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 ...

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. Boston, who was born ...