Kevin Sinfield is to make his return to English rugby league in a high-profile role with the code's governing body.
The 35-year-old former Leeds and England captain ended his glittering league career at the end of last season and bowed out of rugby altogether in April after cutting short his brief stint in union with Yorkshire Carnegie.
In March, Sinfield winner of the Golden Boot in 2012, revealed how he missed rugby league "every single day" and on Wednesday it was announced that he would take up the role of rugby director, reporting to the Rugby Football League's board of directors, from September 1.
Sinfield will split his time between the performance and development department at the RFL's headquarters in Red Hall, Leeds, and with the commercial, marketing and communications teams based at Media City UK in Manchester.
