Andrew Abdo
- Analysis
- NRL 2025
Players want fewer games. The NRL wants billions in TV cash – where do they meet?
What would an 18- and 19-team competition look like if player workload worries are met and balanced with getting top-dollar from broadcast negotiations?
- Dan Walsh
Latest
NRL bosses dined with Seven chairman Kerry Stokes in Perth amid smear campaign
Stokes’ media empire has been at loggerheads with the V’landys and Abdo-run NRL due to conflicting interests over the past months.
- Michael Chammas
- Updated
- NRL 2025
The Tigers sin-binning that left Andrew Johns speechless. Literally
The Eighth Immortal stayed silent for the final 23 minutes of the Wests Tigers-Cronulla thriller while NRL CEO addresses sin bin blitz.
- Christian Nicolussi
- Opinion
- NRL 2025
Why referees are in a no-win situation with high-tackle crackdown
Rugby league is a game of over-the-top reaction and the pursuit of perfection. The referees are caught in the middle.
- Roy Masters
- Updated
- NRL 2025
The sticking point the NRL and WA government overcame to bring back the Bears
It was the sticking point that almost torpedoed the deal, but the NRL and the WA government have resolved the final hurdle to an 18th franchise.
- Adrian Proszenko, Michael Chammas and Danny Weidler
RLPA threat forced NRL to remove player contract information from its website
The NRL edited its own website after the RLPA sent an email arguing for players’ privacy.
- Michael Chammas
NRL matches were screened free-to-air in the US for the first time. Here’s how many tuned in
Live rugby league was beamed into American homes at the weekend as the NRL again took its season opener to Las Vegas.
- Frances Howe and Michael Chammas
‘We don’t wear pads or helmets, brother’: Is the bloody biff the trick to finding NRL fans in the US?
Americans aren’t used to seeing their footballers take the heat without padding or helmets. They secretly like it.
- Jordan Baker
- Exclusive
- NRL 2025
Best player, two conferences and split on PNG: NRL club bosses have their say on the future of the NRL
Club CEOs, chairmen and general managers have their say on the NRL leadership and the most contentious issues in the game.
- Michael Chammas
NRL defends invites to Trump, White after White Ribbon backlash
The anti-domestic violence organisation has ended its association with the NRL after the governing body invited Donald Trump and Dana White to its season-opener in Las Vegas.
- Adrian Proszenko
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