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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Aaron Bower

Winter is coming … back? Super League could revamp schedule as part of NRL takeover

Wigan’s Terry O'Connor breaks through the Warrington defence in a muddy April 1995 encounter
Wigan on the ball at Warrington in a muddy affair in April 1995. The following year, the first Super League season ran from March to September. Photograph: PA Images/Alamy

Super League could move back to a winter competition to allow year-round global broadcasting of rugby league if the NRL agrees a deal to take control of the British game.

Andrew Abdo, the CEO of the NRL, told the Guardian the ­Australian ­governing body would consider the calendar switch as a key part of a potential multimillion-pound ­takeover and investment package that would also include a strong focus on a London-based club and major governance reform.

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