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, Manly and South Sydney are keen to participate in what would be the first competition game staged outside Australia or New Zealand. The concept, dubbed “Round Zero”, has been in the offing for several years but was shelved due to COVID-19.
“We know that people who watch and follow rugby league love it, and we want even more people to get access to it,” NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo said. The game, which would be played a week before the rest of the competition starts to allow for travel and recovery time, would likely be staged at the 22,000-seat Banc of California Stadium. The time difference would allow for a Saturday night fixture to be beamed back to Australia on Sunday afternoon.
“This will be linked to that strategy. There’s a lot of work to do and we’re working on a number of different elements to this.“Anything we do, we want to think of the long-term benefit, the long-term legacy, the long-term strategy. You don’t want to do a one-off PR stunt, you want to think about what the overall objective and opportunity is. This will form part of a broader growth strategy. It’s an investment to start with and it’s a long-term payback.
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