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Can the NRL bounce back from the coronavirus?

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Roar Guru
24th April, 2020
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This headline is a controversial question, but it’s one that we have all been asking ourselves.

Can the NRL bounce back from the coronavirus? There’s a few factors we need to take into consideration.

1. Crowd-less games
We have to take into consideration that there will be no crowds at games. We can ask all the what-ifs but until this virus is gone for good, we won’t have any crowds.

2. Will there be as many members next year?
This is a tough one. I have no doubt a lot of hardcore supporters like myself will buy memberships for their teams without any hesitation. Watching the game on TV is one thing but being in attendance to soak up the atmosphere is a much better feeling. When every supporter can return to their home ground, it will be worth it.

Newcastle Knights fans

(AAP Image/Darren Pateman)

3. The effect this has taken on the fans
Many of us has felt a massive effect without the game we love being on TV. For 80 minutes of our lives we get to sit down and watch the game that sadly some damn virus took from us.

4. How will it resume?
My understanding is that Fox are all for the resumption of the season as it was until November with State of Origin mid-season and Nine want to go for an extra 17 rounds with each team playing each other once plus some rivalry games. Eventually they’ll figure it out.

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5. The aftermath
It’s been a tough time for us fans. Let’s put aside who we go for. Right now it doesn’t matter what team you go for. Whether you’re a Knight, Bronco, Rabbitoh, Rooster or any other team, we all love rugby league.

We all worked together to lower the cases of this virus so we can unite not just for the game of rugby league but for all other sports like basketball, football, baseball and every other bloody sport there is.

As fans of the game we love, we united for it to return.

As a nation, we united to lower the cases to save as many lives as possible.

As the human race, we united in a battle to beat this virus once and for all.

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