Former South Sydney powerbroker Shane Richardson pulling strings at NRL expansion bid hopeful
Rugby League
by Paul Crawley
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He helped lift South Sydney from rock bottom back to the pride of the league and now Shane Richardson has become the secret weapon in the Brisbane Firehawks' bid to win the NRL expansion race.
As anticipation builds that a new club will be given the green light to enter the national comp in 2023, The Daily Telegraph can reveal that former Rabbitohs boss Richardson has been working behind the scenes for the past four months to help his old club Easts Tigers, who are backing the bid, to put together a highly-detailed business model.