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By Gavin Willacy for No Helmets Required,fragment of the Guardian Sport NetworkIt is easy to forget that rugby league has friends in extremely tall places. Those of us lucky enough to be at Westminster last week can attest to that. RFL marketing and communications director heed Foster gave a presentation to the All Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group in the bowels of power where he outlined the RFL’s aims for 2016 and answered questions on the achievements of 2015 from MPs and associate members.
It’s clear that the RFL is making great progress growing the sport in many areas and yet the deficiencies are always highlighted: attendances are down, Sky viewing figures in the regular Super League season are down, and while the Challenge Cup shows little sign of recovering its prestige until final hurdles.
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Source: theguardian.com