London: Powerful St Helens chairman Eamonn McManus has thrown his support behind a potential partnership with the NRL and says he is keen for the Saints to play a regular-season game in Hong Kong as part of the game’s ambitious Global Round plans .

McManus has been backed by South Sydney chief executive Blake Solly, who wants the Rabbitohs to get first crack at playing in Hong Kong should the NRL get Global Round off the ground to launch the 2027 season.

The interest of the high-profile Super League and NRL clubs opens the door for a historic double-header at the new 50,000-seat Kai Tak Sports Stadium that recently hosted a Tottenham-Arsenal preseason friendly.

“I’ve been pushing Hong Kong for 25 years,” McManus, who lived in the Chinese special administrative region for two decades,

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