{"id":801253,"date":"2026-10-13T13:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T13:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/801253\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T13:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T13:06:09","slug":"council-set-to-agree-500k-for-featherstones-rugby-league-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/801253\/","title":{"rendered":"Council set to agree \u00a3500k for Featherstone&#8217;s rugby league rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">An RFL spokesperson said: &#8220;We are grateful to Wakefield Council for enabling the release of Resilience Funding to support the future of Rugby League in Featherstone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We have worked closely over the last nine months, and we are mindful that we will be in receipt of public money to support this.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Therefore, more than ever, we must ensure we ourselves believe there is a viable sustainable future. We remain hopeful we can find a solution to bring Featherstone Rovers RLFC back to the town.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The council&#8217;s contribution would be match-funded by the RFL, with discussions also taking place regarding potential additional support from national funding bodies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lukasz Borcz, cabinet member for leisure and sport, said: &#8220;Rugby league has played an important role in the sporting and community life of the town for generations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;These proposals are about protecting rugby league heritage in Featherstone and protecting facilities that are valued by local people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The use of funding from the Rugby League Resilience Fund will help to establish a sustainable professional future for the game in the town.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An RFL spokesperson said: &#8220;We are grateful to Wakefield Council for enabling the release of Resilience Funding to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":801254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-801253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/801254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}