The NRL has lauded the 2024 season as the most lucrative and successful in rugby league's 117-year history in Australia.
American rugby sevens player Adam Channel says making an NRL debut would be on par with featuring at the Olympics after he was selected among four winners at the league's Las Vegas combine.
A fresh Auckland-based expansion bid has told the NRL they would take games to Tonga, Samoa and the Cook Islands each year, if admitted to the competition.