Australia's National Rugby League (NRL) will become one of the first contact sports in the world to restart this Thursday. The season was suspended on March 23 after two rounds and sometime around mid-April (IIRC) the league announced, to much skepticism, that it would be back on May 28. But it appears that they've been able to do it after all. Matches will be played in empty stadiums until at least July and the one team based in New Zealand will stay in Australia for now and play all matches there.
For anyone curious in checking it out this week, here's a story I wrote on Medium about why you should get excited about rugby league and how to watch it:
Missing Sports? Here’s One You Need to Watch This Week
See also SydneySox's previous thread about State of Origin, an annual three-match series between Australia's two rugby league heartland states.
For anyone curious in checking it out this week, here's a story I wrote on Medium about why you should get excited about rugby league and how to watch it:
Missing Sports? Here’s One You Need to Watch This Week
See also SydneySox's previous thread about State of Origin, an annual three-match series between Australia's two rugby league heartland states.