The ARLC chairman will attend a glamorous state dinner alongside some of America’s most powerful and influential people ahead of the NRL’s push into the United States.
Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter V’landys has flown to the United States to attend a state dinner at the White House as a guest of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
State dinners have honoured visiting heads of government or reigning monarchs since the nineteenth century. TheFellow ARL commissioner and former Queensland premier Peter Beattie, who once attended a state dinner during his career in politics, said the board fully endorsed V’landys’ trip to Washington, DC. He confirmed the chairman’s trip when asked about V’landys’ whereabouts.
“This is a very rare opportunity that he has been afforded and it’s great for rugby league,” Beattie said. The NRL plans to launch next year’s Las Vegas double-header in the United States in a fortnight, finalising plans to send players from South Sydney, Sydney Roosters, Manly and Brisbane to help promote the games to be played at Allegiant Stadium on March 2.V’landys is with NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo as part of a series of meetings to build the game in the United States.
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