Whats the future of rugby league?
The future of rugby league is good. The future is very challenging as opposed to when I first started when we were the only game in town. We know Super 14 (rugby) came along, luckily for them when we were in the middle of the Super League war, and they generate a lot of money now, especially on the back of World Cups. The AFL has said it wants a second side in western Sydney and I think it will really struggle to do that, but the AFL does have a lot of money and resources. The A-League has been successful in some terms, although it is struggling financially. There is plenty of competition and we have to concentrate on our game, which is very resilient. I don’t know of any other code that could have survived Super League and the one year (1997) of the split competition. Q: Rugby league is 100 years old. Will league be a stand-alone sport in another 100 years or be merged with rugby union? A: Very difficult to predict the future. I have made some predictions in the past, some have come t
