NRL's proposed New York rugby league Test match is likely to fail | Matt Cleary

International exposure won’t guarantee uptake on US soil – nor will the NRL pay for it

News that the proposed rugby league Test match in New York between Australia and Tonga has run into a hurdle (the up-front costs were explained to the promoter) begs the question: why play a rugby league Test match in New York in the first place?

On 18 July the NRL’s website gave us the following hot tip:

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