NRL secures a new bumper five-year deal with Nine, while expansion to an 18th team is still possible before 2028.
NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo insists the league has been vindicated in its move not to extend the Nine Network's free-to-air deal in 2020 after signing a new five-year contract with the media outfit worth more than pre-pandemic levels.Nine retains exclusive rights to the State of Origin series, which will return to Wednesday nights
Its Nine deal, which is active from 2023, means all current broadcast deals across different mediums will end in 2027 after Fox Sports extended on the game's restart last season. Nine will pay $115 million per season for the game's free-to-air rights, with an additional $15 million in contra and other deals.
The return to the Wednesday night format means the end of the representative round, which had led to Game II of the Origin series played on a Sunday night. Nine will then continue its current broadcast structure of Thursday and Friday night games, as well as Sunday afternoon and the five Saturday evening games before the finals.
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