Wigan's win over Catalans there
We preview next month's Magic Weekend, set for Everton, already guaranteed to be the biggest yet
George Clarke reports on the aftermath of State of Origin I – New South Wales in the box seat
Samoa feature in our World Cup preview, along with PNG and Scotland in the women's and wheelchair
Nigel Wiskar saw the Wembley finals on TV, Canada are on their way and Ian Boldsworth talks identity
All of that plus your usual favourite columnists and much else besides.
Welcome to June's Forty20. Summer starts here!