SUPER LEAGUE clubs are meeting on Friday to potentially finalise a partnership with the NRL.

As well as that investment deal, Super League clubs will also be voting on whether to approve London Broncos’ elevation to the top flight.

In what has been described by some people as the most important period of time in rugby league since the creation of the summer game in the mid-1990s, NRL chairman Peter V’landys looks poised to strike an agreement with his northern hemisphere counterparts.

In August, the NRL outlined a financial proposal that was valued at an estimated £35 million over five years, which would give the NRL management control of Super League.

That was initially rejected, with Super League clubs divided as some of the 14 required additional information before they would give the deal the green light.

Those concerns look to have been addressed with the NRL expected to accept a smaller stake.

V’landys, Super League clubs and Rugby Football League officials will thrash out the finer details in their meeting.

A broadcasting contract with DAZN, the streaming platform that now owns Foxtel in Australia, is likely to follow if a deal is agreed.

With the clubs having agreed a deal with Sky Sports to broadcast three Super League games per week from next season, DAZN is likely to stream the other four games from each round on its platform.

Meanwhile, the Broncos are widely expected to be given the nod to be promoted from the Championship, even though they finished 16th in the club gradings.

Below Barrow Raiders, the Broncos achieved a score of just 9.77 – 3.47 points behind York Knights in 14th – despite winning a second-tier trophy treble.

London’s Australian ownership group, led by mining magnate Grant Wechsel and rugby league legend Darren Lockyer, have held ambitions of a Super League spot since taking over the capital club in September 2025.

The NRL are said to have made the Broncos’ promotion a condition of investment into the European competition.