The new NRL season is just three weeks away.
And on Thursday, Fox League officially launches the 2021 campaign with the biggest faces in the game at Bankwest Stadium.
Fox League is the home of rugby league with every game of every round is live and ad-break free during play from Thursday, March 11 when the Storm face the Rabbitohs.
Fans can follow the launch live right here on foxsports.com.au or by following the hashtag #FoxLeague2021 for behind the scenes access, content and the best expert opinion.
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MAL’S STRAIGHT BAT OVER SMITH
Titans culture boss Mal Meninga has doubled down saying he won’t be signing Cameron Smith.
The Storm legend was spotted training on the Gold Coast this week and set tongues wagging.
But Meninga threw the focus back on the Broncos, telling Fox League’s Yvonne Sampson to ‘ask Kevvie’.
“It’s the $550,000 question,” Meninga said. “I’ve not talked to Cameron. He’s the hardest bloke to get hold of in the world. I’ve not spoken to him – nor has anyone from the club.
“Everyone assumes he’s coming to the Titans. I haven’t talked to him, he’s not on the radar.
“You should ask Kevvie about Cameron so I don’t have to answer these questions any more.”
MATTY JOHNS’ NEW SHOW
With every game of every round covered live and ad-break free as standard, fans want more than ever before.
But in 2021 fans will be treated to a new show Face to Face with Matty Johns on Wednesday nights at 7.30pm after NRL360.
The face of Fox League Johns sits down with key figures in the game as well as continuing his regular shows The Late Show with Matty Johns and Sunday Night with Matty Johns alongside Queensland legend Gorden Tallis and the comedic duo of Bryan Fletcher and Nathan Hindmarsh.
The likes of Anthony Mundine, Karmichael Hunt, Danny Buderus, Nicho Hynes and Melbourne Storm general manager Frank Ponissi — who Johns described as “just about the best operator in rugby league — all feature to give an interesting snapshot of the most interesting people in the game.
Fox Sports Executive Director, Steve Crawley, said: “When your customers pay for something they can otherwise get for free, there’s a greatly increased emphasis on the standard of your people, your shows and game production.
“That’s why Fox League need people of the highest calibre, people like of Mal Meninga, Yvonne Sampson, Cooper Cronk and Mick Ennis; shows like NRL360 and Matty Johns plus a team of the best callers and world-leading innovations. It’s equally important this is not a boast but fact.”
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NEW-LOOK NRL360 – AND MORE
The week of Fox League begins on Monday night with news from every angle when Ben Ikin and Paul Kent lead off three consecutive nights of NRL360, with top rugby league journalists Phil “Buzz” Rothfield and James Hooper.
Now in Rabbitohs colours, Benji Marshall returns with James Graham to provide the perspective every Tuesday night.
Face to Face with Matty Johns will lead Wednesday nights with Matty Johns sitting down with the biggest names in sport and society following NRL360 with Lara Pitt joining the show for Legends Night featuring Geoff Toovey, Benny Elias and Mark “Spud” Carroll.
Premiering after every Super Saturday Andrew Voss and Lara Pitt are back with, The Fan, when they have some fun looking at rugby league through the historical and quirky lens of the game’s biggest fanatics.
The week wraps up with Big League Wrap with Yvonne Sampson, Mick Ennis and James Hooper dissecting all the biggest news and talking points following the weekend’s round of football.
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