What will the NRL look like in 50 years time?

[Raymond Parker]

Nrl allow Titans to retain thier first ever premiership after players plead guilty to using performance enhancing drugs.

 

[AJB1102]

120 year old Wayne Bennett will be medically retiring Sam Burgess' fatheaded grandson to a million dollar office job.

 

[axl rose]

Football broadcasts/league shows will be beamed directly into our brains via implanted microchip. Rothfield Jnr and Ikins off spring for you 24/7.

'What player was seen evading a SpaceX fare before the Andromeda Galaxy vs Kangaroos match'?

 

[Headless Chook]

130kg behemoths playing touch footy. The pundits will lament how good it was back in the day in 2040 when it was ok to tackle a player without apologising.

Calls for Rabs to finally hang up the microphone will fall on deaf ears.

 

[axl rose]

130kg behemoths playing touch footy. The pundits will lament how good it was back in the day in 2040 when it was ok to tackle a player without apologising.

Calls for Rabs to finally hang up the microphone will fall on deaf ears.

Haha ch 9 Rabs & Gus retirement home reality show. They argue about horse racing and golf. So pretty much the same.

 

[AJB1102]

The children of some of today's players with double barrel surnames breed and 2050's rookie of the year is something like Johnny Hamlin-Uele-Cherry-Evans-Watene-Zelezniak-Nicholl-Klokstad.

Miraculously it's the only name Rabs gets right in the call.

 

[Rhyno]

Parramatta will be the power house club with most premiership wins

Panthers, Tigers and bulldogs will all be extinct
Sharks would of relocated to Perth in 2026

 

[siv]

New jersey designs every single week.

Dynamic electronic jerseys where sponsorship changes every 10 minutes

 

[hineyrulz]

Eels fans will still be living in 1986.

 

[hineyrulz]

Can Smith still playing

Barb will need to grow another hand for all her rings.

 

[>zuzu<]

Halfbacks cannot be tackled before the advantage line.
HIA assessments to have a lawyer present
Jarrod Croker to have held the highest point scorer record for the last 45 years
Season to be shortened to keep up with humanity's decreasing attention span

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

For twenty years the NRL has been run by an intelligent, visionary group who oversee expansion to make it the dominant code in Australia. The NRL’s ambition sees the game expand across the pacific and North America. Union is swallowed up as it’s now played in all schools. AFL only exists in Victoria because you just can’t help the helpless sometimes. All this because the media is run from within and doesn’t dictate the game like it once did.

Of course I’m speaking of an alternate universe.

 

[horrie hastings]

Season to be shortened to keep up with humanity's decreasing attention span

That would mean the season would run for about 2 seconds

 

[kdalymc]

Dynamic electronic jerseys where sponsorship changes every 10 minutes

This is closer than we think....

 

[Canard]

The league will get a branding refresh in 2025, to reflect it's mission and values.

NRL : National Roosters League

 

[PARRA_FAN]

The year is 2070:

13 a side will then be reduced to 11 a side, after scorelines of 18-12, 20-18 and 24-18 are considered "boring"
Tackle count extended to 8 tackles
Instead of a 40-20, its a 40-40.
4 referees
Corner post will be lit up once the ball touches the white try line to avoid going to the bunker
Referees still go the bunker
Pushes result into a sin bin.

 

[TheRam]

It will be AFL.

 

[_snafu_]

The Bunker will still be shit.

 

[The unknown]

Brad Arthur will have hair

 

[siv]

SFS still doesn't have enough womens toilets