Timely 押し進める by NRL to 避ける heat in pre-season matches
The NRL has 押し進めるd 支援する the start of all of Saturday's pre-season NRL challenges by nearly an hour in a 企て，努力，提案 to 戦闘 NSW's 予測（する） 激烈な heat.
気温s are 推定する／予想するd to reach 38 degrees in western Sydney and central NSW on Saturday, 誘発するing 恐れるs for players 伴う／関わるd in NRL 裁判，公判 matches.
The high-profile Charity 保護物，者 衝突／不一致 between St George Illawarra and South Sydney is the match of greatest 関心, with a 中央の-afternoon kick-off scheduled in Mudgee.
Penrith had also been in 接触する with the NRL for several months trying to 押し進める 支援する their 6pm kick-off for their World Club Challenge 衝突／不一致 with St Helens.
The clubs earned some （死）刑の執行猶予（をする） on Tuesday, with the Charity 保護物，者 moved from 3.30pm to 4.20pm, with the start of the World Club Challenge 押し進めるd 支援する to 6.50pm.
Brisbane's pre-season challenge match against North Queensland on the 日光 Coast has also been 押し進めるd 支援する to 7.55pm 地元の time, to 避ける a 衝突／不一致 between the games on TV.
The move should at least take some of the sting out of the day's heat in NSW, but it is ありそうもない to please clubs that had hoped the games would be played later at night to better 保護する players.
It comes after the NRL had earlier this week 許すd for Penrith and St Helens to have a five-man （法廷の）裁判 and an extra two 交換s to 戦闘 the heat for their World Club Challenge match.
It is believed the Panthers had long been 圧力（をかける）ing for even greater squad sizes beyond 18 for the game, 特に given a number of their players had been 限られた／立憲的な to a six-week pre-season because of the World Cup.
The Dragons and Souths will at least have the 高級な of more players in Mudgee, with all matches outside the World Club Challenge 許すing for 26-man squads and 制限のない 交換s.
The NRL will also invoke the heat 政策 if 要求するd in all games, with the ability to turn the game into four 20-minute ４半期/4分の1s and more trainers 許すd on the field to hydrate players.
伝統的に 裁判，公判 matches have predominantly taken place at night, with as many as six 存在 played at the same time in 最近の years.
But the introduction of the NRL's pre-season challenge and matches 落ちるing under a TV 権利s 取引，協定 have 意味ありげに changed the schedule.
As many as five matches will kick off in daylight hours this 週末, with 非，不，無 of the games overlapping to 許す 最大限 TV （危険などに）さらす.
It is not the first time the February heat has 衝撃d pre-season games.
There were 恐れるs over three night matches played in Sydney in 2017, with a 衝突／不一致 between Penrith and Canterbury at Belmore 押し進めるd 支援する to start after the sun 始める，決める.
