Comment: The NRL wants to get the party going again as soon as possible, maybe as soon as the end of next month. But it needs to be wary about trashing the product, writes Andrew Webster
and raised the prospect of Tongan players being available for selection after their mid-season Test against New Zealand was abandoned.
The notion of a best-of-three grand final series is also getting a run. So, too, 20-minute quarters — something V’landys was actually looking at pre-coronavirus as a way of maximising advertising revenue for broadcasters in the next TV deal.How about big, fat “no” to all of the above. This season will have an asterisk next to it no matter what happens — especially if the Warriors are excluded from the premiership. But let's not make it any bigger than it should be.
That has ramifications for Nine because it's broadcasting all of Australia’s Twenty20 World Cup matches, as well as the finals series. Meanwhile, NRL clubs are torn about how the season should look — and when it should restart. How will players respond to being locked down, in isolation, forThe younger players might feel restless, and there are serious doubts about the ability of some to remain truly quarantined from the rest of society.
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