The Rugby Football League

We’re delighted to be one of more than 200 bodies, athletes, businesses and charities across health, sport, recreation, and physical activity that have written an open letter to party leaders calling on them to use the General Election to #TakeTheLead and commit to making the UK the most active nation in Europe. The letter outlines the urgent need as well as the “unique opportunity” for any new Government to unlock the full potential of the sport, recreation and physical activity sector, in a move that would be “transformative for communities across the UK”. Find out more ➡https://lnkd.in/e5XR5X4c 🤝 Sport and Recreation Alliance

🏆  The 2024 Betfred Challenge Cup Finals 👥 64,845 total attendance - including the highest Challenge Cup Final crowd since 2017 and a new Women’s record 📺 Peak UK Live TV Audience of over 1.6m

🏉 The Rugby Football League are looking to recruit a Finance Assistant! 👉 https://bit.ly/44LHC3X

❗️The Rugby Football League are hiring! 🏉 We are excited to share an opportunity for a Director of Talent & Performance to join our Executive team. Find out more details here 👉 https://bit.ly/3QvPy3t

Last week Leeds Rhinos Rugby League Club announced a major commitment to environmental sustainability in #RugbyLeague. Today, were were delighted to represent the whole game, alongside delegates from across the sporting world, at the British Association for Sustainable Sport annual conference in #Manchester. #ClimateChange is a threat to all of us, and we're putting environmental sustainability at the heart of everything we do.

Dave Rotheram will next week end more than two decades of work with the Rugby Football League when he stands down as the governing body’s Chief On-Field Officer. Rotheram, who was a schoolteacher in London when he played in the capital for Fulham, Crusaders and Broncos in the early 1990s, has made the decision to return to education. He joined the RFL as National Player Development Manager in 2009, after a range of coaching experience with Scotland, London, Whitehaven, Workington and St Helens – and has been Chief On-Field Officer since March 2020. Before 2009, he had been a regular figure on National Talent Camps from the late 1990s, and coached England Schools in 2002 and 2003. The RFL has begun the process of recruiting a new Director of Talent and Performance, to provide vision, leadership and direction to the three programmes of the England Performance Unit – Men’s, Women’s and Wheelchair – with the position to be advertised next week.

♿ Today is #InternationalWheelchairDay and an opportunity for us to celebrate Wheelchair Rugby League! 📈 Wheelchair Rugby League has seen a surge in popularity over the last few years thanks - in part - to playing a significant role in the most inclusive Rugby League World Cup ever in 2022, a competition with England lifted in dramatic fashion on home soil thanks to a last-gasp Tom Halliwell OBE try! 🏆 The domestic game has continued to grow and a restructure for 2024 will see five teams - Halifax Panthers Rugby League, Hull FC, Leeds Rhinos Rugby League Club, London Roosters and reigning champions Wigan Warriors Rugby League Club Warriors - compete in the Betfred Wheelchair Super League with fixtures being released later today. 🇫🇷 Last year saw the Betfred #ChallengeCup trophy head to France for the very first time as Dragons Catalans were victorious. Details of their 2024 defence will also be released later today. 👑 Wheelchair Rugby League was even handed the royal seal of by HRH The Princess of Wales late last year as she got involved in a Wheelchair Rugby League session organised by Hull FC Community Foundation.

🔢 Some key numbers recorded in 2023! 🤝 Rewards4

🏉 The Rugby Football League are looking for an Independent Non-Executive Director. 👉 https://bit.ly/3vSNmeI

🏉 The Rugby Football League are currently looking to recruit a Head of Match Officials 👉 https://bit.ly/48p8RCs