As the NRL goes to war with the NSW government over stadium funding, Queensland is poised to poach the grand final from its traditional home for a second straight year.
hosted the AFL grand final at the GabbaNow, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is keen to go back-to-back, taking advantage of the fractured relationship between the NRL and the NSW state government, which hasSpeaking in Townsville on Wednesday, Palaszczuk suggested she was keen to start negotiations to host the grand final for the second year in a row, saying the door was “always open” to the NRL.“We will always have an open mind if New South Wales is not able to put that final on.
As Sydney’s stadium wars continued to cloud the game, the bells tolled for north Queensland’s original home of NRL, the Willows Sports Complex.
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