LEIGH Centurions have appointed Garreth Carvell as the club’s new head of rugby ahead of the 2021 Betfred Super League season. Carvell, 40, has a wide-ranging role, supporting operations manager Neil Jukes and head coach John Duffy and his coaching and support staff. He will be responsible for all aspects of player welfare, recruitment, discipline and RFL issues and have a pivotal role in the Club’s application for an academy licence. Leigh Centurions owner Derek Beaumont said: “As a result of the successful application to the Betfred Super League, a lot of additional work we want to undertake was identified, in order to build a successful and sustainable Super League club.
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Sonny Bill Williams talks with his Toronto Wolfpack head coach Brian McDermott after a Super League game against the Castleford Tigers. Toronto were big spenders in their maiden season, with New Zealand dual code international Sonny Bill Williams their major marquee signing on a reported $10 million two-season contract. England s
League Express newspaper reported that Argyle was believed to have made a commitment to ensure that the club’s former players did receive some of the money they are owed . The Wolfpack players have now gone eight months without pay. However,
The Toronto Star reported on Monday (Tuesday NZ time) that a resolution could be in sight.
SALFORD, United Kingdom — Former Toronto Wolfpack star forward Darcy Lussick has joined the Salford Red Devils on a one-year contract.The move reunites the Australian prop with former Wolfpack . . .
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Leeds Rhinos New Zealand-born prop Ava Seumanufagai with the Challenge Cup trophy after a 2020 grand final win over Salford.
Wellington-born former NRL prop Ava Seumanufagai has left the Leeds Rhinos to be beside his daughter in Australia in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Leeds confirmed the 29-year-old Wainuiomata Lions junior - a 2020 Challenge Cup final winner with the Rhinos - had been released from the last year of his contract so he could stay with his daughter. British reports indicated Seumanufagai had requested a release because travel restrictions during the pandemic would have made it difficult for him to see his child.