FILE PHOTO: A general view of the action during a National Rugby League (NRL) match without fans between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Sydney Roosters, as the 2020 season resumes following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Bankwest Stadium in Sydney, Australia, May 29, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's National Rugby League has backtracked on a decision to scrap the playing of the national anthem ahead of the "State of Origin" series following a backlash from fans and an intervention from Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
The league reinstated "Advance Australia Fair" on Thursday only hours after saying the anthem had been dropped from the program before next week's State of Origin opener between New South Wales and Queensland in Adelaide.
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