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NRL All Stars clash moves to NZ
By AAP
The annual pre-season NRL All Stars game will be played in New Zealand for the first time in 2023.
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The NRL will take the annual All Stars game overseas for the first time in its 12-year history next season after confirming the fixture would be played in New Zealand.
Rotorua’s International Stadium will host both men’s and women’s games in a double header between the Maori and Indigenous teams.
The Maori have been involved in the pre-season game since 2019, with the Indigenous side an ever-present since the fixture’s inception in 2010.
No date is yet set for the game although it is expected to be held in late February prior to the start of the 2023 NRL season.
“All Stars brings communities and culture together perhaps like no other week in our calendar, NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo said.
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“Knowing how important Rotorua is to Maori culture, we are excited to work with the community on becoming the first Aotearoa New Zealand location to host the event.
“The 2023 All Stars game will coincide with the 50-year anniversary of the first Indigenous rugby league tour of New Zealand, and will also be 50 years since Arthur Beetson became the first Indigenous athlete to captain Australia.”
By: George Clarke, AAP
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Nice one Nick. He actually reminds me of more physical David Knox - those deft passes to keep the defences guessing still burns in my memory.
Go to commentsGreat piece Nick - as always. Rassie would snap you up as an analyst - he began his journey in international rugby as just that - for Jake White who has said many times that the WC isn’t won by attack but by defence. And the key to defence is in the centre. Le Roux and Muller, Steyn and Fourie, de Allende and Am pairings have two things in common. WC winners and outstanding defending combinations. Ringrose and Henshaw are very nearly as good on the defence better on attack than any of the SA combinations. If those two combinations (SA and Irish centre parings) face off in the WC first round it is going to be interesting. I think those two combinations are certainly the most settled and arguably the two best in the world.,
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