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State of Origin update

ebbs — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:57:09 +0000

The State of Origin series for 2009 has a change of venue for the first fixture on the 3 June and. This was originally shown as being at ANZ Stadium but is now at the Etihad Stadium which most readers will probably know better as the Telstra Dome Melbourne.
The second is now at ANZ with a date change as well and the third fixture is at Suncorp also with a date change.

The Three Fuxtures are:

Game 1 Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, 3rd June 2009

Game 2 ANZ Stadium, Sydney, 24th June 2009

Game 3 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, 15th July 2009

St. Helens stay on track with win against Salford

ebbs — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:16:48 +0000

St Helens had a comfortable run out against Salford scoring 4 first half tries through Jon Wilkin (2), Leon Price and Chris Flannery to go in at half-time 20-0 up.
The second period they perhaps sat back a bit as they ran in further scores by Ade Gardner, James Graham and Keiron Cunningham. Salford did manage two scores of their own through Karl Fitzpatrick and Andrew Thornley, both converted by Stefan Ratchford to give us the final score of:

St Helens 38-12 Salford

Scorers

St Helens (20) 38
Tries: Wilkin 2, Pryce, Flannery, Gardner, Graham, Cunningham Goals: Long 5

Salford (0) 12
Tries: Fitzpatrick, Thornley Goals: Ratchford 2

Teams

St Helens: Wellens, Gardner, Gidley, Flannery, Wheeler, Pryce, Long, Graham, Cunningham, Hargreaves, Wilkin, Dixon, Clough.
Replacements: Cayless, Roby, Ashurst, Emmitt.

Salford: Fitzpatrick, Henry, Littler, Turner, Ratchford, Smith, Paul, Cashmere, Alker, Stapleton, Adamson, Parker, Swain.
Replacements: Leuluai, Thornley, Nash, Sidlow.

Referee: R Silverwood (Dewsbury)

2009 Season Key Dates

ebbs — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:36:36 +0000

With the new season about to kick-off, we thought we would share all the key dates and venues for the coming year.

March 1 Carnnegie World Challenge Leeds Rhinos v Manly Sea Eagles at Elland Road
May 2-3 Magic weekend the full round of engage Super league matches at Murrayfield Edinburgh
July 12 Northern Rail Cup Final Blackpool
August 29 Carnegie Challenge Cup Final Wembley
October 4 Co-Operative Championship Finals
October 10 Super League Grand Final Old Trafford
October 24 to November 14 Four Nations Series at venues in England and France tbc

Hornets voted into administration

ebbs — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:31:23 +0000

Shareholders have voted to put hard-up Championship One side Rochdale Hornets into administration. This allows the club to avoid a winding-up order by the Inland Revenue over a £55,000 debt which was due to be heard in the High Court on Wednesday.

Rochdale chief executive Ken Oldham said: (quote)Going into administration was the preferred option. We are talking to the football club about forming a new company but it won’t be a merger, as there would still be two separate companies but the football club may have a director on the new board.(end quote)

The Hornets, one of 20 founder members of the Rugby League in 1895, will continue to prepare for their season opener in the Northern Rail Cup against Oldham at Boundary Park on 8 February. However they still face automatic suspension by the Rugby Football League and could face more sanctions if no rescuer is found.

Rochdale clubs hold merger talks

ebbs — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:00:21 +0000

Officials from football side Rochdale AFC and rugby league’s Rochdale Hornets have held talks over a proposed merger.

Details were discussed at a meeting last week, as Rochdale AFC look at the possibility of taking over the running of the cash-strapped Hornets.

National League Two side Hornets have been served with an Inland Revenue winding-up order for £55,000.

Rochdale AFC chairman Chris Dunphy told BBC Radio Manchester (quote)I’ve been trying to put together a plan, it explores the possibility of keeping the name Rochdale Hornets alive. From what little information I do know, it does seem they are struggling at the moment. Really, it is just a case of having a contingency plan if they do fail in managing to keep the club alive then we can explore the possibility of keeping the club alive in Rochdale.(end Quote)

The two clubs have ground-shared at Spotland since 1988, when the rugby club’s Athletic Grounds was sold.

Massive Funding Boost For league

ebbs — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:46:35 +0000

Touch rugby is at the heart of a new initiative by the Rugby Football League (RFL) to increase the numbers of adults involved in the game.

Rugby league has emerged as one of the biggest winners of a record £480 million public investment in sport linking grants over the next four years to increased participation among adults. The sport, has been given an extra £10.9 million or a 59 per cent increase in the allocations announced by Sport England for the 2009-13 period. The RFL is now the best publicly supported national governing body after the England and Wales Cricket Board and the Rugby Football Union.

It is hoped that touch rugby league will help to get more people involved in the sport and for its bit, the RFL aims nearly to double the number of players. It is an ambitious programme for a sport that has struggled to excite many beyond its heartland in the North. The key to its success lies in attracting more women to touch rugby. The target is to increase the number of registered female players from 3,975, most of whom play full contact, to 25,200 over the next four years. Julia Lee, the RFL’s community development manager, said (quote)We researched it and found that in New Zealand and Australia, touch is one of the major sports for women
apart from netball, it is a good thing to keep you fit and healthy and it’s social.
Part of the revamp will mean the women’s competitive rugby league is moved to similar timings to the Super League between April and October instead of the winter months of mud and cold,plus dark nights(end quote).

The RFL hopes to increase the men’s participation base from 53,687 to 83,520 as it seeks to attract more players beyond its core regions. Sport England will audit the RFL’s progress on a quarterly basis, along with all the sports in receipt of Exchequer and Lottery funding.