Former Roosters star Luke Keary has issued a plea to the NRL to take over the Super League with the veteran five-eighth calling out the competition for its “horrendous” state.

Keary called time on his NRL career last season to finish up with a stint at the Catalans Dragons but he has been shocked by how little impact the competition has in England and France.

“You can’t watch the games, it’s so bad … it’s horrendous. The coverage and everything, and because we’re in France too they don’t show the games,” he told Wide World of Sports.

“I watch more NRL than Super League.

“It’s the product, the coverage, the news around the game, there is zero. There is zero.

Wigan Warriors’ Bevan French celebrates. (Photo by Martin Rickett/PA Images via Getty Images)

“Just the top teams have (strong) support and that is it.

“You watch the games, they’re near unwatchable. The way Sky do it now, or whoever’s got it, it’s near unwatchable, and the players all know it. I can’t follow it and I f—ing play in it.”

The NRL has been tightlipped but has been making moves to buy into the Super League – only on the condition that it takes over the running of the ailing competition.

NRL officials recently met with Wigan owner Mike Danson and his Warrington counterpart Simon Moran during the Las Vegas season opener which featured teams from both competitions.

They believe the NRL can rescue the financially stricken league and the Australian competition is preparing to buy 33% of the Super League.

But the NRL is only keen to play ball with their English counterparts if they can take over the running of the game to help grow the game at the international level.

Rugby league has made great strides over the past decade in the Pacific but the sport in England and France is financially unstable.

Under the NRL’s plan, it would sell back its stake to the Super League once the competition is on an even keel.

South Sydney CEO Blake Solly and Wests Tigers boss Shane Richardson, who each have extensive experience as administrators in the UK, are central to the NRL plans with league chief Andrew Abdo and ARL Commission chair Peter V’landys backing their proposal.