Andrew Abdo
‘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
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- 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
NRL doubles down in Vegas with risky play of razzle-dazzle
To critics, rugby league’s push into the American sports market is a weird and wild waste of time. But many say it’s a not-so-crazy idea that just might work.
- Jordan Baker
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State of Origin could be sold off separately in next TV deal
Trumpeting itself as Australia’s top sporting code, the NRL wants to cash in at the next broadcast deal. That could have big implications for State of Origin.
- Adrian Proszenko and Jonathan Drennan
Ask Abdo: The issues around Vegas, broadcast deals and NRL contracts
The NRL chief executive’s fifth season in charge brings big questions about the NRL All Stars, TV contracts, expansion ventures and player movements.
- Dan Walsh
A Bears superfan, a few beers and $1000 trademark: The wild story behind NRL expansion drama
The Western Bears are dead. So if a new Perth franchise can be saved, what will it be called? That’s where a Sydney man comes in after buying up all the prospective names for the new team.
- Adam Pengilly and Adrian Proszenko
‘Terrible, no understanding’: Abdo annoyed at Cleary’s Bunker outburst
In an explosive start to grand final week, the league has made a decision on the Panthers coach after his criticism of match officials following a controversial call in the preliminary final.
- Adam Pengilly
AFL grand final could be the highest rating of all time: Dillon hits back at V’landys
With contestants from Queensland and NSW, and the traditional AFL states all watching, this could be the most-watched grand final ever.
- Adam Pengilly and Hannah Hammoud
‘Delusional, ill-informed’: V’landys’ AFL grand final week take down
Less than a week out from the AFL grand final, Peter V’landys has responded to suggestions rugby league would soon lose its grip as the No.1 sport in NSW.
- Michael Chammas and James Bracey
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