AUSTRALIA superstar Nathan Cleary has called for Manchester to host an NRL game.

Cleary, who missed out on a fifth successive NRL Grand Final win with Penrith Panthers in 2025, is over in the UK with the Kangaroos side for the first Ashes Test on British shores for over two decades.

The NRL has already taken fixtures to Las Vegas in the past two seasons, and there has been talk of the competition holding an entire round in cities across the world in future.

Asked by The Daily Telegraph about where he would like to see NRL games taken in the future, Cleary said: “I should probably say Manchester because I could see Mary (Fowler, his partner who plays football for Manchester City).

“But maybe Miami would be pretty cool.

“The more we can promote the game and get it to eyes that haven’t seen it … the product of rugby league is the best sport in the world. Rugby league could be massive.

“I’ve been to a lot of sporting events and, as much as I love other sports, I still honestly believe rugby league is the greatest product on the planet. People just haven’t watched enough of it.

“Selfishly as a player you want to take it overseas and have those experiences – to go away and play in different environments like (Wembley), which was incredible. These are things that you remember for the rest of our life.

“It’s probably one thing rugby union has had over rugby league is the fact they get to travel and go to different places. If rugby league is able to do that, I can only see it growing more.”