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financial difficulty. The ARL undertook moves to invite the traditional clubs that had moved to the Super League competition back into a re-unified competition. Following a period of negotiation with News Corporation, on 23 September 1997 the ARL announced that it was forming a new company to conduct the competition in 1998. On 7 October News' Manaaki Ranginui announced that he was confident that there would be a single competition in 1998. On 19 December, representatives of clubs affiliated with the Australian Rugby League gathered at the
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season, the National Rugby League had the option of reverting to back to the system used between 2000 and 2001 where every team played each round. This system was not used however, but rather teams were given just a single bye during the year, grouped in periods that assisted clubs around the representative fixtures.
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The National Rugby League markets the premiership on behalf of the clubs as well as organising the draw and finals matches. When the draw is finalised, teams are responsible for controlling and organising their assigned home games. Clubs each have their own organisational structure but are also bound
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as well as making major financial decisions. Three representatives from each party made up this committee. A National Rugby League Board, which was commissioned by the Partnership Committee and is composed of six delegates – three from each party – was responsible for administering the competition.
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This move was highly controversial and on 11 November 2001 80,000 marched in protest at their continued exclusion. South Sydney challenged the decision in the Federal Court claiming that the NRL agreement was exclusionary, intended to unfairly exclude South Sydney, and breached the Trade Practices
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The 2006 NRL Grand Final won by the Brisbane Broncos over the Melbourne Storm, 15–8. The matchup was a significant milestone in the history of the NRL, as two interstate teams (teams not from New South Wales, the perceived "heartland" of the NRL) contested the grand final for the first time ever.
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One condition of the peace agreement between the ARL and News Limited was that there would be a 14 team competition in 2000. The 20 clubs that played in 1998 would be assessed on various items such as sponsorship, crowds, on-field success and the like. It was also announced that clubs that merged
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Another change from the previous season included a reduction in the number of byes per team in the season. With an odd number of teams contesting between 2002 and 2006, the draw meant that at least one team would have to have a bye each weekend. With the inclusion of the 16th team for the 2007
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began proceedings in the Federal Court in Sydney naming 22 parties (including the NRL) in a conspiracy to shut down the C7 pay television station. C7 had unsuccessfully bid $ 72,000,000 per annum for the right to broadcast the NRL competition on pay television. After News Limited re-signed these
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Crowd average records were broken in 2003, 2004 and 2005. In 2005, the NRL reached record levels of popularity for its competition. Total crowds for the competition season almost reached the figures for the last year of the competition conducted by the ARL competition of 1995, prior to the Super
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and admitted some former ARL clubs, poaching players from the original ARL league with high salaries. With twenty-two teams of highly varying quality playing in two competitions that year, crowd attendances and corporate sponsorships were spread very thinly, and many teams found themselves in
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The 2007 NRL Season kicked off on Friday 16 March 2007 with eight games each round. Monday night football returned during the 2007 season, the first match saw the Sydney Roosters go down to the South Sydney Rabbitohs 18–6 on 19 March 2007. The opening round also saw two matches at Brisbane's
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rights, C7 was left without a major sport to broadcast and subsequently ceased operation in March 2002. It is alleged that News Limited used its position as half-owner of the NRL to secure the rights. Jonathan Sumption, QC representing the Seven Network, has said
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Melbourne, after leading the competition for most of the season, comfortably claimed the minor premiership, with the Bulldogs, Brisbane, and Newcastle making up the top four. Manly, St George Illawarra, Canberra and Parramatta took places five to eight.
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Act. Justice Paul Finn ruled that the agreement did not specifically exclude any club and dismissed the Rabbitohs claims for re-instatement into the national competition. Souths appealed this decision and were re-admitted into the competition in 2002.
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The Auckland Warriors experienced much financial hardship in the early part of the decade, ultimately collapsing before being resurrected as the New Zealand Warriors for the 2001 season. They made the Grand Final the following year.
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The 2003 season was widely regarded as the most successful since the beginning of the National Rugby League in 1998. The Penrith Panthers rose from the bottom of the table to win the Premiership, while the Broncos returned to
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With twenty-two teams playing in two competitions in 1997 crowd attendances and corporate sponsorships were spread very thinly, and many teams found themselves in financial difficulty. On 23 September 1997 the
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ranked the NRL 497 in revenue of Australian private companies, with revenue of A$ 66.1m (+7%) with 35 employees. In 2005, a record national audience of 4.1 million tuned into watch the grand final between the
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It is inconceivable that News would have been able to get away with this if it had not controlled one, half the NRL, two, the leading pay TV broadcaster and three, the largest cable network in Australia.
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At the beginning of 2005 the NRL became the first mainstream professional sport in Australia to appoint a female director to a governing body, with Katie Page, the managing director of retail giant
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to decide whether to accept News Limited's offer of a settlement – eventually voting in favour by 36 votes to 4. As a result, in the following months the National Rugby League, jointly owned by the
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to decide whether to accept News Limited's offer of a settlement – eventually voting in favour by 36 votes to 4. As a result, in the following months the National Rugby League, jointly owned by the
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brought about a new official world record attendance for a game of rugby league. 107,999 spectators saw the Melbourne Storm play the newly merged St. George Illawarra Dragons in the decider at
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In the middle of 2005 the NRL reached a broadcasting rights agreement with Foxsports and Channel 9 worth $ 500 million over six years, representing a 65% increase in direct television income.
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A 2013 report conducted by Brand Finance valued the Penrith Panthers club at $ 46.2m, the highest of any Australian sporting brand, while the Brisbane Broncos had the highest brand equity.
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Other alternative remedies (to stop Foxtel illegally acquiring sports) would be to make News and PBL divest Fox Sports or stop them buying AFL or NRL rights in a non-competitive environment
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In 2001, Australia's largest telecommunications provider Telstra became naming rights sponsor of the NRL, with the competition's name becoming the NRL Telstra Premiership, while in 2002
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announced that he was confident that there would be a single competition in 1998 and on 19 December representatives of clubs affiliated with the Australian Rugby League gathered at the
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in 1995, the Brisbane Rugby League's history is not officially recorded by the NRL, and it is considered to have been an equal but unrelated first grade competition from 1922-1994.
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The prospect of a truly national rugby league competition in addition to the introduction of pay television in Australia attracted the attention of global media organisation,
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League war. From 2004 to 2005 there was a 39% increase in sponsorship, a 41% increase in merchandise royalties and a 12% increase in playing participation. In 2005
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Since 2001, the NRL Grand Final has been played on Sunday nights, a shift from the traditional Sunday afternoon slot used for over a decade prior.
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As part of another image makeover, a number of teams also released new club logos. The most notable of these was the Sydney Roosters, dropping the
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announced that it was forming a new company to control the competition in 1998 and invited Super League clubs to participate. On 7 October
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The case is being heard by Justice Ron Sackville. The Seven Network is seeking up to $ 1.1 billion in damages. Sumption also stated that:
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In late November/early December each year the NRL holds a conference for CEOs, coaches and players to discuss issues facing the League.
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going from 11th position in 2003 to 3rd in 2004, narrowly missing out on a maiden Grand Final berth. It also saw the return of the
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were stripped of their 2007, 2009 premiership titles and their 2006, 2007, 2008 minor premiership titles due to their
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Before the 2005 season the NRL introduced a pension incentive scheme to try to retain top players in the competition.
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Although a top-flight league, legally parallel to the NSWRL Premiership until the beginning of the truly national
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of the mid-1990s. The NRL has, in its relatively brief history, enjoyed growth and record attendance figures.
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It was announced that the 1998 Season would have 20 teams competing, 19 Super League/ARL teams and the
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would receive a large sum of money, as well as a guaranteed position in the 2000 NRL Competition. The
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football clubs in Australasia, goes back to December 1997, when it was formed in the aftermath of the
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Both bodies nominated a Chairman to lead each board for a term of 12 months on an alternating basis.
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were controversially axed from the competition at the end of 1999 for failing to meet the criteria.
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were ultimately forced to withdraw from the competition because of financial difficulties.
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The Bulldogs continued in their present form without merging in 1999, however dropped the
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National Rugby League season kicked off on Friday, 10 March, between defending premiers
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in 1982. Although this move brought more interest in the competition statewide in
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would have 20 teams competing, 19 remaining Super League and ARL teams plus the
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The 2000 National Rugby League season started with a new CEO in rugby union's
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to the National Rugby League by a common set of rules in club agreements.
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It was announced that the inaugural National Rugby League (NRL) season of
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A Partnership Executive Committee administered the agreement between the
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mid-year. Season 2004 proved even more successful than 2003, with the
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were the first clubs to take up the offer, forming the joint-venture
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ran the major rugby league competition of New South Wales from its
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in 1980, the decade of the 1980s brought about expansion of the
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with control of the premiership passing from the NSWRFL to the
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Storm the sentimental favourite in Sydney – League – Sport
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announced that he would resign at the end of the season.
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Gold Coast-Tweed Giants / Gold Coast Seagulls / Chargers
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Following the 2011 season, the newly formed independent
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Rugby League Tables / Attendances 1957–2006 / All Teams
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section of their name for the 2000 season and beyond.
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Index

National Rugby League
rugby league
Super League war
New South Wales Rugby League premiership
Australian Rugby League
Super League (Australia)
New South Wales Rugby League
inception in 1908
1994
State of Origin series
NSWRL premiership
Winfield Cup
Canberra
Illawarra
New South Wales
Brisbane Rugby League premiership
Newtown Jets
1988
Newcastle Knights
Brisbane Broncos
Gold Coast-Tweed Giants
ARL Premiership
1995
Australian Rugby League
News Corporation
Super League war
Super League
Sydney Football Stadium
ARL
1998

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