Exclusive: Rugby League Players Association CEO Clint Newton joins Moneyball to discuss player power, the NRL’s new $5 billion TV rights deal and who gets to shape rugby league’s billion-dollar future.

This episode was recorded recently, but before the NRL announced the full details of its new TV deal with Nine Entertainment, DAZN and Sky Sport New Zealand.

Clint Newton joins Scott Keenan for a wide-ranging conversation about what the NRL’s next era means for players, clubs and the future shape of the competition.

They unpack how the NRL’s Total Player Payments Pool works, why the players’ share of distributable revenue is about much more than salaries, and where the game should invest as revenues rise — including player wellbeing, insurance, education, career transition and support after fo ...