Kevin Sinfield left an indelible mark on English rugby league during his career as a player, but if Leeds Rhinos lift the women’s Challenge Cup on Saturday and England follow suit in the Rugby League World Cup this autumn, a conversation Sinfield held three years ago will have undoubtedly played a part.
It was late-2019 when Courtney Winfield-Hill considered ending her stint as one of the pioneering stars of the Women’s Super League and potentially returning to the sport where she initially made her name back home in Australia. A former star of the Big Bash League, Winfield-Hill wondered if it was the right time to pursue a cricketing career once again. “The financial rewards were a lot higher, getting a contract to play cricket in England, but what Kevin said kept gnawing away at me,” Winfield-Hill explains.
