League secures huge award
RUGBY LEAGUE: Sport England today announced its Whole Sport Plan allocation to sports for the period 2009-13 - and Rugby League was celebrating the grant of the third-highest award of the 46 sports funded, a total in excess of £29 million. The RFL's Plan, drafted with the support of Wharton's Neil Tunnicliffe, demonstrated elements which clearly appealed to Sport England, including the institution of non-traditional forms of the game such as tag and wheelchair rugby, and a significant increase in female participation.
