TIME TO WORK TOGETHER!
NIGEL WOOD is already the Chairman of RL Commercial and he is expected to become the Chairman of the Rugby Football League at the governing body's annual general meeting tomorrow (Tuesday). In this article he sets out his ambitions for the game moving forward.
THREE months or so ago, the members of the RFL, the professional clubs and community game came together and asked for a Club Led Strategic Review.
No doubt there were several reasons for this, but fundamentally it is no more complicated than that the clubs had lost confidence in the direction the sport was taking and in the boards of the corporate structures that were supervising the centre's performance.
The external challenges are clear to all and the clubs are looking for a governing body that can chart a plan for growth and make our sport an investable proposition, whether by internal benefactors or external investors. In short, we need to re-discover our plan for growth.