Dragons in discussions with FNRL about hosting a home game

The Saint George Illawarra Dragons are in discussions with the Fiji National Rugby League about hosting a "home" game next year at the ANZ Stadium in Suva.

NRL clubs have entertained taking competition games overseas before – including when Manly and Canberra endeavored unsuccessfully to play a fixture in Shenzhen, north of Hong Kong, in 2014 – but they have never got off the ground.

But with the Fiji National Rugby League proposing to the government for funding and the Dragons open to expanding their horizons with their venue contracts expiring at the end of this season, a landmark match away from Australia and New Zealand is now on the cards.

St George Illawarra declined to comment when contacted on Wednesday but Fiji NRL chief executive Timoci Naleba has spoken about the league‑mad country's desire to hold elite matches in Fiji.

Naleba says they are proposing to get two games to Fiji.

The Dragons will take on the Knights at 5pm Saturday.

Source: Sydney Morning Herald