The NRL’s impressive vision to take the game into new markets could help it become the undisputed number one sport in Australia.
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Months of training in the summer heat may seem like overkill but there’s good reasons the AFL and NRL pre-seasons are so long.
Monday’s Super Bowl will feature Australian Jordan Mailata, a former rugby league junior. How did he become such a brilliant NFL player?
The AFL and NRL seasons are getting longer, seemingly every year. This poses some major difficulties for cricket in summer.
The Australian taxpayer will fork out $600 million for a new NRL team in PNG. It is a bold, expensive and untried sports diplomacy adventure.
A new portrait of NRL star Wally Lewis brings home the consequences of brain trauma in ways traditional science communication struggles to achieve.
Anything can happen in NRL grand finals, from fake injuries to referee corruption allegations and barely believable comebacks.
It’s AFL and NRL award season and analysis suggests the Brownlow Medal and Dally M voting systems are far from perfect.
New research shows racism among sports fans in Australia is still rife. White footy fans need to report racism – otherwise they’re giving a free kick to bigots.
The NRL wants to expand to 20 teams by the end of the decade, with many pros and cons to consider for each hopeful vying to join the league.
A 2020 training session resulted in the death of NRL player Keith Titmuss. An inquest has recommended several changes to training protocols as a result.
As Australia grapples with a violence against women crisis, major sporting codes are tinkering around the edges of the problem, and plenty more can be done.
Many fans support diversity and inclusivity initiatives in sports but others don’t. New research shows why this happens, and what can be done to garner more widespread support.
From what sports you can watch with an old aerial, to what apps you’ll see when you switch on a new smart TV – sports lovers can expect big changes ahead.
New research sheds light on the reasons why many people dislike sport in a sport-mad nation.
Australia’s NRL has tried several times before to crack the US market. This time the odds are good.
Pundits had suggested a strong World Cup performance was vital for the health of the game. The horror result in France will put even more pressure on the sport to reform to stay relevant.
While sports bodies are notable advocates of a Voice to parliament, they might want to consider how much of a voice Indigenous athletes have in their own organisation.
Referees would need to be superhuman to be immune to the risk of bias – maybe that’s something all sports fans could agree on.
No one can say Australian sport is worse off without tobacco ads. We can protect a new generation of young sports fans from harm by following other nations’ lead – and phasing out gambling ads.
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