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Waring travelled on HMS Indomitable with the Great Britain national rugby league team on the first post-war tour of Australia. Returning home via the United States, he met Bob Hope, who alerted him to the success of televised sport. This is believed to have convinced him that television would be crucial for rugby league's long-term success.
All rugby league players must be particularly physically fit and tough because of the game's fast pace and the expansive size of the playing-field as well as the inherently rough physical contact involved. Depending on his exact role or position, a player's size, strength and/or speed can provide different advantages (or disadvantages).
Kells A.R.L.F.C. is an amateur rugby league football club based in Kells, Whitehaven. The club's first team plays in the National Conference League. Kells Amateur Rugby League Football Club were first formed in 1931, and played in the Cumberland League winning every trophy for a number of years. Kells left the Cumberland League in 2012 to start ...
The 2025 Women's Challenge Cup (sponsored as the Betfred Women's Challenge Cup) is the 13th staging of the Rugby Football League's cup competition for women's rugby league clubs. Format [ edit ]
A number of years ago, Jones-Buchanan began an interest in journalism and reporting on sport and Rugby League in general. What began as a blog on the Rhinos official website soon became a monthly column in Rugby League magazine Rugby League World. From here Jones-Buchanan joined forces with childhood friend Alex Simmons on a new TV and radio ...
This was the third season of rugby league's League Cup competition, which for sponsorship reasons was known as the Players No.6 Trophy. Warrington won the final, beating Rochdale Hornets by the score of 27–16 in the match played at Central Park , Wigan .
In July 2019 Whitcombe was promoted to Leicester's development squad and became a full time rugby player. [10] He spent the 2019–2020 season on loan with Leicester Lions in National League 2 South, [8] and was named the league's Young player of the season. [11] He signed new contracts with Leicester in May 2020, [12] and March 2021. [13]
Kevin Longbottom (23 December 1940 – 13 January 1986) was an Aboriginal Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s. Longbottom was known by the nickname "Lummy" and was renowned for his long-range goal kicking, [2] sometimes even kicking goals from further than the halfway line. [3]