The speaker of the House of Commons has said it is a “major injustice” that no rugby league player has ever been knighted. Sir Lindsay Hoyle told MPs on Thursday that “now is the time” to knight the ...

because there is a major injustice and the stigma against rugby league where not one person has ever knighted, but … on behalf of what (Kevin Sinfield has) done, I would have thought now is the ...

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has voiced his anger that no rugby league player has ever been knighted - and called for the honour to be given to Kevin Sinfield. In an unusual exchange Sir ...