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101+ million: the Fanatics.TV 2026 NRL season in numbers

Clubhouse Writers
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October 12, 2026

It's been one hell of a season at Fanatics.TV with our rugby league shows watched or listened 101,536,470 times this season. Here is what that looks like.

An aerial view of Sydney filled with copies of Accor Stadium, with the number 101,536,470 across the middle

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Rugby League
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August 7, 2026

Dean Ritchie’s 37 years prove rugby league still runs on trust

I reckon Dean Ritchie’s greatest scoop is the life he built from a schoolboy pass, a borrowed desk and an instinct for people. After 37 years, the stories matter, but the friendships matter more.

Dean Ritchie built a rugby league life on loyalty, nerve and one hell of a yarn
Rugby League
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August 6, 2026

The NRL’s tax-free PNG mess has exposed a system nobody trusts

I’ve had enough of the secrecy. The NRL has built a third-party system so loose, murky and mistrusted that Papua New Guinea was always going to blow it apart.

Papua New Guinea prime minister James Marape, in a Papua New Guinea cap, watches a rugby league match from the stands alongside officials and players
Rugby League
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August 6, 2026

There's no debate - New Zealand must be granted the 20th NRL team

I’ll take an ambitious game with growing pains over a shrinking one guarding its patch. Expansion will expose weak clubs and shallow systems, but standing still is the surest road to irrelevance.

A New Zealand Warriors supporter in black-and-white face paint cheers from a packed grandstand
Rugby League
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August 5, 2026

Why is the NRL manufacturing tries, diluting talent & calling the wreckage entertainment?

I’m sick of the lie that more tries automatically means better football. The NRL is juicing scorelines, rushing expansion and weakening the contest that made the game compelling.

The NRL is selling cheap tries while reckless expansion hollows out the game
Rugby League
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August 5, 2026

Penrith’s dynasty faces its greatest threat & the danger starts on November 1

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Rugby League
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August 4, 2026

The NRL’s media cop is a Trojan horse & rugby league fans, media & officials should fight it

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The NRL wants obedience, not accountability — rugby league must fight back
Rugby League
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August 4, 2026

Brisbane’s empire has cracked & the Bears must strike while the heavyweights wobble

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Brisbane Broncos players walking from the field after a loss
Rugby League
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It was a bludger of a weekend, but I think the NRL ladder is finally finding its level. The contenders are winning, the strugglers are still struggling and the excuses are running out.

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Rugby League
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August 3, 2026

September is exposing the builders, the bluffers & the clubs without a clue

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NRL players contesting possession under lights late in the season
Rugby League
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The Premiership contenders have shifted gears. Penrith remain the team everyone must catch

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Penrith Panthers players regrouping during an NRL match