The NRL to resume on 28/5/20.

Resumption of the competition remains subject to ongoing advice from government and health experts and continued consultation with all broadcast partners to determine the optimum way to fulfil the competition’s broadcast obligations.

Remember Super League was initially suspended until the 3rd of April, we didn’t resume playing on the 3rd of April.

Australia is in a far better position to start again even if behind closed doors , it will restart on that date

Not according to their government's medical advisers it won't

Really can't see how any games will get played until lockdown conditions are significantly eased - behind closed doors or not.
Hopefully clubs will be able to handle their cashflow in the meantime.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-le ... d-21883022 Sounds good to me. Germany have started easing their lockdown, but have ruled out mass gatherings until 31/08/20 at least, so it seems unlikely we'll be attending any games this season.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-le ... d-21883022 Sounds good to me. Germany have started easing their lockdown, but have ruled out mass gatherings until 31/08/20 at least, so it seems unlikely we'll be attending any games this season.

Done with everyone's personal health as a priority, I see it as a starter.

Can’t even see “Touch and Pass” being allowed by then.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/52423767 Let's hope we can get up and running by the end of May

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/52423767 Let's hope we can get up and running by the end of May

Would clubs be any better off were they to opt for an early restart behind closed doors if the furlough option was further extended for say another month after this one, which it might well be?
They'd have to start paying full salaries once more without the top up of gate money.

I guess if they were the first sport to start up again a TV deal showing all games could be lucrative and capture a fairly captive audience

Good point, financially surely the best thing to do would be to wait until the end of the furlough period before restarting the season.

Theres going to have to be plenty of testing etc and I doubt with the failures going on around that it'd look favourably on any sport having to have constant testing of all involved.

If they can find a safe work around I'm all for it. People are crying out for some live sport.

No sporting events in Canada or France until September at the earliest, which will mean the relocation of Catalans and Toulouse as well as Toronto playing in the UK.

That should make them exempt from relegation at least, assuming there will be any anyway.