HG Nelson

You should have an imaginary mark of the most valuable sport in the world.

I don't know how you measure that, but be that as it may, that's up to them.

They're in charge of that.

I'm not.

Now, this is a $4 billion for a five-year deal that would surpass the AFL.

Why compare the AFL?

Just leave them out of the conversation.

They've got their own problems.

Exactly.

You don't have to solve their problems.

Let them stew in their own juice.

There's no point swinging dicks with the AFL.

It's a competition you'll always lose.

Now, Wednesday night's spectacle had a record number of eyeballs that witnessed it as a win for NRL, which boasts that rugby league is the most watched sport in Australia.

It also proved nine can retain and build audiences despite an increasingly fragmented media market.

That's my point.

Yes, and what a... I mean, it's been such a week of...

intense rugby league action.

I mean, so many, the generation of issues through State of Origin is just amazing.

And, of course, the women's State of Origin was a clean sweep to New South Wales.