August
Plan for 25,000 homes on racecourse site a ‘fantasy’: inquiry
Peter V’landys and Mark Latham clashed in a fiery hearing as the Australian Turf Club blamed a “high Indian population” for declining Rosehill racecourse crowds.
- Gus McCubbing
March
Not even 100,000 Americans watched the NRL’s Las Vegas matches
Rugby League boss Peter V’landys says the key to success in the US is TV audiences, but the sport’s big splash in Las Vegas struggled to attract viewers.
- Zoe Samios and Matthew Cranston
Glitch and glitz as NRL kicks off Las Vegas gamble
The NRL’s ambitious launch of the 2024 season in Las Vegas suffered a TV hitch, but otherwise met expectations, as some 40,000 turned out for the double header.
- Matthew Cranston
Manly put on second-half show to beat Souths in Vegas
In the city of bright lights and late-night shows, Manly’s 36 points gave them the equal-highest score by a team in a season-opener in nine years.
- Scott Bailey
February
Audacious V’landys outlines plan to turn NRL towards Britain, hotels
The NRL chairman has set his sights on expanding to England and turning the league into a major hotel operator – and handed his board a big pay rise
- Zoe Samios
- Exclusive
- Business of sport
State leagues preparing legal action against NRL over funding
The NSW and Queensland rugby league bodies are fighting the NRL over money. The dispute is expected to escalate.
- Zoe Samios
December 2023
The NRL takes its biggest gamble yet
Documents obtained by AFR Weekend provide the clearest insight yet about what exactly the league is planning in its big push into the lucrative US market.
- Zoe Samios
Minns in racing leadership scramble as V’landys condemns ‘lies’
The NSW government has walked away from a contentious plan to extend top racing administrator Russell Balding’s term to 14 years.
- Updated
- Samantha Hutchinson and Zoe Samios
November 2023
Reporters dragged into Racing NSW’s internal war
A dispute over the chairmanship of Racing NSW has descended into accusations that each side used its preferred media outlet to attack the other.
- Zoe Samios
Gai Waterhouse enters the Racing NSW fight
The decision to change laws to reappoint Racing NSW chairman Russell Balding has exposed deep rifts about the future of racing.
- Zoe Samios and Mark Di Stefano
August 2023
Rival sporting codes want to be part of Matildas fever
Rival sporting codes are hoping the Matildas’ dramatic win against France in the World Cup quarter-finals on Saturday will inspire more girls to play sport.
- Mark Ludlow
NRL hands players 37pc pay increase, resolving two-year dispute
The NRL and its players’ union were at loggerheads for two years. This week’s crisis talks have drawn the dispute to a close.
- Zoe Samios
March 2023
Cato & Clive fails to block Peter V’Landys’ subpoena
Racing NSW chief Peter V’Landys is attempting to flush out plans by other racing authorities to form a breakaway association.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
Peter V’Landys opens Pandora’s box at Racing NSW
A haphazard approach taken by Peter V’Landys in administering the strappers’ bonus in major horse races has angered influential figures in the thoroughbred industry.
- Joe Aston
October 2022
Peter V’Landys’ Everest ego stinging for a fight
The state’s most powerful non-politician works the room at Randwick Racecourse.
- Mark Di Stefano
September 2022
NRL defends media deal after fears of a widening financial gap to AFL
Rugby league executives insist the AFL’s bumper deal will help them in negotiations.
- Updated
- Mark Di Stefano
August 2022
NRL grand final to be played in Sydney
The 2022 NRL grand final will be played in Sydney after a last-minute pitch from the NSW government kept it in its traditional home. But the event may be up for auction to the highest bidder from next year.
- Scott Bailey
July 2022
Scott Morrison’s rugby league delusion
The former prime minister is a pretend NRL fan just like he is, fundamentally, a pretend Liberal.
- Joe Aston
April 2022
Peter V’landys on meat pies and Bryan Brown
Feted - and feared - for the results he gets with his crash-or-crash-through style and his work in getting the NRL back up and running at the height of the first COVID-19 lockdown made him a hero to his ‘base’.
- Michael Pelly
October 2021
- Analysis
- Nationals
The blunt force that was Nationals leader John Barilaro
The Deputy Premier’s departure removes one of the most disruptive members of the NSW government.
- Aaron Patrick