National Rugby League
AUSTRALIA | FIJI | PAPUA NEW GUINEA
The National Rugby League (NRL) manages the NRL Telstra Premiership, the world’s premier rugby league competition featuring club teams from Australia and New Zealand. In a typical year, the Premiership attracts around three million people to its matches and more than 100 million viewers on television.
The NRL believes that rugby league is a platform for driving powerful social change and delivering positive messages about health, education, inclusiveness and diversity. The organisation proudly supports one of the largest and most comprehensive community relations program in Australian sport, and is a leader in sport-for-development programs across Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Tonga.
The NRL is also responsible for the NRL Nines, NRL Touch Football, and the national men’s and women’s teams, known as the Kangaroos and the Jillaroos respectively.
The Pacific’s contribution to rugby league is a source of pride for both Australian and Pacific communities. Almost half of all the players across the NRL Telstra Premiership and Queensland’s Intrust Super Cup have Pacific heritage.
Through PacificAus Sports, the NRL is strengthening its connections with the Pacific by:
The NRL is also developing an NRL Pacific Fan Engagement App to share the excitement and the values of the NRL competition with Pacific communities.
Get in contact with the NRL for more information about the organisation’s activities in Australia, and across the Pacific.