New Zealand has emerged as a genuine option of hosting the NRL grand final in coming years. ANZ Stadium has been the home of the grand final since 1999 and rugby league's grand final has never been played outside Sydney. "And we have no shortage of options and no shortage of interest from people who would love to see the grand final in their place." As such the new 65,000 seat Perth Stadium is another contender to host the grand final. "There would be two primary reasons (to move the grand final)," Greenberg said "One would be the commercial reasons.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 26, 2016 06:00 UTC