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April 2010
Hull KR forge partnership with Scottish RL
Hull Kingston Rovers have struck a partnership with the Scottish Rugby League that will see the most talented players north of the border given the chance to realise their Super League dream. In a unique partnership that also incorporates the Hull Kingston Rovers Education and Sport Trust, the link-up will see the most talented youngsters identified and given the opportunity to pursue a career in rugby league with the East Yorkshire club.

Rugby League to complete summer switch in UK
Wednesday, 31 March 2010 06:48
By Ian Laybourn - Rugby league could complete a move away from winter by next season after officials claimed there was a groundswell of support for summer rugby.

Super League led the way with a switch to summer in 1996 and was followed by the semi-professional Championship and the pioneering Rugby League Conference, leaving the rest of the amateur game and the junior and schools competitions ploughing a lone furrow in the winter.

David Gent, the Rugby Football League's director of participation and strategic partnerships, is leading a consultation exercise with amateur governing bodies and youth organisations to assess the mood of the game and have an April 30 deadline to gauge support for the move.

RFL national development manager Andy Harland said: "There has been some very positive debate and I am sensing that the youth and junior clubs are the ones most keen to switch.

"There is no reason why it could not happen in time for next season. I haven't heard anybody who is against it."

Armed with a £29.4million windfall from Sport England, the RFL have set out an ambitious strategy to increase playing numbers by the end of 2012, when the grant is due for renewal.

Gent said the League have realistic plans to create 5,000 more teams and increase the number of adults playing the game from under 60,000 to more than 92,000 in the next two years.

RFL deny Toulouse rumours
Tuesday, 02 March 2010 05:41
The Rugby Football League have denied rumours that Toulouse do not have to appear in a Grand Final to be eligible to apply for Super League. Newspaper reports on Monday suggested that Toulouse had been told that they do not have to satisfy the on-field criteria - either winning the Northern Rail Cup or appearing in a Championship Grand Final - but the RFL say that this is not the case.

An RFL statement said: "The RFL has confirmed that Toulouse Olympique do need to appear in the 2010 Co-operative Championship Grand Final to earn the right to apply for a Super League licence from the 2012 season onwards.

"Contrary to some reports, the mechanism by which Toulouse can apply for a Super League licence remains unchanged from the position in 2008, when the last round of licensing was completed.

"Should they reach the Grand Final, Toulouse Olympique will also have to address factors that are not relevant to UK-based Championship clubs, including how a second French club can add to Super League."