# [Live@Stream] NRL Telstra Premiership Live
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NRL is the name of a competition. “N” stands for “national” which is a misnomer as the competition involves only two states of Australia and a team from New Zealand.“RL” stands for “rugby league” but this is also a misnomer. It is not a league playing rugby as in rugby union. It is a league playing rugby league.Kicking, strength, speed, agility, passing and defence are all needed to win NRL games.NRL Telstra Premiership is knocking at the door.
The 2023 NRL Premiership and 116th season of the great game kicks off in early March. Game one is set to be a cracker and sees 2022’s 4th-place Eels line up against 5th-place Storm. There’s new blood this year too with the Dolphins making their debut in 2023, the first new team to join the competition since the Titans back in 2007. See below for a schedule of all opening-round games and where to stream them in Australia.