Comic and broadcaster Adam Hills is to turn out to be the subsequent chairman of the Rugby Soccer Union, succeeding Sir Lindsay Hoyle.
Hills has been a champion of Bodily Incapacity Rugby League as an envoy and participant for Warrington and his native Australia.
The 54-year-old presenter hosts Channel 4’s Tremendous League protection and is greatest recognized for being one of many presenters of The Final Cease alongside Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe.
Hills’ appointment was made on the Rugby Soccer Union Council’s annual assembly on Wednesday and he will likely be formally elected to a two-year time period in December.
RFL chief government Tony Sutton mentioned: “Nobody has been a extra passionate and eloquent advocate for rugby league within the media lately than Adam, whether or not as presenter of Channel 4’s Tremendous League protection or as a visitor welcoming our England Wheelchair World Cup winner.
“He’s additionally actual and has been a mainstay in Bodily Incapacity Rugby League since its launch in 2018.”
Hoyle, Speaker of the Home of Commons, will take over as RFL chairman in 2022.
RFL additionally introduced a pre-tax lack of £53,000 in 2023, down from £946,000 in 2022.
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