NRL

Rugby League
Events

Live professional sport returned to Australia on Thursday as the National Rugby League restarted its season
Esports
Events

Australian commentators hailed rule changes in the National Rugby League that led to an exciting game as the 2020 season got back underway yesterday with the Parramatta Eels beating the Brisbane Broncos…
Rugby League
Media

Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) has today (Thursday) marked the resumption of its 2020 season by agreeing fresh rights deals with pay-television operator Foxtel and commercial free-to-air broadcaster N…
Basketball
Events

New Zealand's National Basketball League has launched a direct-to-consumer global streaming service that will allow viewers outside of the country to pay to watch coverage of the competition
Baseball
Events

Japan's Naomi Osaka was the world's highest-paid female athlete last year, according to Forbes, earning $37
Rugby League
Media

Australia's National Rugby League has been reported by local media to be this week agreeing seven-year domestic media rights deals worth nearly A$2.3bn ($1.5bn/€1.4bn).
Rugby League
Media

Australian broadcasters Foxtel and Nine are seeking reductions in their rights fees due to the NRL this year of up to 28 per cent, according to local media reports
Australian Rules Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Adam Hodge, Octagon’s head of planning & strategy for APAC, asks how rights-holders can ‘make good’ the loss of value felt by their sponsors
Rugby League
Media

Australia's National Rugby League is close to a renegotiation and extension of its domestic media-rights deals with pay-television operator Foxtel and commercial free-to-air broadcaster Nine, according…
Rugby League
Governance

Todd Greenberg has today (Monday) stepped down as chief executive of Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL), amid mounting pressure on his position.
Rugby League
Media

Seven has reportedly reached out to the National Rugby League about potentially picking up rights to the Australian club competition, but fellow commercial broadcaster Ten is said to have declined to become…
Rugby League
Media

Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) chair Peter V’landys has been encouraged by a “constructive and cooperative” meeting with Hugh Marks, chief executive of free-to-air commercial broadcaster Nine,…
Rugby League
Events

Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) has today (Thursday) said it will hold talks with aggrieved rights-holder, free-to-air commercial broadcaster Nine, after laying out a plan for the Premiership t…
Australian Rules Football
Events

Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel yesterday announced it was laying off 200 staff and furloughing 140 more until the end of June, with chief executive Patrick Delany calling this week the "toughest…
Rugby League
Events

Australian former rugby league player Chris Johns is pushing an idea to move the country's NRL teams to an island off the coast of Brisbane, in an effort to restart the season
Australian Rules Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Australian National Rugby League (NRL) club Cronulla Sharks has been dealt a financial blow after major sponsor, rainwater products manufacturer Ace Gutters indicated it will halt payments on its deal
Football
Events

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has insisted that cancelling this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo due to the Covid-19 outbreak is not under consideration.
Rugby League
Sponsorship & Marketing

Consumer electronics and home appliances brand Hisense – the key addition to the National Rugby League portolio for 2020 – was attracted by the synchronicity between the NRL season and its own product …