In a bombshell development, Andrew Abdo has confirmed he is leaving the NRL to head up Tennis Australia.
Abdo announced his resignation as NRL chief executive in Sydney on Monday and will replace long-serving TA boss Craig Tiley, who declared in February he was stepping down this year to become head of the US Tennis Association.
Tiley has been far and away Australia's highest-paid sporting administrator, earning several millions of dollars a year.
