I see that annual Sports Council funding to the RL has been cut by one million pounds per year. The reason given is that number of participants in the sport has halved in 12 months.

I was talking to someone the other night who currently plays amateur RL, who will not continue when the sport moves to summer.

Will this move result in even less participation???

Under the current administration:

Is Rugby League dyeing on it's feet???

Sorry everyone. Just read the article in a bit more detail. The reduction is one miilion pounds over 2 years and the halving of players particpating in sport at least once each week has occurred from 2008 to (Apr 2010 - Apr 2011)

I can't think of any reason why moving the sport to summer would lead to less participation.

There are many problems in RL, but not playing rugby league through Britains deep, dark, wet, cold horrible winter isn't one of them.



Who knows what they're doing to their hair or clothes...

If we are to keep the unloved franchise system to decide who should play in our top league then why don't the RFL have it wriiten in the franchise that each club must have x amounts of school children playing the sports in a 3 year period and have them affiliated to the town/citys RL club who is bidding for a franchise.

The RFU had £1million reduction aswell earlier this year for the same reason, as did the Basketball.

So where is that money going now?

I though RL was expanding down south? Is this a myth?

The RFL claim that more people are playing than ever, just not the 10 games a year (I think it's 10) required to qualify as sustained participation.

TK-L isn't playing down there these days, is he?