English star performers, bold rule changes and artificial crowd effects - Australia’s NRL has burst back onto screens around the world as one of the first elite competitions back in action.
Former Wigan half-back George Williams produced one of the performances of last weekend’s return for high-flying Canberra, alongside fellow countrymen Josh Hodgson and Elliott Whitehead.
The decision to import fake fan noises was met with a largely positive response, along with a rule that scraps penalties for tackle infringements, and instead resets the tackle count.
And with the action being shown in 70 countries across the globe - including all eight on Sky Sports - rugby league Down Under has never been more widely watched.
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