Super League could expand to 20 clubs in the future as part of plans to revitalise the sport in the UK.

Slashing costs at the Rugby Football League (RFL) and regionalising the Challenge Cup are among the other targets identified in a strategic review led by the governing body’s controversial boss Nigel Wood.

Wood, who departed as RFL chief executive in 2018 , was brought back to the top of rugby league in March after a coup led by Super League clubs Leigh Leopards, Leeds Rhinos and St Helens.

Wood has been installed as the chair of a new committee that includes Lord Jonathan Caine, Joanna Coates, Martin Coyd, Abi Ekoku, Dermot Power and Emma Rosewarne. He has also been appointed as senior executive director of the RFL and as chairman of Rugby League Commercial, after the RFL’s board

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