Aside from mountains of paperwork to fill out, hours of wellbeing interviews and, basically, making good things happen in our footy community, we asked National Wellbeing Lead, Chloe Minehan, to share some of the things she has been doing lately. Here are some brief points: Tyler Crossley Wellbeing Visit Friday July 5th, we attended the […]

The Chair of the Family of League Foundation Helen Wood Grant today announced the retirement of its CEO Stephen Lowndes. “Stephen has decided it is time to retire to be with family, to travel and explore some petprojects. When he began his role over 6 years ago, we were delighted to acquire theservices of such […]

The Family of League Board, Committee volunteers and members join the rest of the rugby league community in applauding and celebrating the announcement of Ron Coote AM as our 14th Immortal.  Ron’s stellar sporting career in rugby league is matched only by his tireless devotion to the welfare of the rugby league family he loves […]

The National Rugby League (NRL) will formally induct the first ever female players into the NRL Hall of Fame. The following players have been confirmed as featuring in the Hall of Fame in the 2024 Class:• Katrina Fanning• Natalie Dwyer• Tarsha Gale• Veronica White• Karyn Murphy• Tahnee Norris “This is an historic moment for the […]

This month, a young man, who has made a significant contribution to the Rugby League Community having played junior and senior footy, and still runs on to the paddock has encountered financial difficulties. Although he works as an apprentice tradie, as a single dad co-sharing his child, he has been overwhelmed with the cost of […]

Acknowledging this weekend’s Women in League Round, Family of League’s Chair, Helen Wood Grant, salutes this fantastic event.

(The following was written by one of our wonderful wellbeing recipients) On January 8th, our lives took an unexpected turn. At 12:30 PM, (my husband) Russell suffered a severe accident, falling off a ladder while giving a mate a hand. In an instant, our world was turned upside down. Russell sustained a nasty head injury, […]

The Chair of the Family of League Foundation Helen Wood Grant today announced the appointment of Lee Hagipantelis to the position of Non-Executive Director of rugby league’s charity of choice, Family of League, effective immediately.  Lee has enjoyed a long association with rugby league both as Wests Tigers Chairman for four years and as a […]

Sometimes it never stops. A gentleman now in his 70s, who in his younger years ran on the paddock as both a player and referee in the beautiful Southern Queensland as well as the North Coastal region of NSW, together with his wife, is sharing a very tough road ahead. Having suffered a heart attack […]

Family of League provided two Roosters fans a ‘morning of a lifetime’, by arranging a visit to the Chooks’ Captains Run and meeting their coach and players. However, these were not average Sydney City fans, read on as dad, James, shares his daughter’s life-long issues and how Family of League provided them a special and […]