March
Fans pile into Las Vegas stadium for NRL season opener
More than 40,000 tickets were sold for the inaugural launch of the NRL season in Las Vegas, most of them paid for by fans who do not live in Australia.
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- Zoe Samios
January
Rudd, Hockey on hand to turn NRL’s Las Vegas play into reality
The NRL has promised to resolve issues with visas for players that have previously been arrested and a major injection of funds for offshore training.
- Zoe Samios
October 2023
Bookmaker asks for more time to process largest gambling payout ever
After the Pies and Panthers victories in the AFL and NRL over the weekend, online bookmaker Betr has begun the largest payout in sports gambling history.
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- Mark Di Stefano and Sam Buckingham-Jones
September 2023
Lions tragic hops from Brisbane to Melbourne – via Paris
AFR Rich Lister and Brisbane Lions director Cathie Reid is dashing back from the French capital to watch her team in Saturday’s AFL grand final.
- Mark Ludlow
‘Bleeds for Broncos’: how the NRL’s richest club came back
Only three years after hitting rock bottom, the Brisbane Broncos are again chasing rugby league’s biggest prize.
- Michael Pelly
August 2022
NRL coach Paul Green dies aged 49
The rugby league world is in shock after the death of coach Paul Green, who guided the North Queensland Cowboys to the 2015 premiership.
- Fraser Barton and Scott Bailey
March 2022
COVID casualties crimp start of NRL season
The NRL has only a handful of unvaccinated players, but COVID-19 is still stalking the 2022 competition.
- Michael Pelly
April 2021
- Opinion
- The AFR View
CopperString must be put to a stringent test
The Queensland power transmission project contains too much temptation for pork-barrelling not to flag it for heavy scrutiny.
- The AFR View
July 2020
ASX rises; Fortescue, Coles hit records; Macquarie rallies
The Australian sharemarket ends up 0.7 per cent as CSL and iron ore miners rally. Macquarie gains 0.8 per cent despite first quarter earnings warning. Fortescue surges 4 per cent to record $17.55. Coles, JB Hi-Fi hit records.
- Robert Guy, Vesna Poljak, Sarah Turner, William McInnes and Luke Housego
May 2020
NRL heavyweights kick off return to normality
While the Eels and Broncos were both undefeated before the NRL season was halted after two rounds, Thursday's clash carries more weight than your regular grudge match.
- Max Mason
March 2020
Ban throws NRL, AFL seasons into disarray
The National Rugby League and AFL are contemplating playing to empty stadiums this season after the government ban on gatherings of more than 500 people.
- Mark Ludlow and Patrick Durkin