Labour MP for Makerfield Josh Simons said it ‘is a scandal that for over a century, no rugby football league hero has ...

MPs have heard calls for a knighthood for rugby league hero Billy Boston “while that’s still possible” to end the “scandal” that no player from the sport has ever been knighted.

Billy Boston (Wigan) bursts through despite a tackle by I Watts (Hull) during the rugby league Challenge Cup final at Wembley in 1959 (PA) MPs have heard calls for a knighthood for rugby league ...

Billy Boston went on to score 478 tries in 487 matches. MPs have heard calls for a knighthood for rugby league hero Billy Boston to end the “scandal” that no player from the sport has ever ...