• Previous union for players in Britain closed in October
• Huddersfields Luke Robinson calls for salary cap increaseThe head of the organisation that protects rugby league players in Australia has called for English-based players to form their own union in light of comments made by the Huddersfield hooker Luke Robinson in which he described the Rugby Football League as being “short-sighted.
Speaking this week,Robinson called for the salary cap in this country to be increased in order to attract the world’s best players and hit out at current player wages in the UK, saying: “Everything has gone up with inflation apart from our job. I assume that needs addressing.” Super League clubs can currently spend up to £1.825m on their salary cap, and while National Rugby League teams in Australia are able to spend upwards of $7m (£3.4m).
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Source: theguardian.com