Jason Robinson admits he’s “excited” by just how far women’s rugby league can go as it continues to grow in World Cup year.
The legendary ex-Wigan and England star was back in his home city of Leeds earlier this week to mark 150 days until the start of the tournament. He visited his first club, The Hunslet Club who were recipients of almost £20,000 of National Lottery funding as part of the RLWC2021 CreatedBy Grants Programme to help them upgrade facilities.
The new Betfred Women’s Super League season got up and running this week and Robinson spent time training with some of the sport’s aspiring players in Hunslet. When Covid struck, it had a big impact, with almost all of the 2020 WSL season written off. But Lottery funding helped see the sport through that rocky period and women and girls participation in rugby league has reportedly grown by 30 per cent compared to before the pandemic.
