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How NRL plans to get more PNG players onto club lists

Each club will be allowed to sign two cap-exempt players from PNG in an effort to build the Pacific nation's depth ahead of the new team's admission to the NRL.

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Australia set for first rugby league Ashes in 22 years

A generation of Australian players will embark upon their first Test tour of England later this year as the Ashes returns to the rugby league calendar.

AAP

NRL caps expansion with broadcast rights puzzle to dominate in 2025

The league faces challenges and opportunities this season with broadcast negotiations, expansion and showpiece events in the spotlight

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NRL consider shrinking Vegas to three games in 2026

ARL Commission boss Peter V'landys has conceded the NRL must consider whether to shorten the Las Vegas extravaganza from four games to three in 2026.

AAP

Bigger is better: rugby league dazzles on Vegas return to show gamble worth it

By expanding from two games to four the sport proved last year’s inaugural event in Sin City was no flash in the pan

The Guardian - UK

Warriors skipper not giving up hope of second Kiwi team

Warriors co-captain and New Zealand international James Fisher-Harris would love to see a second Kiwi team in the NRL someday.

AAP

First Vegas, then the world? Why the NRL is eyeing international markets

This weekend, Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) continues to trumpet its now annual pilgrimage to open its season in Las Vegas.

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All teams to be offered Vegas trip before double-ups

The NRL will resist the temptation to bring back its more prominent clubs for second Las Vegas visits until every team has been offered a turn in Sin City.

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NRL defends Trump's Vegas invite after charity backlash

White Ribbon called the NRL "tone deaf" for inviting Donald Trump to its Las Vegas fixtures, but the league's chief executive disagrees with the charity.

AAP

The Penrith Panthers seem unbeatable. What does that mean for the NRL?

The league is booming but there’s a wrinkle: one team has overcome built-in anti-dynasty safeguards and the game threatens to become predictable

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: more backlash over Biennale artist axing; NZ tourism campaign ridiculed; and what it’s like living with OCD

The abrupt dumping of Khaled Sabsabi from the event prompted artist Lindy Lee to quit the board of Creative Australia

The Guardian - AU

Peter V’landys issues plea to Donald Trump to attend NRL showcase in Las Vegas

The US president has been invited to attend rugby league’s season-launching showcase in Las Vegas next month during a blitz on American television

The Guardian - AU

Time of the essence for Perth NRL side: Dolphins CEO

The Perth NRL side slated for 2027 can learn plenty from the Dolphins, one of their biggest supporters, as the clock ticks on their entry to the big time.

AAP

Rebuffed Perth NRL bid made new $20m licence fee offer

The cashed-up Perth consortium that the NRL rejected to run a new franchise in 2027 had made a stunning revised offer that included a $20 million licence fee.

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Anthony Albanese couldn’t sell a schooner to a shearer. He needs to ask ‘what would Xenophon do?’

As the PM struggles to emulate the Labor party greats, he would do well to learn from a rank outsider from Adelaide

The Independent UK

Australia deploys rugby diplomacy to tempt neighbour away from China

Australian government will invest £300m in a new rugby league team based in Papua New Guinea. But there’s a catch – and it has nothing to do with the sport

AAP

PNG on a 10-year journey to transform the NRL

Papua New Guinea's NRL team is still more than three years away from playing its first game, but is already carrying high expectations.

The Guardian - AU

Inside PNG’s NRL deal: how the licence was won and what comes next

The intervention of Peter V’landys proved crucial in getting the long-anticipated agreement over the line but some uncertainty remains

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NRL hopes Perth expansion will be a done deal 'shortly'

The NRL has provided an update on its plans to establish a franchise in Perth on the same day it officially announced its Papua New Guinea expansion team.

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Papua New Guinea public to determine new NRL team name

The NRL is already home to Panthers, Broncos, Sharks and Warriors, but it will be up to the Papua New Guinean public to determine the nickname of the next team.

AAP

PNG entry reflects NRL expansion mindset at its best

The entry of a PNG NRL side in 2028 will take rugby league to a new frontier in another sign of how the game thrives on bold and visionary expansion decisions.

AAP

PM bets his 'life' NRL players will be safe in PNG

The NRL will feature a Papua New Guinea-based franchise from 2028 after two years of planning culminated in an official announcement in Sydney.

AAP

PNG to get their Broncos moment in big time 40 years on

Brisbane Broncos founding director Barry Maranta highlights similarities between a PNG NRL side and the 1988 Broncos in terms of player opportunities.

The Conversation

Pokies? Lotto? Sports betting? Which forms of problem gambling affect Australians the most?

Gambling, especially sports and race betting, is a hot political issue at the moment.

The Guardian - AU

Key match-ups: where the 2024 NRL grand final will be won and lost

Melbourne and Penrith go head-to-head in Sunday’s premiership decider with a number of clashes likely to decide where the title ends up

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