Overview
- ARLC chair Peter V’landys and NRL CEO Andrew Abdo met RFL officials and representatives from Hull FC, Wigan and Warrington in London, describing the session as positive with a clear road forward.
- The model under consideration involves the NRL buying about 33% of the Super League with administrative control from 2028, contingent on corporate-governance changes.
- Any transaction requires unanimous support from Super League clubs, with leading teams receptive and smaller clubs wary of potential contraction from 14 to 10 sides.
- NRL leaders also held talks with IMG and DAZN as they explore an international broadcast product and cross-hemisphere events such as global round double- or triple-headers.
- V’landys reiterated the NRL will walk away if structural and stakeholder conditions are not met and warned the Super League faces a financial ‘train crash’ without stronger broadcast revenue.