New Lease of Life For Luke! Thanks to a £80,000 donation from the Steve Prescott Foundation (SPF) through the Rugby League Benevolent Fund Luke Bryan will move into a specially adapted home in Haydock. The Rugby League Benevolent Fund, one of the charities supported by the SPF, helps players who have been affected by serious […]
Singer Lizzie Jones is spearheading a new campaign to raise funds for equipment that could prove the difference between life and death at Rugby League clubs across the UK. Lizzie, who reduced a Wembley crowd to tears and moved millions of TV viewers with an emotional performance at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year […]
Hear from Lizzie Jones, who will sing the traditional Challenge Cup final hymn, Abide With Me at Wembley ahead of the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup final. Lizzie lost her husband Danny Jones, the Keighley Cougars player who passed away on Sunday May 3rd after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest during a League 1 match against London […]
The RFL is delighted to announce that Lizzie Jones will sing the traditional Ladbrokes Challenge Cup final hymn, Abide With Me prior to kick-off at Wembley Stadium on Saturday August 29. Lizzie, the wife of former Keighley Cougars and Wales international Danny Jones, is a professional singer who wants to use the occasion to thank […]
Zak France was seriously injured, playing for Cheltenham Phoenix against Bath Romans in a regional cup final. Zak is a rugby league player locally produced by the Cheltenham club. His injuries are substantial having damaged his spinal cord. He is paralysed down one side of his body and his condition is said to be steadily […]
Rugby League mourned the loss of Keighley Cougars stand-off Danny Jones, His wife, Lizzie, and the couple’s five-month-old twins, Bobby and Phoebe went onto the field prior to kick-off as the rugby league family paid their respects. DONATE HERE – https://www.justgiving.com/dannyjones29
A tribute to Keighley Cougars player Danny Jones who passed away on Sunday May 3rd after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest during a League 1 match against London Skolars. DONATE HERE https://www.justgiving.com/dannyjones29
Lizzie Jones, the wife of Danny, has requested that all monies raised for the family of Danny to be put into a special Trust Fund for their five month old twins Phoebe and Bobby. The family want to help protect Phoebe and Bobby’s future using Danny’s legacy. Lizzie Jones said, “We are totally overwhelmed by […]
The RFL has confirmed that Keighley Cougars player Danny Jones passed away this evening after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest during a League One match against London Skolars. Jones collapsed after being replaced early in the match and was treated by the match doctor and paramedics at the ground before being taken to the Royal […]
Linzi Prescott, wife of the late Rugby League star Steve Prescott, has been training hard as she prepares to take part in this year’s Morrisons Great Manchester Run. Linzi is one of ‘Radcliffe’s Great Runners’, six local women that are being trained and mentored by athletics legend, Paula Radcliffe ahead of the Run. She is […]