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Scott Bailey and Fraser Barton

NRL sets deadline to decide GF venue

The NRL will decide whether to move the grand final to Brisbane by the end of the week after Peter V'landys accused the NSW Government of reneging on a handshake deal over stadium upgrades.

League officials and NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet remained at odds on Wednesday, as the NRL threatened to take the high-stakes stadia stoush to the court room.

The crux of the issue remains funding that was initially set aside in 2018 for the rebuild of Accor Stadium, which helped secure an agreement to keep the grand final in Sydney until 2042.

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