Me the player

Unlock the science behind sleep and its impact on peak performance in Rugby League. Learn how sleep sharpens your mind, boosts recovery, and fuels ...

Featherstone Rovers has a long and proud reputation as a club that is embedded within the heart of its community. Not so long ago, most of the ...

This blog post and podcast, originally published by the Professional Association of Athlete Development Specialists (PAADS), delves into the success ...

Even the toughest athletes face mental hurdles. Shaun Lane, a professional rugby league player for the Parramatta Eels, is no exception. This ...

Rugby League Cares maintains strong contacts with the NRL's player welfare team as part of the charity's commitment to provide world class levels of ...

The value of families and friendships shone through when many of the sport’s exciting new arrivals for 2024 met up at the year’s first meeting of the ...

Warrington Wolves winger or full-back Josh Thewlis chats about his own personal development, the motivation and ambitions that drive him and his ...

On my recent fact-finding trip to Australia I caught up with former Castleford Tigers player Dean Widders, who now works as Indigenous Player Welfare ...

Oceania UK is a group established to forge strong community links between players and families who have moved to the UK from the Pacific Islands.

It's all too easy for players to lose touch with their former team-mates post-retirement, and for players to lose the fitness levels that have been a ...

The Rugby League Lions roared with pride at their annual reunion lunch in January when 450 people came together for a memorable event held at The ...

Retirement from professional sports is a significant milestone that every player eventually confronts.

Embarking on a career in sports performance is undoubtedly thrilling, yet it brings forth a unique set of challenges, especially for young ...

Rob Burrow asks the questions few others dare to ask, and gets some surprising and often very funny answers in his brilliant seven-part series of ...

All Super League clubs and many Championship and League 1 clubs have dedicated club chaplains - but what does a chaplain do?

In October 2022, Kevin Sinfield was a guest on the long-running BBC Radio 4 series Desert Island Discs.

In this podcast from Freshly Ground, Kiwi superstar Sonny Bill Williams talks about his childhood and his journey towards Islam.

Sports Chaplaincy UK is a Bradford-based charity that provides pastoral and spiritual care to professional and amateur sportsmen and sportswomen in ...

In this three-minute video, mental skills coach Zane Winslade discusses athletic and personal identities and the value of developing both...

In this interview with Guardian journalist Aaron Bower, Jamie Jones-Buchanan discusses his Christian faith and explains how it has had a powerful ...

Former Batley, Wakefield and Dewsbury forward Keegan Hirst discusses identity, belonging, loneliness and hope.

Pacific Islanders encompass a wide range of cultural groups and nationalities from Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean.