Nine locks horns with NRL, again, over ‘premature’ return to competition

The NRL and its broadcast partner Nine have locked horns again over the decision to push forward with plans for a May 28 restart despite the media company’s concerns over the viability of an early return.

A spokesperson for Nine said that the conversations to date had been ‘constructive’ but that the plans in place by the sporting league were ‘premature’. But ARLC chairman Peter V’landys is having none of it, insisting the show will go on and calling the discussions around the NRL season’s future ‘scaremongering and alarmist rhetoric’.

The discussions between Nine CEO Hugh Marks and the NRL haven’t yet reached their conclusion