The RFL chair Simon Johnson confirms via statement on Tuesday he is to resign immediately following Wednesday's council meeting; Johnson's announcement appears to have pre-empted a motion due to ...

Johnson first joined the RFL board in July 2014, going on to become interim chair in July 2019 and then chair a few months later. His departure follows the resignation of another member of the RFL ...

The Rugby Football League are looking for a new leader after it was confirmed that Simon Johnson will step down from his role ...

Simon Johnson, the chair of the Rugby Football League, is to stand down after nearly six years in the role. Johnson first joined the RFL board in July 2014, going on to become interim chair in ...

Nigel Wood will serve as RFL interim chairman to lead up a strategic review following the resignation of Simon Johnson.

They added they were "concerned about questions raised openly this week around historic behaviour and culture". It comes after RFL chair Simon Johnson resigned after nearly six years in the role ...

It comes after RFL chair Simon Johnson resigned after nearly six years in the role earlier in the week amid a revolt by some Super League clubs who had wanted him to stand down. "Now, having made ...

Nigel Wood is returning to the Rugby Football League as interim chair to lead a ‘club-led strategic review’ of the sport.

It comes as Simon Johnson steps down from his role as chair of the RFL ‘to enable the sport to move forward constructively’. There had been pressure on Johnson to step down, with the likes of ...

"To achieve this, it was necessary that the chair and next in line at the RFL were replaced on an interim basis by the person who would chair the strategic review." They added: "The review will ...