The NRL will move ahead with plans to launch a team in Papua New Guinea after a significant meeting with the Australian government on Friday night.
The NRL met Minister for International Development and the Pacific Pat Conroy at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane to present the list of financial and logistical demand.
After the meeting, Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter V’landys said the NRL and government were “aligned” in their positions.
The NRL will crunch the numbers over the next fortnight and make a submission to the ARLC, potentially as early as later this month.
“We’re more aligned today,” V’landys said. “We’ll take that back to the commission, and the commission will review all that information.
“Then there will be a recommendation from the subcommittee of Misha Zelinsky [executive general manager corporate affairs], Kate Jones [commissioner], Peter Beattie [commissioner], Andrew Abdo [NRL chief executive] and myself.
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