NRL adds $100k incentive for pre-season comp

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The NRL has brought successful a $100,000 inducement for clubs to instrumentality pre-season games seriously, adding contention points that volition beryllium skewed towards teams that play attacking football.

All 17 NRL clubs positive Super League nine St Helens volition beryllium eligible for the currency prize, which volition beryllium awarded to the squad that finishes connected apical of the contention table, which volition play retired implicit conscionable 2 weeks.

The contention has been named the 'Pre-Season Challenge' and volition beryllium played betwixt Thursday February 9 and Sunday February 18.

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Teams volition person 12 points for a win, six points for a draw, and volition besides beryllium eligible for a bonus constituent by scoring 5 oregon much tries, making 5 oregon much enactment breaks and 10 oregon much offloads.

As a result, teams tin gain a maximum of 15 points per match.

"Having 18 teams and the added innovations, prize wealth and each matches televised unrecorded volition make an breathtaking 2 weeks of shot for fans," NRL CEO Andrew Abdo said.

"The 2023 Pre-Season Challenge offers a caller acquisition for clubs, players and astir importantly fans, up of different highly anticipated Telstra Premiership successful 2023.

"Over 2 enactment packed weekends, we person accepted rivalry matches, the inclusion of St Helens, the Dolphins featuring successful Pre-Season for the archetypal time, the Charity Shield and World Club Challenge to look guardant to."

Squads volition beryllium capped astatine 28 players for their week 1 matches and 26 players for week 2 matches.

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