NRL fans enjoy free travel to Sydney's ANZ Stadium

NRL members and fans will enjoy train travel with pre-purchased tickets to all regular-season games scheduled at ANZ Stadium during the 2015 Telstra Premiership season.

The agreement between the NRL, Transport for NSW and Sydney Trains will include transport for NRL club members, of the teams playing at ANZ Stadium for that round, ANZ Stadium members and corporate guests, and those fans with a pre-purchased ticket to the fixture on that same day.

South Sydney Rabbitohs, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Wests Tigers, Parramatta Eels and St George Illawarra Dragons, are all major tenants at ANZ Stadium, and have also played an integral role in forming this deal for members and fans.

NRL Chief Executive Dave Smith said the partnership was a fantastic win for fans and part of the NRL’s commitment to improving the fan experience in 2015.

Smith said the NRL wanted to provide the best possible experience for members and fans – and that included their journey to and from the game.

He explained "(free travel) will apply to all 26 club games being played at ANZ Stadium this season.

"When (fans) buy a ticket in advance for any game at ANZ (they) get the transport thrown in.

“Not only is it going to save fans money but ideally it is going to reduce traffic congestion around the ground and give fans a much more enjoyable game-day experience.”

ANZ Stadium Managing Director Daryl Kerry congratulated the NRL and thanked the Stadium’s two longest-serving NRL tenants, the Bulldogs and Rabbitohs, along with Wests Tigers, Eels and Dragons, for playing an integral part in securing the deal.

Kerry stated "there will be a feast of rugby league action at ANZ Stadium in season 2015."

The train travel will apply to the entire Sydney Trains network and the NSW TrainLink intercity network.

That includes fans travelling from as far away as Bathurst, the Blue Mountains, Hunter Region (from Dungog / Scone), Bomaderry, and Goulburn.

Sydney Trains has also agreed, whenever possible during the NRL regular season, to provide two direct train services to Sydney Olympic Park taking into account the demographics of the two competing teams (in cases when the two competing teams are Sydney based), and one direct train service when the opposing team is out of Sydney.

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