SYDNEY (Reuters) - actor Russell Crowe helped negotiate an agreement to disseminate a series of more violently attacked the Australia, the State of origin rugby league, the United States, the National League of Rugby (LNR) said Wednesday.
Winner of the Oscar Crowe, who owns the South Sydney Rabittohs NRL club, helped set up a deal to show the series of three matches between New South Wales and Queensland on Fox Sports, the League said.
The period leading up to the State of origin series, which starts in Brisbane on Wednesday, has consumed media of c?te is of the Australia for the past two weeks with coverage of coverage in newspapers and on television.
Rugby XIII is the code of sport more popular in New South Wales and Queensland winter, even if it was difficult to take foot off his Australian and English Centre.
An additional set of State of origin has played in California in 1987 to try to sell the sport to the Americans.
The NRL said that the new broadcast contract would also see the NRL Grand Final broadcast in the United States.
"This new agreement to the United States significantly adds to the public exhibition of two of our largest events," NRL Chief David Gallop said the League (www.nrl.com.au) Web site.
"He sees more than 40 million homes across the United States now able to experience live the passion and the rivalry of the 2011..." The State of origin series and the... Premiership Grand Final. ?
Queensland have won each series since 2006 with the flag of the State subsequently flying over Sydney bridge as a result of a bet between the heads of local government.
(Reported by Nick Mulvenney.) Editing by John O'Brien)
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