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12th December 2018
04:00pm GMT

"Tony Adams MBE has been nominated to become the 29th President of the Rugby Football League in 2019. "The former Arsenal and England captain, who has become closely linked to the game’s welfare programmes through the Sporting Chance charity he founded in 2000, will succeed the current President, Andy Burnham, next summer.While Tony Adams said:
"It will be an honour to become the next President of the RFL. I am passionate about working with everyone in the sport to raise the profile of mental health, wellness and resilience, for players and for everyone in Rugby League. “I’d like to play my part in championing this brilliant sport on the national stage."Adams has previously managed Portsmouth in the Premier League, when he won just four of his 22 games as coach and was sacked in February 2009. He was also Wycombe Wanderers manager for a year before leaving in November 2004.
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