October
WA knocks back initial NRL funding request
The WA government has set up a taskforce to work directly with the NRL on brokering a deal for an 18th rugby league club.
- Tom Rabe and Zoe Samios
July 2023
NRL players in Origin, season media blackout as pay war escalates
Players are expected to boycott pre-match, half-time and post-match interviews amid an escalation of a dispute with the league’s governing body.
- Updated
- Zoe Samios
February 2023
NRL on verge of $1.35b pay deal with players
The deal has emerged as one of the country’s biggest industrial disputes.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
January 2023
The unlikely players going into battle over NRL’s $1.3b wage deal
A team of player negotiators and NRL officials are preparing for a crunch week of talks over a record-breaking billion-dollar wage agreement.
- Samantha Hutchinson and Mark Di Stefano