36528 2007-08 2177 Colin Burgon 2008-10-07 That this House congratulates Leeds Rhinos on retaining the Super League Championship and St Helens for their contribution to a magnificent game in front of 68,000 fans which showed rugby league at its best; notes that eight of the Rhinos team are Leeds-born and a further three players have progressed through the club's junior system, including Kevin Sinfield, the outstanding Rhinos' captain; further notes the continued growth of rugby league at a grassroots level throughout the country; and calls on Sport England to reclassify rugby league as a Class A sport. Sports Colin Burgon 2008-10-07 Proposed Elmet Labour George Mudie 2008-10-07 Seconded Leeds East Labour Paul Truswell 2008-10-07 Seconded Pudsey Labour Lindsay Hoyle 2008-10-07 Seconded Chorley Labour Colin Challen 2008-10-07 Seconded Morley & Rothwell Labour John Grogan 2008-10-07 Seconded Selby Labour Phil Willis 2008-10-08 Signed Harrogate & Knaresborough Liberal Democrat John Mann 2008-10-08 Signed Bassetlaw Labour Gordon Prentice 2008-10-08 Signed Pendle Labour Ann Cryer 2008-10-09 Signed Keighley Labour Eric Illsley 2008-10-14 Signed Barnsley Central Labour David Simpson 2008-10-15 Signed Upper Bann DUP Ian McCartney 2008-10-16 Signed Makerfield Labour John Battle 2008-10-16 Signed Leeds West Labour John Leech 2008-10-16 Signed Manchester, Withington Liberal Democrat Alan Simpson 2008-10-22 Signed Nottingham South Labour David Hamilton 2008-10-22 Signed Midlothian Labour