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It requires special qualities to become a professional Rugby League player: dedication, commitment, application and natural ability are all common traits of the heroes who thrill crowds and TV viewers week in, week out. So, too, is luck, especially when it comes to avoiding those cruel bi-products that are an inevitable feature of a tough, […]
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Rugby League Cares is enhancing its support for players who are approaching, or who have recently reached the end of their playing careers by recruiting a team of highly skilled player mentors. The charity’s newly-designed Player Mentor Programme sets out to smooth many of the difficulties players often face when it comes to forging new […]
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Rugby League Cares has agreed with the Rugby Football League and Super League (Europe) to establish a special fund to support Toronto Wolfpack players suffering hardship caused by the club’s collapse. The hardship fund will be administered by the independent charity RL Cares, who will award grants to help players deal with their most pressing […]
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Rugby League Cares is relaunching its Player Welfare Programme to provide even more comprehensive levels of support to the sport’s most important stakeholders: its players. RL Cares is an independent charity partly funded by the RFL and Super League which has had responsibility for welfare provision to professional and semi-professional players since early 2019. That […]
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Rugby League Cares awarded over £20,000 in education and training grants in September to help players prepare for life after rugby at the end of their playing careers. A total of 25 players from Super League, Championship and League One clubs, plus recently retired players, were offered financial assistance with a wide range of vocational […]
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