Returning in 2020, hosting duties moved to Perth, Western Australia, before being cancelled in 2021.

Also in 2015, the pools were given traditional Maori names that were chosen by a public vote and were: Rangitoto, Waiheke, Piha and Hunua Ranges.

[4] The World Club Challenge did make its return in 2023, and again in 2024, but the NRL Nines competition was absent for both years.

[6] The major rule changes that differ from regular NRL games are: Note – The Parramatta Eels were stripped of their 2016 Auckland Nines title due to a breach of the NRL salary cap.

Subsequently, the competition was simply known as the 'Dick Smith NRL Nines', being sponsored by the Australasian electronics retail chain until 2016.