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The Broncos are "set to" take matches to the Gabba next season after being locked out of Lang Park, due to the FIFA Women's World Cup.
FIFA has secured Sydney’s Allianz Stadium and Accor Stadium along with Melbourne’s AAMI Park and Suncorp exclusively for the Women’s World Cup – blocking out all other sports for a two-month period.
The lock out periods differ depending on the ground and Lang Park will be unavailable from late June to late August.
the club are investigating playing up to 3 matches at the Gabba. other ground being investigated are their old home ground in Nathan (QSAC) as well as regional centers like Toowoomba, Sunshine Coast and Bundaberg.
The club have an agreement to play 12 games-a-year at the old Lang Park, with that contract set to be altered to facilitate the Gabba move.
EDIT: the Gabba hasn't hosted a top flight rugby league match since a 1956 Test between Australia and New Zealand and has never witnessed an NRL fixture.
NRL CEO Andrew Abdo says:
“Next year’s draw will be the most complex we’ve had in a while with some constraints around those venues,” he said.
“We’re looking at a whole bunch of ways we can work with each club on that. Some of it will be scheduling, some of it will be moving matches regional and creating opportunities to play in potentially new locations.
“That will all unfold over the next six weeks or so. The draw typically comes out at the end of October, but we might need a bit of time, depending on how we go with the complexities. The focus for the next two months is certainly on this.
“We are working with every club on a customised solution. If a stadium isn’t available and they can’t fulfil that (contract) due to a blackout then there will be some flexibility there.”
However Abdo said the State of Origin series would not be affected despite a resolution not yet being reached.
“We will play in our normal venues,” he said.
“We are busy working on that and should have a solution. We are not expecting Origin to be disrupted.”
Source: Travis Meyn (Courier Mail)
FIFA has secured Sydney’s Allianz Stadium and Accor Stadium along with Melbourne’s AAMI Park and Suncorp exclusively for the Women’s World Cup – blocking out all other sports for a two-month period.
The lock out periods differ depending on the ground and Lang Park will be unavailable from late June to late August.
the club are investigating playing up to 3 matches at the Gabba. other ground being investigated are their old home ground in Nathan (QSAC) as well as regional centers like Toowoomba, Sunshine Coast and Bundaberg.
The club have an agreement to play 12 games-a-year at the old Lang Park, with that contract set to be altered to facilitate the Gabba move.
EDIT: the Gabba hasn't hosted a top flight rugby league match since a 1956 Test between Australia and New Zealand and has never witnessed an NRL fixture.
NRL CEO Andrew Abdo says:
“Next year’s draw will be the most complex we’ve had in a while with some constraints around those venues,” he said.
“We’re looking at a whole bunch of ways we can work with each club on that. Some of it will be scheduling, some of it will be moving matches regional and creating opportunities to play in potentially new locations.
“That will all unfold over the next six weeks or so. The draw typically comes out at the end of October, but we might need a bit of time, depending on how we go with the complexities. The focus for the next two months is certainly on this.
“We are working with every club on a customised solution. If a stadium isn’t available and they can’t fulfil that (contract) due to a blackout then there will be some flexibility there.”
However Abdo said the State of Origin series would not be affected despite a resolution not yet being reached.
“We will play in our normal venues,” he said.
“We are busy working on that and should have a solution. We are not expecting Origin to be disrupted.”
Source: Travis Meyn (Courier Mail)
