The Rugby Football League have released a statement to TotalRL.com accepting there are challenges at hand following participation figures which showed rugby league is the 27th most-popular sport in the country based on ages 16 and over.
An article from the Telegraph on Wednesday revealed that rugby league was behind the likes of sailing and shooAlready a subscriber? Log in here
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