'We're not arrogant' - NRL chief says Super League talent will not be drained

Spor dünyasında son dakika haberi: 'We're not arrogant' - NRL chief says Super League talent will not be drained To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Media caption, 'We want to globalise it' - NRL chief on Super League investment By Dan Roan , Sports editor and Craig Wall , Sport senior journalist Published 9 minutes ago 1 Comments The chief executive of Australia's National Rugby League says concerns that a multi-million pound investment into Super League could drain talent from the game in the UK "are completely unfounded". Andrew Abdo has been in the UK holding talks with British officials over the potential ground-breaking deal between the sport's two leading competitions.

"What we're trying to achieve is to make rugby league in the UK and Europe as strong as possible," he told Sport. "That's the exact opposite of it become a feeder pathway program. "We're doing this to grow and to attract players in this market from other codes and to make sure that there's good investment in pathways to produce even stronger talent for the competition here, for it to thrive.

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" Abdo has insisted the National Rugby League (NRL) is seeking a partnership with Super League, rather than a takeover. But Leeds Rhinos chairman Paul Caddick is among those to have raised concerns at the prospect of investment, saying, "we have no intention of being swallowed up". "If Australia takes value out of the English game, the gap will only get bigger and we will only become subservient to them, which I would never agree to sign up to," said Caddick.

"It all boils down to that first question of 'why? ', and confirmation that it's not just about extracting our riches or to be enablers for them. " When such concerns were put to Abdo, he said: "I certainly understand that in the absence of information, people sometimes default to the negative.

"But certainly, the fears of the Super League becoming a feeder league to the NRL couldn't be further away from the hypothesis of why we're doing this. " Rugby league has enjoyed significant growth in Australia over the past decade. But Caddick has also warned that the challenge facing the sport is greater in the UK and Europe because of the dominance of football, adding that the NRL is not "a magic ticket or Father Christmas".

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In response, Abdo said: "We understand competition and we're not arrogant and we approach this with hunger and humility. "We fully understand the challenges that exist in this market. And part of the reason of taking our time and listening is the respect for what this landscape holds, both in terms of challenge and opportunity.

And then we want to understand from that base how much growth is possible. " Who would be in charge?

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