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[Honor James]

RUGBY LEAGUE EUROPEAN FEDERATION ANNOUNCE NEW APPOINTMENT

The Rugby League European Federation has announced, after its latest board meeting, that the current acting chairman and board member of the Rugby Football League, Maurice Watkins CBE, has been elected as the organisation’s chairman in succession to Richard Lewis.

Also chairman of the Greyhound Board of Great Britain and a former director of Manchester United, he has a wealth of experience in the sports governance sector. As Joint Senior Partner in a prominent law firm and a director of the British Association for Sport and Law, he has served as the FA Premier League’s representative on the Association of European Professional Football Leagues and is a Member of the Professional Football Negotiating and Consultative Committee for England and Wales (PFNCC).

“This a very exciting time for rugby league in the areas over which the RLEF has jurisdiction, one of unprecedented, concerted and structured expansion,” Watkins said.

“I hope to be able to bring guidance, direction and experience to the table of what is already a dynamic group. In only a short time I have sensed their passion for the game and how it is impacting on juniors and seniors throughout the regions it serves.”

He continued, “Having Italy in the forthcoming 2013 World Cup for the first time is an indication of what can be achieved. We have a broad canvas to work with and I am confident that we can make further significant progress.”

Among the other items on the agenda, Trinidad and Tobago were accepted as having Observer Status, building on the work being done in the Caribbean by Jamaica who played in the World Cup Qualifiers.

TTRL president Chad Simeon commented, “The Trinidad and Tobago Rugby League Association is delighted and honoured to be affiliated with the Rugby League European Federation.”

“This marks the birth of what we hope will be a long and fruitful relationship between the two bodies, raising the profile of the sport not only in the country but around the region. The ‘Bacchanal Boys’ are ready to step forward.”

PHIL CAPLAN
RLEF MEDIA OFFICER

[deluded pom?]

Trinidad and Tobago are a new one on me. Anyone else have any info on them?

[nadera78]

Trinidad and Tobago are a new one on me. Anyone else have any info on them?

Couple of islands in the Caribbean, just off the coast of venezuela, speak English, high crime rate, lots of oil, the original home of Carnival (forget about Rio) and apparently keen on playing RL. And my mother-in-law was born there.

Anything else you need?

[deluded pom?]

You're such a wag nad. You know what I meant. From a rugby league perspective.

[nadera78]

You're such a wag nad. You know what I meant. From a rugby league perspective.

Sorry dude, not a clue. I know they had a couple of lads playing in the old West Indies team, and I think they had a couple of taster sessions in Trinidad at the time. It might be that some Trini guys have been playing RL while at Uni in jamaica and now want to take it back home.