Revolution or V’Landys: The only chances to get good leadership for the NRL A Set the default text size A Set large text size
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More people than ever are up in arms about how the NRL is currently being run. However, the reality is that they are all totally wasting their breath.
If screaming pointlessly into the void is your thing, go right ahead. But understand that at best all you’ll get is some half-assed knee jerk from NRL HQ and nothing more.
The only way there will ever be any real change in the way the game is run – and who runs it – is through revolution.
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Subscriber only Hundreds of jobs have been saved and dozens more created despite Queensland losing the race to bring Qantas headquarters to Brisbane. The national carrier is set to keep its heavy maintenance facility in Brisbane, however, the state has failed to win thousands of the airline s corporate jobs and its headquarters from Sydney. It is understood Qantas is preparing to announce the findings of its eight-month-long property portfolio review, which considered consolidating its Mascot Qantas and Melbourne Jetstar headquarters. The Courier-Mail can reveal Qantas is in the final stages of talks to keep its heavy maintenance facility at Brisbane Airport and expand its investment in Queensland, potentially including regional airports.
One of rugby league s greatest assets during the uncertain and unsettling 2020 season was its ability to think outside the square and to see possibilities where other sports saw only peril.
With doubt swirling and the game s very existence under threat, Project Apollo emerged as a beacon of hope and eventually we returned to the field earlier than anyone thought possible on May 28, 2020.
As we move towards the first anniversary of that momentous day, it s perhaps fitting the NRL starts a conversation about a conference system that would revolutionise the game and potentially give us an American-style Super Bowl at the end of a season.