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RL Cares inspires the stars of tomorrow at Rookie Camp
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RL Cares inspires the stars of tomorrow at Rookie Camp

The next generation of rugby league heroes were given an informative and insightful introduction to their new lives as professional athletes at the 2023 Rookie Camp. Organised and delivered by the independent charity Rugby League Cares, the Rookie Camp saw 70 first-year full-time professional players participate in a series of presentations and workshops designed to […]

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2022: a year of huge strides for player welfare
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2022: a year of huge strides for player welfare

Rugby league’s commitment to safeguarding the health and wellbeing of the sport’s most important stakeholders, its players, has continued to strengthen throughout 2022. Significant investment in player welfare services by Rugby League Cares has been accompanied by some outstanding work at club level, where an enlightened approach by chairmen and chief executives is seeing players […]

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RL Cares appoints full-time psychotherapist and counsellor
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RL Cares appoints full-time psychotherapist and counsellor

Rugby League Cares has strengthened its welfare and wellbeing team with the appointment of psychotherapist David Kirk. David joins the charity with a wealth of experience in counselling and psychotherapy support provision to athletes, having spent much of the last decade working alongside sportsmen and women across a wide range of sports including rugby league, […]

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Exciting new partnership opens up education careers to RL stars
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Exciting new partnership opens up education careers to RL stars

Rugby League Cares and the Carlton Academy Trust are delighted to announce details of an exciting partnership designed to help players make a successful transition into new careers once their playing days are over. RL Cares is an independent charity that delivers player welfare services to men and women rugby league players: one important feature […]

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Ahead of the Game helping Amy aim for World Cup glory
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Ahead of the Game helping Amy aim for World Cup glory

In this exclusive feature from Rugby League World magazine, our Community and Welfare Officer Amy Hardcastle outlines how delivering Movember Ahead of the Game for Rugby League Cares is fuelling her ambitions on the field… The dust had hardly settled on her spectacular start to the new women’s season before St Helens star Amy Hardcastle […]

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