Superleague: Players want to be on board
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Your support makes all the difference.Andy Goodway, the former Great Britain coach, has called for players to be represented on the new Super League board of directors.
The Super League clubs have backed calls for a shake-up of their administration by agreeing to appoint directors free of club ties by 21 December. Goodway, the chairman of the GMB union-backed Rugby League Players' Association, is putting forward the GMB regional secretary Jerry Nelson as a candidate.
"We feel it's important that the players' voice is heard," said Goodway. "We are completely independent and it would be beneficial to have direct involvement from the players.
"I think it would benefit the whole game to get a view from the players' perspective and we could contribute in areas like employment law. I think Super League could only gain from it."
Super League's Andrew Whitelam said: "A fair and equitable process will be developed to achieve a powerful and independent board of directors."
England's Academy team aim to end their month-long tour "down under" on a winning note tomorrow by levelling the two-match series with Australia at Sydney Football Stadium. England lost the first Test against Australia 18-12 in Brisbane.
The Australia captain, Brad Fittler, will receive the prestigious Golden Boot 2000 at the Easts Leagues Club after tomorrow's NRL game between Sydney Roosters and Melbourne Storm. Fittler won the award at the end of the 2000 season, which culminated in him leading Australia to World Cup success in Britain.
Presented annually by Rugby League World magazine, the Golden Boot is recognised as the leading individual honour available to international players. Previous winners include Brett Kenny, Wally Lewis, Hugh McGahan and Ellery Hanley. In 1999, Andrew Johns collected the award, and was again ranked high in the 2000 voting, being voted as the best scrum-off in the world.
The winner and team was decided by a poll of journalists and coaches. In making their selections, each judge was asked to consider international performances first, followed by club form. They voted for players in each position, and then nominated their choice of world's best player.
WORLD XIII: Lockyer (Brisbane); Rogers (Cronulla), Girdler (Penrith), Gidley (Newcastle), Sailor (Brisbane); Fittler (Sydney), A Johns (Newcastle); Webcke (Brisbane), Cunningham (St Helens), Smith (St George-Illawarra), Tallis (Brisbane), Fletcher (Sydney), Hill (Melbourne).
England Academy team, Digest, page 23
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