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Normally, V’landys would wait until the new year before taking stock and contemplating his position. But at the moment he is energised, on a health kick, and excited about the future of the game. NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo, too, appears to be here to stay for the foreseeable future. Abdo and V’landys have a great working relationship, and I’ve seen that first hand while here in the UK. They have been inseparable. The game has never been better shape, but the V’landys era has not been without flaw. His stewardship of the game during COVID was without peer while the Las Vegas project and Perth expansion have been masterstrokes. But the regime has been criticised for its overreach in attempting to control the media, the limp penalty handed to Ezra Mam and the politically motivated move into PNG.
