Why rugby league is more than a game – The Yorkshire Post says

Ever reliant on the benevolence of fans, it’s more than a game. Even those at the upper echelons of the Super League are the focal point of their local areas – a place for families and groups to meet and share their many interests.

And with the sport in abeyance as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown, it is welcome that the Government has made available a £16m loan to clubs to ensure their survival, and that they are still there for their loyal followers, when the country does finally emerge from this pandemic.

An unprecedented move, it also shows that Boris Johnson still has his eye on the ball after spending the last election persuading rugby league fans in these parts to convert from Labour to Tory.

Perhaps he’s a secret fan after all.

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