Analysis

Sporting Declaration: Fans can be the NRL's salvation from coronavirus hiatus

By Robert Dillon
Updated March 27 2020 - 6:29pm, first published 6:21pm
HEART AND SOUL: The Newcastle Knights have been rugby league's most loyal and parochial supporters since 1988. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers
HEART AND SOUL: The Newcastle Knights have been rugby league's most loyal and parochial supporters since 1988. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

RUGBY league can survive, recover and eventually thrive after the coronavirus crisis has passed. But for that to happen, the powers-that-be will need to reverse a generational trend and acknowledge that the fans, not the players, are their greatest asset.

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