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NRL clubs reluctant to give All Blacks a piece of $16m cross-code cash cow – Sydney Morning Herald
NRL clubs don’t want their players involved in a one-off game against the All Blacks that will help prop up the financially struggling sport.
The game has been earmarked for December 5 at Suncorp Stadium this year, however the COVID-19 pandemic could see plans pushed back another year if the 2021 Rugby League World Cup is scrapped as a result of the global pandemic.
Bennett and Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga have backed the concept, however Peter V’landys and the ARL Commission will have the final say when they are presented with a detailed analysis next month.
Sources close to discussions told the Herald the NZR is keen to make it hap…
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