NRL Season Wastes no Time Getting Started

The 2009 National Rugby League season got a great start today with one match going into extra time and the other decided by a single point in the last five minutes. If the matches for the rest of the weekend and the rest of the season keep up this pace, it will be a good one for sure.

An exciting year will also help to live up to the promise of the sport's recent television promotions, such as this ad for the new season (before the campaign was scrapped as another scandal looms over the NRL and featured player Brett Stewart):



Similarly, Reg Reagan alter ego Matthew Johns is pitching club memberships with the promise of fun for all:



The thriller of the 2009 ads, though, is no doubt this ad for the upcoming State of Origin series:



Will the matches live up to the hype? Let's hope so! Of course, no discussion of NRL promos is complete without the classic "That's my Team" campaign from a few years back: