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Joel Gould

QRL and NRL go to war over funding for expansion

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QRL chairman Bruce Hatcher is upset at the NRL's failure to fund two new Queensland Cup sides. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

QRL chairman Bruce Hatcher is fuming with the NRL over a failure to fund the introduction of North Queensland and Gold Coast sides into the 2024 Queensland Cup competition.

But NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo has hit back, saying that the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) was given just 17 days to consider a proposal for $4.2 million funding to introduce the two sides.

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