National Rugby League (NRL)
Australian sports venues to allow crowds of 10,000 from July
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has given approval for crowds of up to 10,000 people to be allowed into sports stadiums from next month
Small groups of fans to be allowed for NRL games
Rugby league fans are set to attend games again after the NRL secured permission for spectators to return from the New South Wales government
Telstra to lose NRL mobile rights
Australian telco Telstra is set to lose its National Rugby League mobile rights after the current cycle ends in 2022, as the league looks to preserve greater exclusivity for its television partners
New South Wales ends A$800m ANZ Stadium vision
The New South Wales (NSW) government has dropped controversial plans to give Sydney’s ANZ Stadium an A$800m (€484.4m/$538.3m)
Perseverance pays off as NRL becomes first Australian league to restart
Live professional sport returned to Australia on Thursday as the National Rugby League restarted its season
Round-Up: NRL restart reaction, Serie A gets restart date, first live EPL matches for BBC, Sri Lanka’s Carlton returns, and more
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…
Yamaha app transmits fans’ cheers to empty stadiums
Japanese technology firm Yamaha has developed a smartphone application that lets fans cheer remotely from home for their teams playing in empty arenas
Round-Up: NRL and J.League restarts, Bach consults members, NZC cuts, and more
Australia's National Rugby League restarts its 2020 season today, in what is being seen as a triumph for Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter V'landys
Betfair and National Rugby League strike deal
Betfair has agreed a long-awaited deal with Australia's National Rugby League that allows the betting platform to host wagering on the competition
NRL ‘close to’ A$2.3bn media rights extensions
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).
Nine and Foxtel seeking large cuts in NRL fees
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
Adam Hodge | Rights-holders and sponsors must talk to mitigate peak pandemic pain
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
NRL ‘close’ to three-year broadcast extension with Fox and Nine
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…
NRL chief Greenberg exits amid Covid-19 challenges
Todd Greenberg has today (Monday) stepped down as chief executive of Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL), amid mounting pressure on his position.
Seven ‘interested’ in NRL rights, Ten backs away
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…
NRL reaches out to broadcasters over Premiership return after Nine hits out
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…
Foxtel lays off sports staff
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…
Plan floated to relocate NRL to tropical island
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