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National Rugby League expansion

The National Rugby League may be the top division of Rugby League australia wide. The Australian Rugby League Commission, replacing the NRL Partnership that controlled the league beforehand, controls it, from 2012. The big NRL News before the spring is change - the biggest considering that the Super League War from the 90’s. It signals the finish to News Limited’s interest in the running from the game, yet they're still heavily a part of Rugby League in Australia. News Limited hold shares in 2 NRL clubs - 68.7% from the Brisbane Broncos and 100% of the Melbourne Storm, after their extensively recorded recent troubles.

These troubles experienced by Melbourne Storm are probably the biggest piece of NRL News considering that the Super League War - with the repercussions being felt around the globe. It is discovered the team had breached the NRL’s strict salary cap rules for 5 years, resulting in the stripping of every title the club had earned from 2006. It also resulted in club being deducted any point in the 2011 competition - that was still taking place - leading them to finish in last place and take the wooden spoon. Internationally, it also meant their 2010 World Club Challenge title was removed and directed at Leeds Rhinos, while compensation was paid to the English club for the sum of 89,000 Australian dollars. Altogether, the club was fined an Australian record $1,689,000 - together with the $89,000 to Leeds Rhinos, $1.1m was redistributed for the other NRL clubs, plus a $500,000 fine was imposed. Over the 5 years these folks were running their dual contract system, Melbourne Storm paid their players a total of $3.78m over the salary cap amount.

It has not changed the great fascination with NRL from Australia, Nz and through the rest of the world, however. Expansion plans take place, and it's also expected more and more teams might be put into the league the moment next season. There are 6 official bids to go in the NRL, in the Brisbane Bombers, Central Coast Bears, Central Queensland Comets, WA Reds, Western Corridor as well as the Papua New Guinea Vipers. Come the end of the coming season, the large NRL News will be whichever of these teams wins the bid process. However, additionally, there are fears that the expansion plans could be placed on ice until 2015, or even beyond. With rival code, the AFL losing $23.6 million, its first losses for that decade were blamed on accelerating their expansion plans. With the ARL commission concerned with side effects brought on by expanding too soon, could the big NRL News be no expansion until long after 2015?