NRL 2020 season preview: rugby league's best remain simply the best | Nick Tedeschi

The Roosters, Storm and Raiders again shape as the teams to beat while the outlook is significantly less rosy for othersThe 2020 NRL season is upon us. In a storm of nostalgia, pettiness and old fashioned sing-a-long joy, the year will play under a banner that transformed and modernised the game so rapidly 30 years ago: Simply The Best.It is an apt motto. The game does showcase the best athletes at the peak of their powers like few others. No sport is better at creating manufactured drama with no better example being the divisiveness the new marketing campaign based on the Tina Turner song has caused through a message of inclusiveness. Rugby league as a spectacle is to so many “better than all the rest”. Related: James Tedesco: 'I don’t really like to brag or big-note myself' | John Davidson Related: South Sydney go from strength to strength with capture of Latrell Mitchell | Nick Tedeschi Related: NRL adds another level to officiating quagmire with captain's challenge | Nick Tedeschi Continue readingread full article

Source: TheGuardian

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