Two World Wars couldn't stop them. But the coronavirus pandemic saw Australia's premier football competitions come to a grinding halt when the NRL and AFL were shut down in March. Super Rugby would follow, as sporting competitions around the globe - at both professional and local levels - faced a fight for survival. "It's catastrophic. I don't think we have ever come across a financial crisis like this," Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter V'Landys said on March 23.
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