IT must be about 25 years ago now that I was present at a regular meeting of the Leeds & District League, as a club delegate, at which Frank Robinson set out his case for the launch of an organisation to take over the running of the amateur game from BARLA.
Frank was unhappy about the way that the British Amateur Rugby League Association was going about its business at that time. I forget what his exact gripe was (in truth there’s almost always something going on in any organisation, in any walk of life, that’s upsetting somebody or other) but he certainly felt strongly about it.