Super League’s rousing Rivals Round offers timely boost for takeover talks

Healthy crowds, a five-way title race and some stunning action give NRL executives plenty to be encouraged bySuper League’s possible takeover by the NRL could gather pace in the coming weeks as executives head to the UK for talks to thrash out a deal. Had the NRL’s chief executive, Andrew Abdo, or anyone associated with the game in Australia watched watched the last few days, they would have been mightily impressed with matters both on and off the field.The overriding mood in recent months as sp...