‘It is D-Day’: Peter V’Landys prepared to walk away from PNG NRL expansion bid

Australian Rugby League Commission chair Peter V’Landys said he is prepared to abandon the prospect of a NRL team fromis considering expanding the men’s competition to 18 teams in 2027, and a team from PNG has been championed by the federal government as a way to bring the region closer amidst ”competitive tension”.

Representatives from the NRL are meeting with Pacific Minister Pat Conroy in Brisbane today. Conroy will meet separately with Rugby Australia in Brisbane on Friday afternoon. “What we want to do is have based in Papua New Guinea and that’s important, so you need to have good facilities there, you need to have good accommodation there, and all those things are on the table at the moment,” he said.

The PNG franchise itself is likely to attract strong fan support and sponsorship interest from large local resources companies. However an 18th-team based in Port Moresby would also significantly increase costs related to logistics, accommodation, travel and security that would be borne by the NRL.The 17 existing clubs need to sign off on any expansion side, and the NRL provided an update on discussions with the government at a meeting of club chief executives in Brisbane on Thursday.

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