‘For parents who want to engage their children in the key major sports, there is nowhere to hide in terms of limiting the exposure of junk food advertising. There’s something intrinsically not right about that’

The NSW Rugby League’s Multicultural Integration Program, run by former players Hazem El Masri and Steve Meredith for more than 300 newly arrived migrant students, has received national recognition, winning the Commercial ‘Big Business’ Award for 2012 at the National Multicultural Marketing Awards. The award is given to a business in Australia which includes any [...]

The NRL’s decision to launch a new logo ahead of the upcoming season has caused anger at a number of junior rugby clubs, who have spent up to $50,000 on jerseys that do not feature the new logos. De La Salle at Cronulla, for example, has already spent $40,000 on 700 new jerseys, ordering in [...]

New Zealand Rugby Union coaches will travel to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory for clinics early next month, following an approach from the Israel Rugby Union. The NZRU says High Performance Talent Identification Manager Chris Stirling and Game Development Manager Richard Skelly will hold a week of coaching clinics in the region, with the visit coordinated [...]

Olympian David Culbert says governments should investigate more private-public funding partnerships outside the traditional system to help with funding and drive participation