Mitchell worried over National Rugby League crisis

OLD Georgians Rugby Football Club player-coach Grant Mitchell is worried local rugby could be headed for an exodus of its young talented players due to inactivity in the National Rugby League (NRL).

The NRL recently suspended its fixtures programme at the halfway mark because of financial difficulties after Delta Beverages, who bankrolled the league from 2011- 2013 through their Lion Lager brand, decided not to renew the sponsorship deal this year.

Mitchell, a former national rugby team player and Zimbabwe Rugby Union general manager, said the current inactivity in the NRL had not only affected local clubs, but would further hamper the strides local rugby had made in retaining its young talented players.

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