£500k rescue bid to bring Featherstone Rovers back from the brink
Wakefield Council is preparing to commit £500,000 of public money to help secure the future of professional rugby league in Featherstone, as efforts continue to revive the historic club after its collapse into administration.
The council’s cabinet is being asked to approve the funding from its Rugby League Resilience Fund to the Rugby Football League (RFL), which plans to purchase Post Office Road and associated assets through the RFL Facilities Trust. The money would be conditional on the RFL pro... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
