{"id":227,"date":"2026-05-24T14:59:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T12:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/journalists\/?p=227"},"modified":"2026-05-24T14:59:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T12:59:04","slug":"mzansi-rugby-league-yea-or-nay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/journalists\/mzansi-rugby-league-yea-or-nay\/","title":{"rendered":"Mzansi Rugby League – Yea or Nay?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a rugby obsessed nation such as South Africa one would think that additional playing (and earning) opportunities would be welcomed with open arms.<\/p>\n

Along with greater exposure for the sport the support infrastructure would also stand to benefit – stadiums, tourism, accommodation, officials, media, support staff and the like all need to be found and paid to take part.<\/p>\n

One hook that the MRL (Mzansi Rugby League) has over SARU is their Development Partner Program (DPP) which is slated to ensure that when a player succeeds, the institution that developed him succeeds too. Essentially the player transfer amounts will carry a ‘commission’ for the institution (school, university, club) that developed the player.<\/p>\n

The MRL says that Development Partner Program (DPP) is how they say thank you to the institutions that shaped the players long before they arrived in the MRL…<\/p>\n

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