{"id":465304,"date":"2026-02-07T23:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T23:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/465304\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T23:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T23:41:09","slug":"nrl-in-talks-to-bring-game-to-middle-east-and-japan-las-vegas-season-opener-could-be-replaced-what-happened-reason-peter-vlandys-broncos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/465304\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL in talks to bring game to Middle East and Japan, Las Vegas season opener could be replaced, what happened, reason, Peter V\u2019landys, Broncos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NRL could reportedly hold a game in the Middle East as early as next year on the back of the international success in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>According to Code Sports, the ARL Commission is discussing plans to send a game to Japan and are in advanced talks about a potential 2027 fixture in the Middle East. <\/p>\n<p>ARLC chair Peter V\u2019landys is keen to keep the international flavour alive and give the NRL the best chance to showcase itself to the rest of the world. <\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will open the door for us to look at rugby league worldwide, not just in Australia. We\u2019re planning it at the moment,\u201d V\u2019landys told Code Sports.<\/p>\n<p>In a huge reveal, the NRL may discontinue the season-opening double header in Las Vegas according to V\u2019landys.<\/p>\n<p>We won\u2019t send more teams to Vegas next year, but we will look at having opening-round games elsewhere,\u201d V\u2019landys said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe plan is for two teams to go to one location such as Japan, and two other teams will go to the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re talking to a number of jurisdictions, so I don\u2019t want to pre-empt which country we go to but the Middle East has shown great interest. Japan is a fascinating market. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to try something different and it\u2019s all about marketing, if you do it properly the fans will come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>England and Miami have also been floated as potential destinations for regular season games.<\/p>\n<p>If the Middle East do end up hosting an NRL fixture, the Broncos are likely to be one of the two teams. <\/p>\n<p>Code Sports reported days ago that the UAE government approached the Broncos to play Hull KR in this year\u2019s World Club Challenge. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NRL could reportedly hold a game in the Middle East as early as next year on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[112846,2095,115333,1724,64,63,689,4428,9239,1208,2057,2755,763,11288,238207,941,2623,4466,5140,12241,761,762,2627,2041,2067,3583,158,677,238206,166096,33195,85,2614,40620],"class_list":["post-465304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-adam-head","tag-america","tag-arl-commission","tag-asia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-brisbane-broncos","tag-eastern-asia","tag-england","tag-europe","tag-florida","tag-fox-league","tag-grand-final","tag-international-success","tag-japan","tag-las-vegas","tag-melbourne-storm","tag-miami","tag-middle-east","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nevada","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-northern-europe","tag-nrl","tag-oceania","tag-opening-round-games","tag-regular-season-games","tag-season-opener","tag-sports","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-world-club-challenge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465304","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=465304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}