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Magic
Round Is A Win - Win - Win For Aussie's
Foxtel
And NRL Celebrate Success
NRL
matches have recorded the highest audience in history
for a regular season round across the Foxtel Group
NRL
Magic Round 2024 Breaks All Time Records
An
average audience of 545,000 watched matches from Brisbane’s
Suncorp Stadium, across the combined platforms of
Foxtel, Kayo Sports, Foxtel Now and Foxtel Go.
FOX
Sports Managing Director, Steve Crawley, said: “Congratulations
to the NRL and all the clubs on an amazing result.
FOX Sports and Kayo broke four individual records
with viewership numbers over the weekend, beginning
with the first match 6.00pm Friday, Raiders v Bulldogs
with an average audience of 592,000. This was backed-up
by Saturday’s 5.30pm game, Sharks v Roosters,
which achieved a spectacular average audience figure
of 664,000, and then again on Sunday afternoon where
the Storm v Eels game recorded a huge 589,000.
“First
Las Vegas, now Magic Round, it is already a season
to remember.”
Rudd,
Hockey on hand to turn NRL’s Las Vegas play into
reality - January 25, 2024
The
NRL’s Las Vegas season-opener is expected to
go ahead as planned, with executives at the sport’s
governing body planning to lean on the expertise of
three former politicians to expedite a visa process
for players.
The
four NRL clubs that will travel to the United States
to compete in the Las Vegas double-header on March
2 have been at loggerheads with the Australian Rugby
League Commission over delays to crucial matters such
as accommodation, visas and funds for offshore training
camps.
But an urgent meeting on Thursday between the clubs,
NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo and Australian Rugby
League Commission chairman Peter V’landys ended
with an agreement to hand the South Sydney Rabbitohs,
Sydney Roosters, Manly Sea Eagles and the Brisbane
Broncos $700,000 each in funding for pre-season training
camps and unlimited insurance for serious injuries.
They have also been given assurances that all visas
and accommodation issues will be resolved.
“We’ve
got the comfort and satisfaction that we needed to
make sure that it’s going to be a success. From
now on, it’s full steam ahead,” Rabbitohs
chief executive Blake Solly said. “What Peter
and Andrew said today is they’re very confident
that all players will get access to the US, which
is really important to the game. We want to see the
best players on the field.”
The
NRL’s Las Vegas play is the brainchild of Mr
V’landys and is based on concerns the game can’t
sustain revenue growth by relying on local broadcast
revenue, advertising sponsorship and wagering turnover.
But
the process has been arduous and expensive. The Sydney
Morning Herald reported earlier this week that the
four clubs had written to Mr V’landys expressing
concerns about a lack of information regarding visas,
medical insurance, Las Vegas training venues and fast
rising costs.
“There
was a degree of frustration about some of the things
and issues we were raising and couldn’t get a
resolution,” Mr Solly said on Thursday. “Peter
understood our concerns, and he understood some of
the challenges Andrew has faced, and he was able to
bulldoze through them.”
The
NRL initially told the clubs players could travel
to the US with visa waiver available for Australian
travellers. Clubs were concerned about players being
stopped by US customs, particularly those who had
been arrested in Australia such as Payne Haas, Latrell
Mitchell and Reece Walsh.
Mr
V’landys will rely on Australian Turf Club chairman
Peter McGauran, a friend and former Howard government
minister, to expedite the visa process. Mr McGauran
is a former consul-general and senior trade investment
commissioner to Texas and currently works for Bondi
Partners, the advisory and investment firm run by
former treasurer Joe Hockey.
The
NRL also plans to lean on Kevin Rudd, the Australian
ambassador in Washington DC, and Mr Hockey to expedite
the process.
Mr
Solly said the clubs had received assurances that
players would be able to get visas approved. Players
who have not been arrested previously will enter the
US on a waiver, while the others will apply for a
visitor visa.
“They’re
working with the consulate and government to make
sure that process is expedited as quickly as can be,”
he said. “Based on what we agreed today, we should
be fine to sign the [final] agreement and get on with
it.”
To
make sure players are prepared to play in US conditions,
the four clubs will base themselves in Los Angeles,
San Diego and Las Vegas for more than a week before
kick-off. The NRL agreed on Thursday to provide $175,000
per club towards the cost of that week.
“This
is an investment right now for the future,” Mr
Abdo said.
“Having
said that, we’re not approaching this expecting
massive losses. We’ve already started building
revenue streams, we’ve got investment from sponsors,
we’ve sold a number of tickets.”
(AFR)
UFC ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH NRL AS THE
AUSSIE FOOTBALL CODE LAUNCHES VEGAS MISSION
Ultimate
Fighting Championship Joins Forces With World's Premier
Rugby League Competition
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has today joined
forces with the world’s premier rugby league
competition, National Rugby League (NRL) to launch
the sporting organization’s first Las Vegas venture.
Four
of the Australian competition’s flagship clubs
- South Sydney Rabbitohs, Brisbane Broncos, Manly
Sea Eagles and Sydney Roosters - will play in the
Vegas showpiece to kick-off the 2024 NRL Premiership
season at Allegiant Stadium on March 2.
The
historic NRL double-header fixture will be the first
played on U.S. soil and today, UFC Senior Executive
Vice President Lawrence Epstein, Executive Vice President
Dave Shaw and Hall of Fame athlete Forrest Griffin
welcomed NRL officials and star players from the four
clubs to the fight capital of the world.
The
new partnership will see UFC build upon its already
strong links with NRL to reach thousands of potential
new fans in the Asia Pacific region, where the sport
of MMA continues to experience exponential growth.
The NRL is hoping to tap into UFC’s pulling power
in the U.S. market to expand its own global footprint.
UFC
announces strategic partnership with NRL as the Aussie
football code launches Vegas mission
“Las Vegas is on the fast track to becoming the
sports capital of the world. All the major U.S. sports
leagues will have a presence here soon, and of course,
Las Vegas will host its first Super Bowl here at Allegiant
Stadium in February,” said UFC Senior Executive
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Lawrence
Epstein.
“International
sports leagues are also recognizing the value Las
Vegas can bring to their brand. Just a few weeks ago
we had the inaugural Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix,
which was a great success and set the stage for additional
F1 events in the years to come.
“NRL
fans are going to love coming to Vegas to watch these
matches. We've been to all the great cities, and there's
nothing like the infrastructure we have here in Las
Vegas - from hotel rooms to restaurants and night
clubs, and all of the other entertainment and sports
we have here. Fans are the most important component
of the sports ecosystem, and when the fans have a
great time, they talk about your brand more, they
talk about the experience more, and that positivity
just builds up,” said Epstein.
UFC
announces strategic partnership with NRL as the Aussie
football code launches Vegas mission
UFC Vice President, Head of International & Content
Dave Shaw said the two organizations have enjoyed
close ties over many years.
“There
is a great link between our two sports, and I am excited
about this partnership and the opportunities we have
to grow together,” said Shaw.
“We
know the NRL is one of the biggest sporting competitions
Down Under and they have aspirations to grow their
sport here in the U.S. We also know Australians are
some of the biggest MMA fans on the planet - it is
home to over 4 million of our 700 million global fanbase
- and we are always looking at ways to continue to
grow that fanbase in the APAC region.
“Since
2010, UFC has accomplished major milestones across
Australia and New Zealand, delivering 20 events across
most major cities, many of them record-breaking.
“We
have seen UFC athletes like Alex Volkanovski and Tai
‘Bam Bam’ Tuivasa start their careers in
rugby league before transitioning to MMA... and we’ve
also seen plenty of NRL stars enjoying the action
at our UFC events across the globe. There is a connection
between the sports that transcends beyond the Octagon
and that is what excites us about this partnership.”
(Sources:
NRL, UFC, FOX Sports, Wires and X)
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