Rugby Football League introduces four-tier Rugby League pyramid structure
On Wednesday, December 14, Rugby Football League (RFL) disclosed a four-levelled Rugby League pyramid structure where Super League games book the top most level, the Championships games sit on the second level where as the Conference divisions and the Regional
leagues are on the third and fourth tiers respectively.
The latest update released by RFL has also introduced a shift in the Rugby League games from the winter season to summer season. According to this change almost 80 percent of the League games in UK will be played between March and November.
This step has been taken in order to escape the harshness of extreme winter season in UK, which makes it tough for players to perform up to the required mark.
While talking to the media reporters about the changes introduced, the RFL director of participation David Gent said, “The whole sport of Rugby League will benefit from having an integrated playing calendar which covers both the professional and community
game for the first time. The men’s game features Super League at Tier One, the Championships at Tier Two, the Conference leagues at Tier Three and regional leagues at Tier Four. The Tier Three Conference leagues will consist of Conference Premier, Conference
One and Conference Two, which will comprise those teams from the National Conference League. These Divisions will continue to be administrated by the National Conference League Management Committee.”
It appears that this newly introduced pyramid structure will help streamline the rugby league games at all levels. The RFL will continue looking over the Super League games, Championship games and the Regional games. Also, Conference Three, which will consist
of teams from the current Co-operative Rugby League Conference National, will also fall under the RFL administration. Meanwhile, the remaining Conferences will still be administered by the National Conference League's management committee.
The change is anticipated to be a very positive one for not only the players but it will also audiencea. By shifting the playing season to the milder weather conditions live crowd may also increase.
Expressing his views about the structural revision of the league games, Trevor Hunt, the National Conference League chairman said that this is a new dawn for rugby league. He hopes that it meets the demands of players, administrators and spectators alike.
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