Premier Roger Cook says the NRL needs Western Australia more than the other way around, suggesting a deal to establish an expansion club in the far west is further away than Peter V’landys might think.
V’landys, the chairman of the Australian Rugby League Commission, said last week he was confident an agreement that could result in Australian rules football-dominated WA hosting a team in the national competition of the rival code could be struck as early as next month.
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