The National Rugby League (Professional League Rugby League Australia New Zealand, called NRL) lives a difficult time due to several factors. First, the salary cap system (salary cap) in place for equity between sports franchises was circumvented by the Melbourne Storm club, enabling it to acquire some of the best treatises. Then the economic battles against the rugby union and Australian football league (AFL) weekly feed a lot of new. Finally, the expansion of the Rugby League is slow to do.

The NRL rugby league is pretty much like the NHL ice hockey and NBA basketball. This is the championship of rugby league in the world’s most followed and when the moment density is greatest talents. There is a European counterpart called the Super League franchises between English, Welsh and French. Both leagues have implemented a salary cap that clubs must comply under threat of financial penalties and sports. There is no exception, everyone has to have the same rules, the luxury tax (in force in the North American Championships) does not exist. In a country (Australia) which has three national sports, their battles are raging.

A duel between href=”http://www.sportsnews.com.au”AFL news and rugby league is transformed gradually into the triumvirate with rugby union, including through the support of the IRB for the Australian XV and Super 14 (rugby league involving South African , New Zealand and Australia) who has decided to accept a franchise in Melbourne (Australian football league (AFL)’s original land and place of the creation in 1998 of the Melbourne Storm franchise, rugby league). The salary cap is higher than the Australian football league. The same is true of the Top 14, the championship of France rugby union.

The reason of mentioning the Top 14 is as follows: due to the lack of salary cap, the clubs top 14 recruit in the treizistes with attractive salaries they get ever NRL and Mark Gasnier and Sonny Bill Williams, two stars of rugby league have joined top 14 with varying success in sport but in any case personal fortunes they will never have reached Australia. Another example is that of Karmichael Hunt, who arrived from australen rugby league, decided to play a year in top 14 (Biarritz) and then join the Australian football league and play in three different codes of rugby at the highest level in months to two years .

The expansion of rugby league is clear and precise. The latter managed to impose one of its minor codes (Rugby Sevens) Olympic games, surfs the media success of its World Cup (though that of 2011 does not promise real economic success), a competing Media forefront, benefiting in particular from economic benefits. The rugby league needs to go through it, but the long road, it must obviously rely on Australia, New Zealand, England and Papua New Guinea, but also in France, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, the Pacific Islands and expand its base. You should join the idea of sports equity premium on the money king, for this reason the development of the rugby league is more sensitive.