Apr 18th, 2020

Apr 18th, 2020

New South Wales deputy premier John Barilaro has provided footy fans with much-needed relief, admitting he's confident the NRL can resume on May 28.

The NRL is pushing ahead with a planned resumption for next month but it remains unclear at this stage as to what the competition's structure will look like along with the isolation procedures.

After the NRL's executive team and broadcasters held discussions throughout the week, the league's innovation committee, Project Apollo, will meet in the coming days to continue planning the season structure.

But now it appears clear the NRL has the support of the government with the NSW deputy premier revealing he's feeling better every day about a return to the field due to the work being done by CEO Todd Greenberg and ARLC chairman Peter V'landys.

John Barilaro (Getty)

"Peter V'landys was ambitious, he sort of mapped out a seven week return, picked a date like May 28 and said off we go," Barilaro told 2GB's The Continuous Call Team.

"Now they're doing the work.

"I caught up with Peter V'landys, Todd Greenberg and Wayne Pearce during the week, they're working through their plan.

"From the insight that I got, I am so confident every day.

"The broadcasters are a big part of this and they're important and with the green light from the broadcasters I'm getting a little bit more confident every day that Peter V'landys may just pull this off."

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