Super League 'not a carcass to be picked at' - McManus
St Helens chairman Eamonn McManus says the NRL and Super League need to work together - not against each other - to help grow rugby league globally.
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"I look at the fact that Australia in club competition rugby league is one of the great successes in world sport."
— Eamonn McManus , Executive
"This is not a matter of picking at a carcass, taking over a weak sport."
— Eamonn McManus , Executive
"We're one which should be of real appeal to the nation in its entirety and one that is capable of great strengthening of the two combined as a partnership."
— Eamonn McManus , Executive
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St Helens chairman Eamonn McManus says the NRL and Super League need to work together - not against each other - to help grow rugby league globally.
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