WORLD CUP BOOST ALREADY BANKED
Talking Grass Roots
with PHIL HODGSON
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YET more excellent news to relay on the 2021 Rugby League World Cup and, as previously, not related to hoped-for action on the field of play, which seems to be still very much up in the air.
I’ve written before that the autumn’s World Cup will have been a huge success even if, because of on-going Covid-19 issues, it doesn’t go ahead as scheduled.
It will have been a success because of its legacy, which has been added to by the announcement last week of still more awards through the CreatedBy Small Grants scheme.
Amateur clubs, schools, universities, colleges, foundations and leagues have all benefited through World Cup funding, which has been facilitated through a partnership involving the Rugby Football League, Rugby League World Cup 2021, the National Lottery, Sport England and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, and a further £200,000-plus was celebrated last week, with awards granted to grassroots recipients at all points north, south, east and west in England.