New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\nIn a club-issued statement released on Friday, the Bulldogs also announced that fans will be able to purchase these jerseys with players\u2019 names and numbers on the back ahead of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n
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\u201cA player\u2019s surname represents their family, their heritage and their journey. When our players run out in Vegas, those names should be visible for the world to see,\u201d Bulldogs CEO Aaron Warburton said.<\/p>\n
\u201c93 per cent of our fans want to see player names \u2013 we\u2019ve heard them loud and clear. Vegas 2026 gives us the platform to deliver.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re taking rugby league to America where every major sport uses player names \u2013 NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL. We\u2019re adapting smartly to present our game properly to a new audience while giving our fans what they\u2019ve been asking for.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear if the Bulldogs will feature name plated jerseys at other stages throughout the 2026 season. <\/p>\n
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SHARKS SIGN RUGBY UNION LEGEND TO STAFF<\/p>\n
The Sharks are leaving no stone unturned in their pursuit for a premiership, signing a former French rugby union superstar to their coaching staff. <\/p>\n
Frederic Michalak is set to join Craig Fitzgibbon\u2019s staff in mid-2026 according to Code Sports to help cover the exit of new Titans coach Josh Hannay.<\/p>\n
Michalak is a French rugby legend, representing his country in 77 Test matches across a 15-year international career at fly half and scrum half. <\/p>\n
This will be Michalak\u2019s second stint with Cronulla after working as the club\u2019s kicking and skills consultant in 2022 \u2013 the same year Nicho Hynes won the Dally M Medal. <\/p>\n
The former fly half will join the Sharks next season after his commitments with French rugby side Racing 92 end, where he\u2019s currently the club\u2019s attacking coach.<\/p>\n
\u201cFred\u2019s experience on the international stage will be an invaluable asset for our squad, especially heading into the business end of next season,\u201d Fitzgibbon said via a club-issued statement. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s already built strong relationships with many of our players and staff through his consultancy work and I have no doubt as to the value he\u2019ll provide our program.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a bid to mimic US sports for their Las Vegas showcase, the Bulldogs have launched special edition…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[184208,2095,64,63,689,18194,184204,19061,4738,4565,763,184212,184214,184211,184216,2105,18387,184210,2623,9139,761,762,2627,673,2041,2067,158,677,52948,184207,159,184213,184215,183851,184203,184205,184206,184209,85,670,2614],"class_list":["post-328737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-aaron-warburton","tag-america","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-braith-anasta","tag-club-issued-statement","tag-coaching-staff","tag-craig-fitzgibbon","tag-cronulla-sharks","tag-fox-league","tag-frederic-michalak","tag-french-rugby","tag-french-rugby-legend","tag-french-rugby-side","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-josh-hannay","tag-joshua-mcguire","tag-las-vegas","tag-national-football-league","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nevada","tag-new-south-wales","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-nrl","tag-oceania","tag-off-season-central","tag-player-names","tag-rugby-league","tag-rugby-union-legend","tag-rugby-union-superstar","tag-salary-cap-allowance","tag-skills-consultant","tag-special-edition","tag-special-edition-jersey","tag-special-edition-jerseys","tag-sports","tag-sydney","tag-united-states-of-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}