Our Club and players will join forces with the Rugby Football League, Super League Europe, Rugby League World Cup 2021 and the Rugby League Players’ Association to add further sporting support to the boycott of social media this Bank Holiday Weekend.
The sport’s governing body and its leading clubs and players will withdraw from key platforms from 3pm on Friday 30th April until 11:59pm on Monday 3 May, to show solidarity with other sports and amplify the message that nobody should have to suffer abuse, racism or harassment on social media.
As a club, St Helens does not tolerate racism, harassment or discrimination of any form and we are therefore fully supportive of this initiative across the wider sporting community.
Please note: Fans can still follow all the action of both our men’s and women’s Betfred Super League games right here on our website.
Click here to follow all the build-up and match updates as Saints face Leigh tomorrow (Friday) with kick off at 6pm. The game will also still be aired live on Our League for 2021 members as planned. Post match reaction, including interviews and match highlights will, as usual, be published on our homepage and Saints TV following the game.
The Women’s match result will be posted from 3pm on Sunday on our website here.
Dr Rimla Akhtar MBE, the Chair of the RFL Inclusion and Advisory Board: “Rugby League is committed to fighting racism and discrimination through its Tackle It action plan and supporting the many people involved in making change happen. As Non-Executive Director of the RFL and Chair of the RFL’s Inclusion Board, I am proud to see Rugby League joining the sporting world in sending out a very clear message that online hate and abuse will not be tolerated. I encourage all of the Rugby League community to join us for this weekend’s social media boycott, and to support our continuing efforts to fight this evil.”
Louise Foster-Wilson, GMB Equality and Inclusion Officer – on behalf of Rugby League Players’ Association: “Social media can play a huge part in spreading awareness of this game we love but players and officials must feel able to use these social media platforms without facing abuse and discrimination. GMB supports all those in Rugby League and the wider sporting world in general who are joining the social media boycott this weekend. Lets work together to end discrimination once and for all #TackleIt.”
Ken Davy, Executive Chairman of Super League: “Super League and its clubs take a zero-tolerance approach to all forms of racism and are united in our cause to end discrimination in Rugby League. Social media can be a place for Rugby League fans to enjoy the best the sport has to offer, but too often players, coaches, match officials and fans face online abuse. We are proud to join with the sporting world this weekend to send a message that more needs to be done to eradicate this.”
RLWC2021 CEO, Jon Dutton: “Rugby League World Cup 2021 stands together with the Rugby League community and other sporting governing bodies to underline the message there is no place for abuse, discrimination, hate or racism in sport.”
TACKLE IT!
