PremiumUpdatedShayne CurrieNZME Editor-at-Large·NZ Herald·7 Jul, 2026 02:32 AM7 mins to read‌Warriors Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad and Dallin Watene-Zelezniak celebrate one of the side's many tries so far this NRL season; Sky TV chief executive Sophie Moloney with NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo (left) and chair Peter V'landys (right). Photos / Photosport, Sky TVSky has beaten TVNZ to the ball to secure NRL rights for another seven years - at a record price and part of a broader, $A5.3 billion ($NZ6.46b) TV rights deal across Australia and New Zealand.

Sky TV has agreed to a record annual sum for the rights - understood