Rugby League

Rugby League
Events

The Rugby League European Federation (RLEF) has held talks with potential investors over the formation of a new continental club competition
Rugby League
Media

Australia's National Rugby League has been reported by local media to be this week agreeing seven-year domestic media rights deals worth nearly A$2.3bn ($1.5bn/€1.4bn).
Rugby League
Industry Moves

International Rugby League (IRL), the sport’s world governing body, is searching for a new chief executive after Nigel Wood announced he will retire from the position at the end of the year.
Rugby League
Governance

The UK government has announced an emergency loan of £16m (€18m/$20m) to support rugby league in England, with the manifesto including a commitment to delivering a successful Rugby League World Cup ne…
Rugby League
Media

Australian broadcasters Foxtel and Nine are seeking reductions in their rights fees due to the NRL this year of up to 28 per cent, according to local media reports
Australian Rules Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Adam Hodge, Octagon’s head of planning & strategy for APAC, asks how rights-holders can ‘make good’ the loss of value felt by their sponsors
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Media

Australia's National Rugby League is close to a renegotiation and extension of its domestic media-rights deals with pay-television operator Foxtel and commercial free-to-air broadcaster Nine, according…
Rugby League
Governance

Todd Greenberg has today (Monday) stepped down as chief executive of Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL), amid mounting pressure on his position.
Rugby League
Media

Seven has reportedly reached out to the National Rugby League about potentially picking up rights to the Australian club competition, but fellow commercial broadcaster Ten is said to have declined to become…
Rugby League
Media

Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) chair Peter V’landys has been encouraged by a “constructive and cooperative” meeting with Hugh Marks, chief executive of free-to-air commercial broadcaster Nine,…
Rugby League
Events

Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) has today (Thursday) said it will hold talks with aggrieved rights-holder, free-to-air commercial broadcaster Nine, after laying out a plan for the Premiership t…
Australian Rules Football
Events

Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel yesterday announced it was laying off 200 staff and furloughing 140 more until the end of June, with chief executive Patrick Delany calling this week the "toughest…
Rugby League
Events

Australian former rugby league player Chris Johns is pushing an idea to move the country's NRL teams to an island off the coast of Brisbane, in an effort to restart the season
Australian Rules Football
Business

The Covid-19 pandemic has hit Australia’s major sports with varying degrees of severity.
Rugby League
Events

Rugby Australia has announced a provisional A$9.4m (€5.2m/$5.8
Australian Rules Football
Events

Australia's National Rugby League has today (Monday) followed the Australian Football League in suspending its 2020 season amid the Covid-19 outbreak, with officials stating the sport is set to face the…
Football
Events

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has insisted that cancelling this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo due to the Covid-19 outbreak is not under consideration.
Australian Rules Football
Other

Players in Australia's National Rugby League and Australian Football League competitions have been warned they face pay cuts due to suspended play under the coronavirus outbreak