![\"News](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2264141333-e1776081320101.jpg\")
\t\tLondon Broncos have backed the Australian NRL investment into Super League\t<\/p>\n\t\t\tMonday 13 April 2026 12:59 pm\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\tLondon Broncos have backed the Australian NRL investment into Super League\t<\/p>\n
The London Broncos rugby league team have backed the proposed Australian NRL investment in Super League.<\/p>\n
Officials from the richest league in the sport, the NRL, are set for talks with Super League representatives and other officials in the game later this month as the southern hemisphere competition looks to buy a stake in its European counterpart.<\/p>\n
English rugby league chiefs have hired Deloitte<\/a> to help it explore options and the Australian owners of Championship side London Broncos, led by former Brisbane Broncos legend Darren Lockyer and mining tycoon Grant Wechsel, are strongly in favour of the proposal.<\/p>\n \u201cWe definitely back the idea of the investment,\u201d Wechsel told City AM, \u201cas long as the financial improvement is there for the clubs.<\/p>\n \u201cIf they get a full distribution and it\u2019s making the competition stronger, then the money they make from their own efforts can be reinvested into the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe NRL don\u2019t just give them [Australian teams] the full salary cap but give each club Aus $5m on top of that \u2014 effectively paying for staff on top of players.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s a huge head start out here and it\u2019s given the clubs a platform to grow the game, grow talent and improve performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tRead more<\/p>\n \t\t\tExclusive: London Broncos shelve plans for match at Twickenham Stoop<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cHow it actually gets done, I have no idea, and I\u2019m not going to tell the RFL or the NRL how I think they should do it, but money coming into the game and support from the biggest rugby league competition in the world makes sense if it can help grow the game in the UK.<\/p>\n \u201cDown the track, if that\u2019s worked and they want to pull back out, I\u2019m sure there are options as to how long it\u2019s done for. But it seems in the short term to be a positive thing for the game.\u201d<\/p>\n London Broncos in Super League?<\/p>\n Wechsel reiterated his hope that London Broncos would be given a place in the Super League before the end of the season, whether through an expanded roster of teams from 2027 or by other means. Senior Championship<\/a> club sources have told City AM that they would rather the Broncos be promoted as soon as possible given the disparity in budgets in the second tier.<\/p>\n But a deal, Wechsel said, would need to come with guarantees from the sport\u2019s governing body that every team receives their Super League salary cap of \u00a32.1m in central funding.<\/p>\n \u201cIf the deal looks like the NRL makes a minority investment and brings whatever funds they\u2019re putting forward or TV funds, and that tallies up to an amount where all the clubs can get the full distribution and still grow the game, then that\u2019s the first priority,\u201d the Australian added.<\/p>\n