Does Apple Sports have NRL?
Short answer: no. Apple Sports arrived in Australia in May 2026 and covers a lot of sport - just not rugby league. If you went looking for your team on that scoreboard and came up empty, Six Again is as close to Apple Sports for the NRL as you'll get.
No - Apple Sports does not include the NRL. No NRL scores, no ladder, no teams to follow and no NRL Live Activities. The AFL, the A-League and the NBL are missing too. The app itself works fine in Australia; the Australian leagues just aren't in it.
What Apple Sports does cover
Apple Sports is Apple's free scoreboard app for iPhone. It's genuinely good at what it does: pick your leagues and teams, open the app, read the score in about a second. It covers the American majors (NFL, MLB, NBA, WNBA, NHL, MLS and college football and basketball), motorsport (Formula 1 and NASCAR), golf, tennis, and a long and growing list of soccer competitions - the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1, joined after the 2026 World Cup by the likes of the Scottish Premiership, the Eredivisie and the J1 League.
It launched in Australia on 20 May 2026, ahead of the World Cup, and now runs in more than 170 countries. Rugby league has never been part of it, in any of them. That's the state of play at the time of writing - Apple adds leagues every so often, so it's worth a look if you're reading this much later.
Six Again is Apple Sports for the NRL
The reason people like Apple Sports isn't the league list - it's the approach. It's fast and clean, with a simple design that feels genuinely nice to use. Just the teams you care about, the current score, and a live card on your Lock Screen when a game is on.
Six Again is built on the same idea, for the footy:
- Fast, live scores. Open it and every match is right there with the live score. Tap one for the score worm, scoring timeline, player stats, lineups and match info.
- Follow your teams. Pick your NRL teams once - no account, no sign-up - and the app leads with them.
- Live Activities done properly. The live score sits on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, and iOS carries the same card to your Apple Watch and CarPlay.
- It starts by itself. Follow your teams and the Live Activity begins automatically before kick-off and runs to full time. You don't have to remember to open anything.
- Shareable cards. Send a match result or the current ladder to the group chat as a clean graphic.
- Free to download, with no account needed.
Where Six Again goes further
- No betting odds at all. Apple Sports carries odds with a switch to hide them. Six Again has no odds, no gambling ads and no bookmaker sponsorship - there's nothing to switch off.
- Android too. Apple Sports is iPhone-only. Six Again does the same job on Android 16 and later with Live Updates and a status-bar chip.
- Actual rugby league depth. The live ladder with a No Byes view, the full round-by-round draw, the score worm, and every State of Origin match.
- Spoiler control. Avoid Spoilers mode hides results for chosen teams until you've watched the replay.
Setting it up
- Install Six Again from the App Store (or Google Play on Android 16+).
- Follow your NRL teams. That's the whole setup - there's no account to create.
- Before their next match, the live score appears on your Lock Screen on its own, and stays until full time.
The app is free to download and use. Lock-screen live scores are free for your first 3 matches, then $9.99/year (AUD/NZD; other currencies vary). Live scores in the app, the ladder and the draw stay free.
And if Apple adds the NRL one day?
That'd be a good thing - more ways to follow the footy is never a loss. Even then, auto-starting Live Activities, the score worm, the No Byes ladder, the full draw, Avoid Spoilers, the Android app and a total absence of betting odds would still live here. Until that day, this is as close to NRL in Apple Sports as it gets.
Common questions
Does Apple Sports have NRL scores?
No. There are no NRL scores, no ladder and no NRL teams to follow in Apple Sports, and no NRL Live Activities. The AFL, A-League and NBL are absent as well.
Is Apple Sports available in Australia?
Yes - it launched here on 20 May 2026 and is available in more than 170 countries. Availability and league coverage are different things, though: the app works, the Australian leagues aren't in it.
Is there an Apple Sports alternative for the NRL?
Six Again is the closest equivalent: the same fast, glanceable approach and the same Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, Apple Watch and CarPlay live scores, for every NRL and Origin match.
Can I get live NRL scores on my iPhone Lock Screen?
Yes. Follow your teams in Six Again and a Live Activity starts automatically before each match, showing the live score on your Lock Screen until full time.
Does Apple Sports work on Android?
No, it's an iPhone app. Six Again is on both, using Live Activities on iPhone and Live Updates on Android 16 and later.
Six Again is an independent app from Harbour City Software. It isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Apple, and Apple Sports is a trademark of Apple Inc.
The footy, on your Lock Screen
Live scores for every NRL and State of Origin match, without opening an app - iPhone and Android.
