NRL teams will resume training on May 4 and hold games before the end of May, the league has announced.
Australian Rugby League commissioner Wayne Pearce said the competition had been given the green light from government to restart on May 28, according to a statement on the NRL website.
Pearce has been leading the league's Project Apollo innovations committee to plan the return of competition after COVID-19 forced the suspension of the 2020 season in late March.
"We clarified that May 28 is a definite and also confirmed that May 4 is the resumption date for training," the statement quoted Pearce saying after Project Apollo met on Wednesday.
"Everybody has been very supportive. It's very unified around what we feel is right for the game."
More to come.
