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The greatest rugby league players in the sport’s 129-year history were celebrated in fitting style in October when Rugby League Cares hosted the 2024 ...

Rugby League Cares is pleased to announce Slater Heelis as sponsors of the 2024 Rugby League Hall of Fame dinner. The Manchester-based law firm, ...

Luke Bryan was left paralysed from the neck down after suffering a serious spinal injury in a seemingly innocuous tackle while playing for his local ...

Rugby League Cares and the Rugby Football League are delighted to announce Ellis Rugby as the official partner of the 2024 Hall of Fame Induction ...

Rugby League Cares is delighted to announce England Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup winner Lewis King as an Official Ambassador. The 39-year-old ...

In September 1973, Barrie Winrow suffered a devastating injury playing amateur rugby league for a local club in Wigan. Barrie damaged vertebrae in ...

The last senior British team to complete an Ashes series victory over Australia are to be recognised by becoming the first team to be inducted into ...

Four of the greatest players in the history of men’s and women’s Rugby League are to be granted the sport’s ultimate honour next month when they will ...

Rugby League Cares and the Rugby Football League are delighted to announce the identity of the first two inductees for 2024 into the sport’s most ...

John Burke was one of the hottest junior properties of the 1970s with a host of top clubs queueing up to sign him on professional forms. Although a ...

Tony Atherton suffered life-changing injuries after being kicked in the head playing for St Helens A team against Leigh in March 1974. His injury was ...

Following the heartbreaking death of Rob Burrow CBE, we know many people within the rugby league family will be experiencing grief and a sense of ...

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.