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Paul Kent is a Senior Writer for the Telegraph, CODE Sports and the co-host of NRL360 on Fox League. He specialises in covering NRL but has also covered multiple Olympic Games, soccer World Cups, Rugby World Cups, tennis Grand Slams and golf majors. For two years he was News Corps’ European correspondent in the London Bureau.

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NRL

Revealed! NRL sets date for early relaunch

While the NRL have publicly declared July 1 as their intended start date to resume the competition, rugby league will return much earlier if Project Apollo is completed.

NRL

Kent: Ignore alarmists and restart NRL season

The English Premier League is considering a World Cup-style camp to restart its season. With coronavirus experts way off in their predictions, the NRL should follow suit, writes PAUL KENT.

NRL

National Rugby League Chief Executive Officer Todd Greenberg leaving after a press conference at Rugby League Central in Sydney, Monday, March 23, 2020. (AAP Image/James Gourley) NO ARCHIVING

Joke is on players in NRL’s latest comedy routine

NRL boss Todd Greenberg and his chief financial officer Tony Crawford have evaporated any trust the league’s key earners have left in the game’s ability to run itself, writes PAUL KENT.

NRL

Paul Kent: What has NRL done with their $1.9b

Footy is life for Reggie The Rabbit, a symbol for how much the game means to fans. He’s never been paid a dollar and like so many in the game he wants to know how the NRL wasted over $1.8 billion.

NRL

Tyson Frizell of the Dragons during the Round One NRL match between St George Illawarra Dragons and Wests Tigers at WIN Stadium in Wollongong, Sunday, March 15, 2020. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Frizell breaks silence on Dragons departure

Tyson Frizell has spoken for the first time to confirm his next big move, and it has St George Illawarra reeling as they lose their representative back-rower. READ THE LATEST HERE.

NRL

Kent: Frustrated clubs split over NRL’s financial divide

Tuesday’s phone meeting between all 16 NRL clubs was a chance for the game to plot a course through the unknown waters ahead. Instead, a proposal to give greater funding to clubs in need has left divisions exposed, writes PAUL KENT.

Teams

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 24: NRL CEO Todd Greenberg speaks to the media during an NRL press conference at NRL headquarters on March 24, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)

Kent: Alarmists could destroy the NRL forever

The NRL should be commended for their bravery in trying to keep the competition going, but the alarmists who have forced the postponement could end up killing the game, writes PAUL KENT.

Opinion

Kent: Why the NRL would be dead without V’landys

He may pronounce Rugby League a bit differently, but there is no doubting Peter V’landys has helped the NRL survive the coronavirus crisis.

NRL

Jordan Rapana of the Raiders takes part in a training session at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Saturday, October 5, 2019. The Raiders face the Roosters in the NRL Grand Final tomorrow. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts) NO ARCHIVING

Sydney club circles Jordan Rapana

With his short-term contract in Japanese rugby rubbed out because of the coronavirus, Jordan Rapana is on the verge of an NRL comeback – and one club is aiming to beat former club Canberra to the punch.

Warriors

Bulldogs Sauaso Sue during the Bulldogs v Cronulla NRL match at ANZ Stadium, Homebush. Picture: Brett Costello

Nomad Warriors facing rolling roster

Discussions between the Warriors and the NRL on how to manage any emergency loan system are continuing – but it could end up with a player running out for and then against the New Zealand club.

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