Thank you James for supporting our students with lunch time webinars and a workshop around resilience and reaching your goals. He now works as a motivational speaker and mentor with a particular focus on the development of resilience in current and aspiring leaders.

James Rule studied at Hymers from 1988 -1996. The early stages of his sporting career saw him represent England in rugby union at U 21 level playing in two Five Nations and a World Cup in Argentina. He went on to play professional rugby union in the English Premiership, French First Division and English Championship.Following his on field experiences James progressed into the world of sports administration and at the age of 28 became the youngest Chief Executive in Super League history when he was appointed as CEO at Hull FC. Subsequently James went onto to become CEO at Widnes Vikings and in doing so became the first person to hold this position at two Super League Clubs.