Prime Minister Scott Morrison says “the NRL is not high on the list” of funding priorities as the government responds to the coronavirus outbreak.

The NRL is facing the prospect of its cash reserves drying up in just three months if the premiership is called off, while ARLC chairman Peter V’Landys claims the game will lose more than $1 million for every weekend that crowds are locked out of stadiums.

V’Landys has been vocal in urging the federal government to provide rugby league with emergency funding, stating the game may not survive without it. As Racing NSW chief executive, V’landys presided over the equine influenza crisis in 2007, helping the sport receive a $235 million rescue package from the government.

Morrison is an avid league fan and is currently Cronulla's No.1 ticketholder. However, he told the Alan Jones Breakfast Show that the NRL wasn’t currently a funding priority.