Business of Sport: ugly civil war breaks out in NRL

Business of Sport: ugly civil war breaks out in NRL
Power brokers Andrew Abdo, left, and Peter V'Landys are trying to solve the impasse. (Image: Getty)
Trevor McKewen
Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) has got just what it didn’t need before Christmas – a nasty blow-up between the clubs and players on one side and the game’s leading administrators on the other.A spectacular fallout between the parties has dominated Australian sporting media this week amid predictions the friction could lead to the clubs forming a breakaway rebel competition in shades of the Super League saga of 27 years ago.Sounds dramatic? It is. But with the clubs and players' unlikely bedfellows on one sid...

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